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Cooking Leaders at a Charity in London

If you love food and people this is the ideal role for you. You will help manage volunteers to deliver meals every week, using your experience of cooking and enjoying rescuing surplus food.

12 - 18 hours per week
£11.54 Per Hour

What are you going to do:

This is an incredible opportunity to support our fantastic London Projects to ensure we can welcome over 30 guests to join our weekly community meals that run in Walthamstow on a Thursday evening and White City and Thorton Heath on a Saturday. You will develop your knowledge of the local community, building on our existing connections to actively recruit additional volunteers into volunteer leadership roles.  

You will attend the Project most weeks, leading the existing team of cooking or hosting volunteers to ensure high levels of food safety and hygiene are carried out, whilst supporting all volunteers to keep themselves and guests safe. You will also be helping to give our volunteers a fantastic experience by creating a fun, creative and supportive environment.

The right person for this role enjoys being organised, has a great personality, champions volunteering, pays attention to detail and understands that they are a key component in supporting our fantastic Project that supports vulnerable adults experiencing food poverty and loneliness. It’s a great experience to meet beneficiaries first hand who often tell us that FoodCycle is their family.

Roles and Responsibilities

         Project Support - Cooking

  1. Leading sessions at our Projects on Thursdays and Saturdays in the kitchen, overseeing the creation of a three-course meals made from surplus food, keeping to time and ensuring high standards of Food Hygiene and Health and Safety are carried out by all volunteers
  2. Supporting cooking volunteers to gain confidence and take on additional roles within their Project
  3. Continuing to provide a great experience for cooking volunteers within a welcoming environment
  4. Communicating important tasks and processes through a team briefing and debrief after every session.

Project Support - Hosting

  1.  Leading sessions at our Projects on Thursdays and Saturdays on the hosting side, ensuring high standards of Food Hygiene and Health and Safety are carried out by all volunteers
  1. Supporting hosting volunteers to gain confidence and take on additional roles within their Project
  2. Continuing to provide a great experience for hosting volunteers and guests within a welcoming environment
  3. Communicating important tasks and processes through a team briefing and debrief after every session.

What we offer:

  • Set shifts with some flexibility
  • Great Development Opportunity - especially if you want charity experience
  • Very supportive team

What we ask:

  • No minimum education required
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Cooking

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Extra information

Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – FoodCycle is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare / wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk. It expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment”.

 

 

Status
Closed
Education Level
Secondary School
Location
London
Working hours per week
12 - 18
Type of Contract
Casual / Part Time Jobs, Evening Job, Weekend
Salary indication
£11.54 Per Hour
Responsible for
Cooking and Leading at Projects around London
Profession type
Bar Staff / Waiters and Waitresses, Counselling and Social Services
Full UK/EU driving license preferred
No
Car Preferred
No
Must be eligible to work in the EU
No
Cover Letter Required
Yes
Languages
English

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