Project Support Officer – East Midlands

About the Role

Position Title: Project Support Officer – East Midlands
Reports to: Central Area Manager
Hours: 15 hours per week, 0.4 FTE
Pay: £24,360 (pro–rata £9,744) per annum
Location: Home-based / Nottingham Area with frequent travel around East Midlands
Contract: Fixed Term to 31 December 2025

Position Summary

Do you want to work with two-time charity of the year winner? We are FoodCycle, and our vision is to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community.

We connect communities, reducing loneliness and food poverty – working with thousands of volunteers and surplus food to help everyone who needs us. By creating welcoming spaces for people from all walks of life to meet, eat and have conversations, we are supporting people’s health and mental wellbeing.

We are recruiting for a Project Support Officer to join our East Midlands team. As Project Support Officer you will support the Central Area Manager and East Midlands Regional Manager with volunteer recruitment, training and retention. This role is for a people person with a keen eye for detail ensuring documentation of training (such as DBS, references, Food Safety Level 2, First Aid) is up to date whilst giving our volunteers a fantastic experience. Other areas of work will include guest outreach and giving extra support to our East Midlands projects as and when required to aid development and growth within the region.

Each of our Projects is run by Project Leaders (volunteer position) and supported by Regional Managers through recruitment and training of volunteers. Your role will be to support the Regional Managers so that they can manage more projects, knowing that you have helped with the embedding of volunteers, along with supporting the Regional Managers with expansion plans within their areas.

This support could range from developing relationships with our food suppliers, researching local organisations to support with guest outreach, and recruiting new Project Leaders for the Region. The right person for this role enjoys being organised, has a great personality, pays attention to detail, and understands that they are a key component in supporting our fantastic Projects.

The role will require attendance at our Community Meals projects, to support with delivery as necessary and launching of brand new projects in the East Midlands, which could involve evening and weekend working. A full driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this exciting role.

Download the Project Support Officer Job Pack

What to send: Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.
Where to send it: APPLY VIA THIS LINK
Deadline for your application: 1st December 2024

FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity and inclusion. We are a Disability Confident Scheme member. Please email our Recruitment inbox if you require assistance or adjustments when applying: jobs@foodcycle.org.uk.