Project Support Officer – North East (maternity cover)

About the Role

Position Title: Project Support Officer – North East
Reports to: Regional Manager – North East
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Pay: £24,570 per annum (living wage)
Location: Home-based with frequent travel to projects across Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool
Contract: Maternity cover contract, fixed-term to 17 April 2026 (or to the return of the substantive postholder, whichever is sooner)

Position Summary

If you love good food and great conversation, then this is the role for you!

FoodCycle is recruiting for a Project Support Officer to join its North team. As Project Support Officer you will support the North Area Manager and North East 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 North East 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 Manager so that they can manage more projects, knowing that you have helped with the embedding of volunteers, along with supporting the Regional Manager 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.

There will be frequent travel to our projects in the North East, and evening and weekend work will be needed to cover our projects. A full driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this rewarding role.

Download the Project Support Officer Job Pack

What to send: A note stating how you meet our person specification and a CV, via our vacancy website.
Where to send it: APPLY VIA THIS LINK
Deadline for your application: Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a 30 minute task prior to being invited to interview.

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.