Pantry Co-ordinator - Coventry, United Kingdom - St Giles Trust

St Giles Trust
St Giles Trust
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Coventry, United Kingdom

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Are you a proactive, driven, and compassionate individual with excellent motivational skills? If so, then join St Giles as
a Pantry Co-Ordinator and you will be embarking on a highly rewarding and career-enhancing position.


About us
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes, and the right support they need.

Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions, and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.


The St Giles Pantry will be providing a positive way of supporting those on low incomes, tackling poor diet and overcoming health inequalities through the provision of surplus food stock being sold at heavily subsided prices.

The St Giles Pantry provides an immediate safety whilst providing a long-term solution of food poverty. We couple healthy food with a healthy shopping experience. Expert advice and person face-to face support is on hand from our trained Peer advisors.


About the role

As the Pantry Co-Ordinator you will ensure the effective day to day management of the Pantry, you will supervise and work to provide support to individuals & families who are based in and around Coventry.

You will be responsible for the project achieving its overall purpose and key goals which will include but not limited to:

supervising 2 Pantry Workers over a 12-month period, support fundraising to develop a revenue stream to sustain the service long-term, to manage the day-to-day running of the Pantry, to build and maintain relationships with local businesses who may wish to be actively involved within the Pantry, to carry out daily and weekly stock checks and ordering accordingly, to provide nutritional and meal planning support and where needed healthy eating plans, to record and store data in the correct procedure.


To secure this great opportunity what we are looking for from you:

  • Self-motivated and ability to work independently with minimum supervision
  • Empathy and ability to work with a diverse range of people in an inclusive and proactive way
  • Ability to lead, motivate, train and support volunteers
  • Have previous experience of working within a retail and customerfacing role
  • You must have Knowledge of and commitment to safeguarding practices and policies, and an ability to promote safeguarding among vulnerable clients and colleagues


In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, childcare vouchers, season ticket loan and much more.


Closing date: 11pm, 29 June 2023.

Interviews: 07 July 2023 at Coventry Office


St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.


As an organisation, that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will be DBS Checked.

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