Pantry Coordinator - Leeds, United Kingdom - St Giles Trust

St Giles Trust

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Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Summary:

Are you a proactive, driven and compassionate individual with excellent motivational skills? If so then join St Giles as a
Pantry Coordinator 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.

This exciting opportunity will be based at the St Giles Food pantry, which is located in Leeds and works alongside Fare Share, Unity Housing Association and the 2gether Schools Cluster serving the communities around Leeds Media Centre, providing a positive way of supporting those on low incomes.

The aim of the Pantry is to help tackle poor diet and overcome health inequalities, by enabling tenants, and those low-income families, through a membership scheme to purchase surplus food at heavily subsidized prices

About the role

As the Pantry Co-Ordinator you will supervise and work in conjunction with volunteer Peer Advisors to provide support to families for up to 6 months, who are based in Leeds and surrounding areas.

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

managing the day to day pantry, carry out daily and weekly stock checks and re-order, building and managing a team of volunteers and assisting customers to choose their shopping items and to complete simple forms.

To secure this great opportunity

Selfmotivated 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
Have a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
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 and generous leave allowance; staff pension scheme, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice & counselling service, season ticket loan, access to clinical supervisions and much more besides.

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.

Closing date: 11pm, Tuesday 4th
July 2023.

Interviews:
Tuesday, 11th
July 2023.

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