Income and operations coordinator jobs

About the role

As campaign project coordinator, you’ll play a key role in supporting the delivery of Breast Cancer Now’s ambitious £60m philanthropic campaign. Working closely with the Head of Campaign, Director of High Value Partnerships & Campaign, Campaign Board and wider team, you’ll ensure activity is well coordinated, organised and progressing as planned. You’ll help manage campaign processes, support governance structures, and keep stakeholders informed through clear communication, reporting and documentation.

This role sits within the engagement directorate, which is responsible for growing awareness, trust and engagement to inspire people to give their time, money and voice. You’ll contribute to one of our most important priorities - helping grow income and impact so we can fund vital research, provide support, and drive change for people affected by breast cancer. It’s an exciting opportunity to be part of a high-value, high-impact campaign that will help shape our future.

About you

You’re highly organised, proactive and detail-oriented, with a natural ability to keep multiple workstreams running smoothly. You enjoy bringing structure to complex projects, coordinating meetings and actions, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks. With strong administrative and project support skills, you’re confident managing documentation, tracking progress and supporting stakeholders at all levels.

You’re also a great communicator and team player, keen to learn and grow within a fast-paced fundraising environment. Motivated by purpose, you’re excited by the opportunity to contribute to an ambitious campaign that will make a real difference for people affected by breast cancer - helping us move closer to a future where everyone diagnosed lives and is supported to live well.

Job description and benefits

The job description [DC1] and our attractive benefits are available for you to download.

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.

The salary range is: £29,000 - £32,000 London based

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions, please contact the Breast Cancer Now recruitment team

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who
we support.

We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.

Closing date  Wednesday 1 July 2026 9am

Interview date  week commencing 13 July 2026

Ref: PCR-261

Are you a proactive and community-focused individual with a passion for supporting people facing financial hardship? Do you have experience working in customer-facing environments and the ability to motivate volunteers while building strong local partnerships?

If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Pantri Coordinator to lead the day-to-day running of our Colwyn Bay Pantri and help support local individuals and families experiencing food poverty.

About St Giles Trust 
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.

About the service
Pantri Cymru provides a positive and practical response to food poverty by supporting individuals and families on low incomes to access affordable, nutritious food through a membership scheme.

More than a food provision service, the Pantri acts as a community hub where people can access wider support, improve wellbeing and build connections within their local community. Working closely with local partners, businesses and volunteers, the service helps tackle food poverty, reduce health inequalities and connect people to opportunities that can improve their lives.

About this key role
You will coordinate the day-to-day operation of the Colwyn Bay Pantri, ensuring the service runs smoothly, safely and effectively while creating a welcoming and supportive environment for members, volunteers and partners.

You will play a key role in developing local partnerships, supporting volunteers and helping individuals access practical and emotional support that improves wellbeing and resilience.

You will:

• Manage the daily operation of the Pantri, including stock management, income recording and membership administration
• Recruit, support and motivate volunteers to help deliver a high-quality service
• Build and maintain positive relationships with local businesses, community organisations and referral partners
• Promote the Pantri within the local community and coordinate engagement and promotional activities
• Support individuals and families with practical issues and signpost them to appropriate services and support
• Work closely with local partners to develop the Pantri as a community hub for wider support
• Ensure compliance with health and safety, safeguarding and food safety requirements
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to project monitoring and reporting
• Work collaboratively with partner organisation Adferiad to maximise outcomes for local people
• Support the promotion of the service in line with St Giles Trust's Welsh Language Policy

What we are looking for

• Experience working in a customer-facing, retail, community or support-based environment
• Ability to lead, motivate, train and support volunteers
• Ability to build positive relationships with people from diverse backgrounds
• Knowledge and awareness of the barriers faced by people experiencing poverty and disadvantage
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
• Ability to work independently and use initiative
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Commitment to safeguarding and maintaining professional boundaries
• Strong IT skills, including experience using Microsoft Office applications

Please note a basic DBS check is required for this role.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

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

Closing date: 06 July 2026 at 9AM

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Volunteer Recruitment & Onboarding

• Lead end-to-end recruitment and onboarding of volunteers across all Hospice roles, including clinical, wellbeing, family support, retail, fundraising, finance, facilities and administrative roles.
• Deliver a high-quality, seamless onboarding experience for volunteer applicants.
• Co-deliver monthly Introduction to Volunteering sessions, including follow-up engagement.
• Maintain effective recruitment pipelines to meet service needs.
• Support with recruitment campaigns for high priority volunteering roles.

Compliance & Governance

• Oversee volunteer compliance, ensuring volunteers, where required:
  • Have satisfactory references
  • Are DBS-checked
  • Complete and refresh mandatory training, including face-to-face safeguarding and relevant onboarding training via departments
• Maintain accurate compliance records within CRM systems.
• Monitor and report on DBS and safeguarding renewals, liaising with volunteers, team leaders and the education team.
• Ensure adherence to Hospice policies, legal requirements and best practice

Volunteer Operations & Service Delivery

• Provide front line guidance and advice on volunteer involvement and best practice to volunteer involving teams.
• Work with education team to co-facilitate Hospice Connections training sessions where required.
• Build strong cross-departmental relationships to align volunteering with organisational priorities.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the volunteer lifecycle and provide guidance and support to managers in planning volunteer requirements, recruitment, onboarding, induction, training, ongoing supervision, recognition, development, issue resolution, and volunteer exit processes.
• Part of the People Team office cover answering telephone, email and in person queries or directing the enquiry to the right place to be resolved. This includes monitoring the volunteering and volunteer reference and volunteer rota inboxes.
• Arrange regular meetings with Hospice volunteer managers to:
  • Review volunteer pipelines and activity
  • Analyse data and service needs
  • Identify opportunities for collaboration and service improvement
• Be a main point of contact for volunteers in key operational roles (e.g. IPU Kitchen, Meet & Greet), including recruitment, onboarding, supervision, and ongoing support

• Organise IPU volunteer rota planning and management (forward planning and weekly), ensuring adequate cover and resolving last-minute gaps, arranging shadow shifts and organising mentor allocation.
• Manage and organise tasks for admin volunteers within the Voluntary Services team.

Volunteer Engagement & Experience

• Support with the planning and delivery of an annual programme of volunteer engagement events (e.g. Sunday lunches, feedback forums, seasonal events): Coordinate event logistics including communications, RSVPs, venues, catering and health & safety.
• Actively gather, review and respond to volunteer feedback to continuously improve the volunteer experience.
• Coordinate and support volunteer communications across the organisation, including the production and distribution of the monthly volunteer bulletin and volunteer updates.
• Foster a positive, inclusive and motivating environment for volunteers.

Data, Systems & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain high standards of data accuracy across volunteer systems and records.
• Use data insights to inform planning and improve service delivery.
• Identify and suggest improvements to volunteer processes, including onboarding and rota systems.

General Responsibilities

• Represent the Hospice and uphold its values and reputation at all times.
• Support organisational income generation activities where appropriate.
• Identify and engage in continuous professional development opportunities, sharing learning with colleagues.
• Contribute to ongoing service improvement across volunteering and wider Hospice operations.

Qualifications, Skills, Experience, Knowledge & Approach

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in volunteer coordination or management
• Experience overseeing compliance processes (e.g. DBS, safeguarding, governance)
• Experience managing rotas, logistics or service delivery functions
• Demonstrated experience coordinating volunteer recruitment and onboarding processes
• A strong understanding of volunteer management best practice, including relevant legislation, policies, compliance requirements, safeguarding, DBS processes, and governance.
• Awareness of developments within the voluntary sector and hospice volunteering to ensure organisational practices remain current, effective, and compliant.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and database management
• Strong analytical, planning, and organisational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication, diplomacy, and problem-solving ability
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Proven stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
• Proven ability to meet recruitment targets across multiple service areas

Desirable

• Experience in healthcare, hospice or charity sector
• Experience facilitating training or group sessions
• Knowledge of EDI principles and inclusive volunteering practices

· Proven experience of working in diverse communities

Communication

· Excellent customer care skills – understands importance of good customer engagement & able to build strong working relationships 

• Good team player who is willing to support others/learn new skills 
• Able to communicate sensitively and understand boundaries of working with volunteers
• Excellent verbal, written, and digital communication skills
• Compassionate, emotionally intelligent, and able to communicate sensitively
• Confident and persuasive communicator, able to represent Voluntary Services in meetings and in conversations with Heads of Services
• Strong interpersonal skills to build collaborative relationships across teams

Decision Making

· Maintain confidentiality at all times 

· Proactive, solutions-focused, and accountable for outcomes

· Strong attention to detail and ability to drive multiple projects concurrently.

• Confident decision-maker with sound judgement

Mental & Physical Considerations, working conditions and environment

· Commitment to the aims, ethos and values of the Hospice

· Keen to develop self within role

· Ability to prioritise in the best interests of the organisation as a whole

· Willing and able to work as part of a team and independently using own initiative 

· Skilled in managing competing demands and expectations 

· Work with pace and accuracy 

· Ability to manage various tasks in a timely manner 

· Self-motivated and able to fulfil the job role with minimal supervision 

· Task driven – able to see processes through to competition 

· Ability to concentrate for sustained periods of time 

· Confident under pressure 

Health & Safety

· Understand and comply with all Health and Safety, Fire and Infection Control regulations

· Complete all mandatory training and ensure compliance of direct reports and contractors

Safeguarding

Act in a manner at all times to safeguard the interests of individual patients/clients and their  families and justify public trust and confidence in the Hospice of St Francis.

Programme and Finance Manager

We are seeking an organised and proactive Programme and Finance Manager to support the planning, coordination and financial management of a major exhibitions and displays programme.

Position: Programme and Finance Manager
Salary: £39,791 per annum
Location: London
Hours: Full-time, 36 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 9 July 2026

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading cultural organisation in a pivotal role supporting the delivery of an ambitious artistic programme.

Working closely with senior colleagues, you will coordinate and communicate programme schedules, processes and timelines, while providing project management support across exhibitions, displays and commissions. You will also play a key role in financial management, supporting budgeting, forecasting, reporting and financial control activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating programme schedules, milestones and key project information
• Supporting programme planning and preparation of materials for senior decision-making
• Monitoring exhibition and display timelines and ensuring delivery remains on track
• Managing departmental budgets, forecasting and financial reporting processes
• Preparing financial information for internal stakeholders and funders
• Coordinating budget meetings and financial workflows
• Supporting compliance with financial procedures and funding requirements
• Line managing and supporting a team of three staff members
• Acting as a key point of contact for programme and finance information across the organisation

About You

You will be an excellent communicator with exceptional organisational skills and a strong eye for detail.

You will ideally have:

• Experience of project management and/or programme coordination
• Strong financial, budgeting and forecasting skills
• Excellent planning, administrative and organisational abilities
• Experience working across complex organisations and managing multiple priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to analyse, collate and present information clearly and accurately
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective project management systems
• Previous line management experience
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications

An interest in arts, culture or the creative sector would be advantageous.

About the Organisation

This organisation is one of the UK's leading cultural institutions, committed to making art and creativity accessible to all. Through an ambitious programme of exhibitions, displays and commissions, it welcomes audiences from across the UK and around the world.

The organisation is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and values the different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds that people bring. Applications are welcomed from candidates with transferable skills and relevant experience, even if they do not meet every requirement listed.

Benefits

Benefits include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Pension scheme with employer contributions
• Life assurance and income protection
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Discounts and staff benefits
• Free or discounted access to exhibitions, galleries and museums

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Programme Manager, Project Manager, Programme Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Operations Manager, Finance and Operations Manager, Programme Delivery Manager, Exhibitions Manager, Business Manager, Portfolio Coordinator.

Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client – Not For Profit People.

Position

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and experienced face-to-face fundraising Manager with Festivals and Events experience who thrives in fast-paced environments and is passionate about both performance and purpose. You’ll lead, coach and inspire teams on the ground at some of the UK’s most vibrant festivals and events, while also playing a key role in shaping the future of our F2F programme—contributing ideas, improving ways of working, and driving innovation across delivery, training and operations. Ideal candidates will combine strong operational and people management skills with resilience, adaptability and a commitment to high standards of safeguarding and supporter engagement. In return, you’ll join a globally respected humanitarian organisation, directly connect the public with MSF’s life-saving work, and have the opportunity to influence and grow a programme that is central to our income and impact.

Hours: Full-Time (37.5 hours per week) This role is not limited to Monday–Friday and will require regular weekend work. Variable days over festival season including overnights and weekends

Duration: Fixed term - 12 months

Location: London - hybrid, and on-site at festivals across the UK

Salary: £41,902.62 - £51,214.32 per annum | Salary is offered in line with our pay framework and typically starts at the entry point of the band. Salary increases are considered annually and are subject to our appraisal and performance review process.

Job Purpose:

Manage the on-site delivery of MSF UK’s Face-to-Face (F2F) fundraising activity across Festivals and Events, ensuring high-performing, safe and professional fundraising operations that maximise income and public engagement.

Provide day-to-day management and development of Team Leaders, Fundraisers and Coordinator-level roles, driving performance through coaching, monitoring and clear accountability against targets.

Coordinate and deliver on-site operational and logistics activity across up to 60 festivals and events annually, working in close partnership with the Logistics Manager, who is responsible for logistics planning and infrastructure.

Act as the most senior on-site representative for MSF, ensuring all festival and event activity runs smoothly, maintaining strong relationships with event organisers, suppliers and stakeholders, and ensuring a high-quality, self-sufficient operational presence.

Work closely with the F2F Programme Lead and wider F2F management team to deliver the Festivals and Events plan, contribute to programme development and support the ongoing growth of the events portfolio.

Support the recruitment, onboarding and effective deployment of F2F agency workers and MSF UK staff, ensuring teams are equipped to deliver high-quality fundraising and meet performance expectations.

Take responsibility for on-site operational planning, including rota management and oversight of timesheet accuracy, ensuring effective resource allocation across activity.

Ensure all team activity adheres to MSF’s standards for behaviour, safeguarding, safety and compliance, creating a positive and professional working environment.

Outside of festival periods, take responsibility for the delivery of Private Sites activity, maintaining the same standards of leadership, performance and target achievement. The role is accountable for delivering annual Festivals and Events income targets and contributes to the overall success of the Face-to-Face programme.

This exciting role links our 350+ community organisations that receive food from us — known as our Community Food Members (CFMs) — with our thriving and fast-paced food operation. As the Food & Membership Operations Coordinator, you will work across the charity with the Food, Membership and Warehouse Teams, as well as our large and diverse volunteer community, to ensure CFM organisations receive a smooth, reliable and high-quality service each week.

The purpose of this role is to strengthen the connection between food supply, warehouse capacity and member demand. Acting as a key cross-functional coordinator, you will help ensure that surplus food flows efficiently into the organisation and out to the communities who need it. You will support both food-sourcing and membership functions, helping resolve issues quickly, improving communication, maintaining accurate data, and ensuring operational plans are aligned across teams.

Reporting to the Food Manager, with a dotted line to the Membership Manager, this role is central to improving collaboration across the organisation and ensuring FareShare South West delivers a safe, efficient and impactful service to frontline community organisations across the region.

1) Cross-Functional Coordination

• Support daily and weekly communication between Food, Membership and Operations regarding supply and membership demand 
• Maintain awareness of the food pipeline, providing timely updates on incoming supply, changes, restraints, gluts or shortages.
• Assist the Food Manager and Membership Managers with aligning food allocation planning to member needs, operational realities and transport schedules.
• Help coordinate solutions to operational challenges (e.g., quality issues, storage constraints, cancellations, short-dated stock).

2) Food Sourcing Support

• Support the Food Manager with local food sourcing activity, particularly in administration, supplier updates and basic relationship maintenance.
• Be a point of contact for day-to-day supplier communication, ensuring timely responses and accurate information flow
• Help maintain accurate sourcing records and documentation, including volumes, quality notes and engagement history.
• Support awareness-raising activities about FSSW’s surplus redistribution capability (e.g., events, promotional updates).
• Assist with capturing local supply opportunities and best practice shared through the FareShare Network and escalating them to the Food Manager.
• Help coordinate truck logistics schedules in partnership with Operations ensuring incoming food is aligned with capacity.
• Assist with food safety and compliance tasks related to local sourcing (e.g., documentation updates, supplier follow-up, recall administration) under direction from the Food Manager.

3) Member Support & Service Delivery

• Support member onboarding, offboarding, account updates, queries, complaints and general membership administration.
• Lead on resolving daily member-facing issues, including food quality concerns and product recalls, escalating where appropriate.
• Support food allocation writing, ensuring allocations reflect supply, need and warehouse capacity.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date member information, including delivery instructions, profiles and seasonal variations.
• Support membership-related campaigns, events and targeted projects (e.g., HAF, bolt-on models, piloted services).
• Communicate supply changes, special offers and gluts/shortages clearly to members in coordination with relevant teams.

4) Data, CRM & Reporting

• Maintain accurate member records in Salesforce and ensure data integrity across systems.
• Support reporting for funders, SLT and internal operational updates, including supply, allocations, member engagement and service metrics.
• Track and summarise recurring issues (e.g., cancellations, quality problems, demand spikes) to support decision-making.
• Contribute to KPI monitoring across both Membership and Food functions.

5) Compliance, Food Safety & Member Standards

• Operate in accordance with the FareShare Food Safety Manual and maintain required training.
• Support documentation for community food member (CFM) compliance, including kitchen checks, food safety standards and follow-up actions.
• Conduct in-person compliance visits with member organisations as required.
• Provide administrative support for product recalls, safety notices and compliance related communication.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• Experience or knowledge working in an operational, coordination or customer/member support role
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Confidence working with data and digital systems
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, able to coordinate across teams and externally

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in food sourcing, logistics, warehousing or surplus food redistribution, or an understanding of how food supply chains operate.
• Knowledge of food safety, warehouse processes or compliance requirements, or a willingness to develop this expertise.
• Experience using Salesforce, or similar CRM systems, with confidence managing data integrity and reporting.
• Experience working in a charity, community food environment or membership-based service
• Ability to build strong working relationships across internal teams and with external partners, suppliers or community groups.
• Comfortable representing the organisation externally
• Experience supporting projects or campaigns, including administration, coordination and communication tasks.
• Attention to detail in compliance-related work

Manchester Central Foodbank is a busy Trussell Trust-affiliated food bank, with centres in Central, North, and East Manchester. We were established in Ardwick in 2013 by students at the Manchester Universities’ Catholic Chaplaincy, making us the first student-led food bank in the country. Since then we have grown significantly, expanding our weekly sessions into Harpurhey and Openshaw.

Our core aims are to deliver the best quality support that we can to the largest number of our neighbours in need, while working with partners and influencing and organising at a neighbourhood and citywide level to reduce and end the need for food banks in Manchester.

We currently support 16,000 people per year with nutritionally balanced 3-day food parcels. This is double the number of people we supported in the first year following the Covid-19 pandemic, and four times the number supported in 2019. We also provide financial inclusion support with advice workers in public sessions, access to energy vouchers, SIM cards, and other voucher or material support. We coordinate across a network of 200 active front-line referral agencies with the aim of ensuring everyone who accesses our service has appropriate, specialised, and ongoing support alongside the material provision that we provide.

We are active leaders in anti-poverty organising and community development, as convenors of the citywide Building an Anti-Poverty Community collective and aim to be key shapers and influencers of new strategies and policies, working closely to support and influence local government, NHS, education and research agendas in Manchester and more widely building upon our track record of successful anti-poverty partnership work, social value impact and Parliamentary influencing. Our core values are: care, partnership, dignity, partnership, anti-stigma and rights-based.

Key responsibilities
As Chief Executive Officer you will be the key senior staff leader for the charity. You will lead the team to ensure they have the resources, frameworks, and support to effect smooth day-to-day running of our frontline support service. You will provide a strong business management focus, through supporting the financial process, overall metrics and reporting, day to day HR and input for the external Payroll Team, Health and Safety, appropriate working conditions, and strategic planning and communications. 

As the senior lead you will also facilitate and support the Board of Trustees to develop and lead strategic development objectives and plans for transformation, and ensure the delivery and implementation of the charity’s overall strategy and specific focused strategies. You will develop and manage strategic relationships with stakeholders including Council, NHS, and other statutory partners and funders, corporate and social value funders and partners, and high-value and donors. You will also plan and lead fundraising strategies. 

You will be a key external interface for our community and partners.  You will do this by:

Staff/Board Leadership and Governance:

• Line managing a current team of operations staff, including those supporting the recruitment, training, and management of a large team of volunteers. 

• Building team spirit and employee engagement and offer.

• Leading and delivering regular staff performance and development reviews.

• Developing and delivering robust metrics and reporting to the board and staff team, through consistent monthly and quarterly reporting packs to the board of trustees.

• Ensuring all staff and volunteers are familiar and engaged with the charity’s long-term goals and objectives, and know how their work helps to implement these on the ground. Leading the development of induction packages and ongoing offers for staff and volunteers. You will be responsible for writing, implementation, and update of institutional policies as needed to staff and volunteers.

• Leading targeted volunteer recruitment strategies to maximise core delivery capacity through volunteer roles and prioritise staffing capacity to core charity operations.

• Ensure policies are kept current.

• Ensure recording and management of absence/leave.

• Ensure Health and Safety aspects of all organisational operations are compliant, in collaboration with the Board sponsor.

• Manage day to day financial input, through the Xero app, and ensure accurate and up-to-date financial reporting for the Board/Treasurer. This includes administering monthly payroll requests.

• Oversee training and personal development plans for staff and volunteers, as appropriate.

• Working with the Chair of Trustees to implement the charity’s strategic plan and structural development objectives.

• Develop and implement ongoing plans and actions to ensure operationally-appropriate and safe office, warehouse, and working spaces.

• Lead on development, modelling, and maintenance of service delivery standards, quality control, and ensuring frontline teams have the appropriate resources, support, and frameworks to deliver high quality and consistent support offers.

Foodbank Management:

• Support the Operations and Project Lead to deliver the smooth running of food bank sessions across multiple centres, ensuring an excellent standard of service across all centres, and seeking to continually develop our service in line with our goals to support the largest number of people with the best support we can while working to reduce and end the need for food banks in Manchester.

• Develop and build a new Delivery Strategy with the Chair of Trustees and Operations and Project Lead.

• Support the Operations and Project Lead and Warehouse and Logistics Coordinator to safely store and maintain optimal stock levels, maximise food donation levels and reduce food spend, develop and maintain relationships with community donors, and record incoming and outgoing stock, with the aim of ensuring that all centres are well stocked to provide as many varied, balanced, and nutritious and culturally-appropriate food parcels as necessary.

• Ensure compliance with the procedures set out in Manchester Central Foodbank’s policies, the Trussell Trust’s Operating Manual, and relevant statutory requirements at all times.

• Ensure our food bank centres provide a safe and dignified environment for clients, free from discrimination, judgement, and stigma.

Strategy and External Relationships:

• Working with the Chair of Trustees on development, monitoring, and implementation of the core charity strategy and sub-strategies. Ensuring the involvement and participation of the food bank’s staff, volunteers, external partners, and service users in all strategic planning and decision making, where appropriate.

• Support the Operations and Project Lead to work build strong relationships with referral partners and wider community and statutory networks of collaborators and support to ensure that our service users are able to access the maximum amount of support before, during, and after accessing our service to minimise the length and severity of financial crisis, maximise their incomes, and provide pathways to ongoing and longer-term support.

• Play an active role in strategic and convening spaces around our city and neighbourhoods to present the foodbank’s approach, bring more partners into our network, and influence policy and funding frameworks.

• Develop and manage a Corporate Relationships and Social Value strategy, including communications, networking, and relationship management.

• Lead on directing the charity’s external communications, including social media, in person, newsletters, company visits, and other content.

• Manage internal communications, including developing and delivering two-way team briefings with the board and staff/volunteers, biannual town halls or away days with board members and staff/volunteers, newsletters, and an open and collaborative, person-focused, and developmental culture within the organisation.

About you

Essential Experience and Knowledge:

• 5 years’ experience of leading a similar profiled charity or organisation and successful Board interaction.

• Experience of leading successful transformation and change for a charity and a strong developmental mindset and focus.

• Have led a team of 5 or more staff members to successful performance, demonstrating experience of coaching and individual development skills.

• Experience in developing and leading successful and engaged volunteering programmes and support.

• Full valid driving licence. 

• Proven experience of leading the development and delivery of strategy and sub-strategies to successful conclusion and fashioning evidenced business cases for current and new development projects.

• Leading multiple complex projects or services, balancing the needs and interests of a range of stakeholders.

• Experience of implementing rigorous reporting and evaluation practices on operations.

• Experience of managing day-to-day financial administration and reporting.

• Evidence of delivering clear metric dashboards and reports.

• Experience of high-quality implementation of Health and Safety and Safeguarding policies and a leadership practice that centres care for staff, volunteers, and service users. Safeguarding lead qualification is desirable but will provide training if not.

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in HR processes and management.

• Experience in building and delivering strategic plans.

• Proven experience of effective problem solving and responding to crisis situations.

• A good working knowledge of the social welfare and political landscape in Manchester – or demonstrable experience in similar expertise and networking and an openness to learn and develop sector-specific knowledge.

• A nuanced and sensitive understanding of the complex reasons people attend food banks.

Desirable Experience and Knowledge:

• Partnering with and building relationships with Council, NHS, and other statutory partners and funders, corporate and social value partners and funders, high net worth donors, and fundraising through grant applications and individual/community donors.

• Experience of working collaboratively with stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, faiths, and views. 

• Experience of handling safeguarding incidents, follow-ups, and debriefs with staff, volunteers, and service users.

• Demonstrated success in delivering communications strategies for internal and external stakeholders, including social media and press content and campaigns.

Personal Skills and Attributes:

• An individual who embodies the values of Manchester Central Foodbank in their core professional practice and personal approach to their work.

• An empathetic and care-centred approach and the ability to centre the experience and outcomes of people from marginalised or socially-excluded backgrounds in core decision-making and prioritisation.

• A leader who takes ownership, accountability, and responsibility to drive an organisation and team forward with a developmental mindset.

• A highly self-motivated and proactive person who centres collaboration and consensus with the staff team, volunteers and Board of Trustees in their approach.

• Able to develop strategy and plans and translate strategy to actionable delivery and developmental projects.

• A high level of literacy and communication.

• A high level of numeracy and ability to analyse data.

• Strong leadership attributes to build engagement and performance with the team.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate, persuade, and coach staff and volunteers.

• Excellent personal organisation skills and the ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities and deadlines.