Volunteer Manager

Company	FareshareSee more
Address	Southampton, Hampshire
Form of work	Full-time
Salary	£29,707 - £31,270 per year
Category	Volunteering

Job description

FareShare Merseyside & North Wales

Job Description –Regional Manager

Reporting to: Senior Transitions Manager

Location: Southampton

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35hrs

Salary: £29,707 - £31,270 (We normally offer a starting salary at the start of the range)

We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.

About FareShare

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 9,500 frontline charities and community groups.

The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

Every year, more than three million tonnes of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost-of-living crisis is driving millions into food insecurity. FareShare has a plan to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis using England’s surplus food.

We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, sports ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.

The role

This role is about more than just driving it’s about sharing the FareShare Merseyside & North Wales mission that” no good food should go to waste”.

As a collection & delivery driver for FareShare Merseyside & North Wales you will be the face of FareShare Merseyside & North Wales, being a regular point of contact with our local food partners, as well as our diverse range of member charities receiving food. In addition, you may also act as a host for volunteers who may join as van assistants. Also collecting from our food partners across the region.

The role in our regional center consists of accepting food in, stock control using our management systems, food allocation, picking and packing, supporting volunteers onsite.

Main areas of responsibility

Create and develop Strategy and Business models in line with FareShare Strategy to accept and redistribute all food to our communities

Manage and work within budgets, including forecasting, to increase income and improve costs per tonne of food moved
Responsible for the Health and Safety of our people and responsible for Food Safety through working closely with the Operations Manager and Warehouse Manager
Maximise the social and environmental impact of food redistribution through following our Charity Eligibility criteria
Line Management responsibility for a team of Senior Managers, ensuring that all staff and volunteers have the knowledge and training required to deliver their objectives
Ensuring high levels of data accuracy and accurate, timely reporting to Leadership Teams
Responsible for ensuring that all investments are delivered on time and on budget
Responsible for ensuring that all paid staff and volunteers have the best experience whilst working for FareShare and are fully supported through working with the Management Team, including delivering Appraisals, one-to-ones, inductions and Probation Reviews
Responsible for engaging with HR on any matters of risk, and working within Employment Law
Work with FareShare UK departments including Volunteering, Marketing, Fundraising and others to support the day to day operation
Engage with the Food Team, Supply Chain and Logistics and Network Development Managers to ensure that FareShare Southern Central has the provision and support needed to deliver
Ensuring that Safeguarding policies and best practice are adhered to
Engage with Community Food Members (CFM’s) to deliver the highest standards of provision
Working with FareShare Go teams to identify opportunities to meet demand
Share best practice and learn from others in the FareShare Network to improve economies of scale, deliver financial sustainability and create innovation

As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Excellent Financial Management experience, including income, expenditure and performance monitoring
Leadership of strategic and operational projects
Working with and developing staff and volunteers who may have complex needs
Ability to lead, motivate and develop a team to achieve outcomes
Business Planning skills to be able to create sustainable and innovative approaches to meet service needs
High level of communication skills including oral and written in order to engage with a range of diverse people
Ability to develop high level partnerships with external stakeholders to achieve strategic goals
Working in a regulated environment and demonstrable risk assessment capabilities
Problem solving skills and ability to make operational decisions on the spot
Ability to act as an ambassador for FareShare within local communities
Demonstrable ability to deliver good Customer Service levels to CFM’s

Desirable Criteria

Health and Safety and Food Safety qualifications
Full and clean driving license

Competencies and behaviours

A commitment to Equal Opportunities
Planning and Prioritisation – develop and implement clear plans with defined outcomes and resource management
Communicating with impact – ability to influence all people to establish commitment to the organisational goals
The ability to act quickly and decisively to enact change
Problem Solving and decision making – the ability to anticipate, assess and deliver innovative solutions to problems with clear and logical thinking

Benefits