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Do you care about doing something worthwhile with your working day? Are you passionate about supporting people at work and beyond? At FareShare South West, you can make a real difference to the one million people in the south west who are going hungry.
It’s very rewarding and impactful to work here, the sense of social positivity and giving to the community in ways that I never thought would be possible.
Daniel
FareShare South West joins the dots between food waste and hunger, empowering communities to turn an environmental problem into lasting social good. We rescue tonnes of quality surplus food from the industry and share it with charities and schools to bring health, dignity and routes out of poverty for people across the south west. Our supportive volunteering and employability programmes offer local people the opportunity to thrive.
Current vacancies:
Hub Manager, Devon and Cornwall (Plymouth)
Community Food Produce Coordinator, Devon and Cornwall (Plymouth)
Hub Manager, West of England (Bristol)
HGV Driver 7.2T – Surplus Food Redistribution
FareShare South West is a Real Living Wage employer. We believe everyone who works for us deserves a salary that meets the costs and pressures they face in their everyday lives. All employees, regardless of age, receive a minimum hourly wage of £12.60, higher than the government minimum of £12.21 per hour.
Hub Manager, Devon and Cornwall (Plymouth-based)
Reporting to: Head of Operations
Salary: £28,500 – £30,000, depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, rota’d evening shifts and occasional weekends)
Terms: Permanent, 25 days holiday pa (pro rata, exc. Bank Holidays), 5% pension contribution
Location: Based at our Sisna Park Hub, Plymouth PL6, + ad hoc support to our Bristol Hubs (Little Ann Street BS2/Vale Lane Hub, BS3)
Purpose of the role
The Hub Manager is responsible for the day-to-day leadership of a FSSW hub, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant operations that maximise the volume of surplus food received, stored, and distributed to our Community Food Members (CFMs). This includes managing a mixed team of staff, FareChance employability participants and volunteers in their operational tasks, maintaining high operational and health & safety standards, and collaborating with colleagues across food & logistics, compliance, and community engagement.
Read the full job description and essential criteria
To apply please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the role to at recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk. Please note: there is no closing date for this role, we will review applications on receipt.
Community Food Produce Coordinator, Devon and Cornwall
Reporting to: Hub Manager
Salary: £25,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Terms: Full-time (fixed term contract to end March ’26, with possibility to extend beyond this date), 25 days holiday pro-rata (exc. Bank Holidays), 5% pension contribution
Responsible for: Volunteers
Location: Sisna Park Hub, Plymouth
Purpose of the role
Working with the Hub Manager & operations team, the Community Food Produce Coordinator will effectively support the warehouse operation, incoming goods, storage and dispatch of goods to Community Food Members (CFMs) receiving surplus food from FareShare South West to high levels of compliance and service. The role includes a focus on increasing the volume of food being redistributed, with particular focus on produce. This role will include supervision of a large and diverse team of volunteers throughout the week.
Read the full job description and essential criteria
To apply please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the role to at recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk. Please note: there is no closing date for this role, we will review applications on receipt.
Hub Manager, West of England
Reporting to: Head of Operations
Salary: £28,500 – £30,000, depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, rota’d evening shifts and occasional weekends)
Terms: 12 month Fixed-Term Contract, 25 days holiday pa (pro rata, exc. Bank Holidays), 5% pension contribution
Location: Based at one of our Bristol Hubs (Little Ann Street BS2/Vale Lane Hub, BS3), + ad hoc support to our Sisna Park Hub, Plymouth PL6
Purpose of the role
The Hub Manager is responsible for the day-to-day leadership of a FSSW hub, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant operations that maximise the volume of surplus food received, stored, and distributed to our Community Food Members (CFMs). This includes managing a mixed team of staff, FareChance employability participants and volunteers in their operational tasks, maintaining high operational and health & safety standards, and collaborating with colleagues across food & logistics, compliance, and community engagement.
Read the full job description and essential criteria
To apply please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the role to at recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk. Please note: there is no closing date for this role, we will review applications on receipt.
HGV Driver 7.5T – Surplus Food Redistribution
Reporting to: Head of Food and Logistics
Salary: £26,000-£27,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 08:00–16:30 with flexibility required between 07:00–18:30 depending on shift pattern)
Terms: Fixed term until 31st March 2026, 25 days holiday pa (pro rata, exc. Bank Holidays), 5% pension contribution after 3 full months: there will be a requirement to work some bank holidays
Location: Plymouth
Purpose of the role
The HGV Driver plays a key role in FareShare South West’s mission to reduce food waste and fight hunger across the South West. You will be responsible for collecting surplus food from suppliers and delivering it to our Plymouth depot. The role primarily involves driving a 7.5T vehicle and may also require operating other vehicles in our fleet. As an ambassador for FareShare South West, you will provide excellent customer service to food suppliers and work closely with our operations team to ensure food is transported safely, efficiently, and with care.
Read the full job description and essential criteria
To apply please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the role to at recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk.
Benefits of working for FareShare South West
- Real Living Wage employer
- Benchmarked pay scales
- Employee Assistance Programme – free advice and counselling
- Annual budget for personal development training for every staff member
- Inclusive, welcoming culture
- Rewarding roles with genuine positive impact on local people through food, volunteering and employability skills
We actively encourage applications from people of all lived experiences, including but not limited to: people from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ people, disabled people, a working-class background, not from a University-attending family. We value the positive impact that wide representation has on FareShare South West.
We want to work with you to make sure that the recruitment process is accessible for you. Please contact recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk or call 0117 954 2220 to let us know how we can support your access needs.
About FareShare South West
FareShare South West is an independent local charity, working in partnership with FareShare UK. By being part of the national FareShare network, we can help rescue more food. By being small and independent, we can remain close to our local partners and people, and continuously adapt to meet the needs of local communities. The member charities we share food with transform lives, using food to connect people with other support and routes out of poverty, including children and families, people on low incomes, homeless people, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, people in recovery, older people and many others.
“I started as a volunteer. I like giving something back. It’s something really meaningful and purposeful.”
Georgina
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To find out more about our volunteering programme and the roles available, check out our volunteer page.
