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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)
Hub Manager, West of England (Bristol)
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)
Reporting to: Head of Operations
Salary: £28,500 – £30,000, depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, evening shifts on a rota 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.
This role requires an enhanced DBS check.
Read the full job description and person specification
How to apply: please send a CV and a cover letter outlining why you are a good fit for the role to Owen Langstone to recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. This is a rolling recruitment process and your application will be considered when we receive it.
We welcome applications from people with convictions. We believe in second chances, and will only ask about criminal records for roles that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and require a DBS check. If you are asked to disclose, the information will be handled confidentially and used to assess your suitability for the role.
Hub Manager, West of England (Bristol)
Reporting to: Head of Operations
Salary: £28,500 – £30,000, depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, evening shifts on a rota and occasional
weekends)
Terms: 6 to 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.
This role requires an enhanced DBS check.
Read the full job description and person specification
How to apply: please send a CV and a cover letter outlining why you are a good fit for the role to Owen Langstone to recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. This is a rolling recruitment process and your application will be considered when we receive it.
We welcome applications from people with convictions. We believe in second chances, and will only ask about criminal records for roles that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and require a DBS check. If you are asked to disclose, the information will be handled confidentially and used to assess your suitability for the role.
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.
