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CIPD Level 5, Assoc CIPD | HR & Administration Manager @ Booth Centre
Role:Community Kitchen Coordinator
Hours:40 hours per week
Contract:2 years fixed term
Reporting to:Service Manager
Location:Booth Centre
Main Purpose:To coordinate the running of the Booth Centre kitchen with our volunteer team, ensuring we provide a ‘3 of your 5 a day’ menu to, on average, 90 people who visit the Centre each day.
The Booth Centre is an award-winning community centre run in partnership with people affected by homelessness. We providea warm welcome, an opportunity to belong, to find purpose andto affect systems change across the city. Our programme includesactivities such as volunteering, creative projects and sports, training and help to gain employment. We also support people to improve health andwellbeing, toaccess accommodation, and tosecure and maintain a permanent home. We are recognised nationally as a beacon of good practice and have delivered good practice workshops, training and guidelines on ways of working in partnership, which have been implemented across many services in the sector. The Centre is a safe, welcoming place, where everyone is included, respected, heard and empowered; we are a community.
Our Vision, Mission & Values:
* Our vision is for everyone to have a secure home and the opportunity to have a good quality of life.
* Our mission is to bring about positive change in the lives of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and help them plan for and realise a better future.
* We live our values, which have been agreed with people accessing the Centre. Our values are Respectful, Inclusive, Welcoming, Inspiring and Partnership Working.
The Booth Centre Kitchen is the heart of the Centre. Our busy kitchen is run in partnership with our volunteer team and is central to our service delivery. Our kitchen volunteer team wants to improve their skills and produce delicious food for our Community Café, which provides a lovely space for everyone to enjoy the food prepared by the kitchen team, in a friendly, social eating setting where people can build connections & enjoy a dining experience.
Job Description
The Booth Centre Kitchen Team has identified that theCommunity Kitchen Coordinatorshould:
* Offer flexibility and inclusivity - ability to work dynamically to produce healthy meals for, on average, 100 per day.
* Empower and include people volunteering in the kitchen.
* Create a warm atmosphere, good vibe and being positive.
* Good cooking ability
* Commitment to working within a co-produced approach
* Ability to work well in a busy environment, in a team setting & alone
* Ability to keep to task, to prioritise and to meet deadlines
* Commitment to working within our team’s Agreed Behaviours
* Possession of an NVQ Level 2 Food Production & Cooking (or something similar)
* Ability to set up, plan and run group sessions or meetings
* Experience of working in a kitchen and undertaking compliance related tasks
* Experience of working with volunteers and/or in partnership with others
* Experience of working with or supporting vulnerable people
* Experience of dealing with challenging behaviour
General
* To identify risk and safeguarding concerns, with the ability to follow procedure.
* To attend regular 1-to-1 sessions and team meetings, as identified by your line manager
* To attend other meetings and training as requested by your line manager or the SLT
* To undertake any other duties as requested by your line manager or the SLT, within reason and through discussion
* To carry out all duties in line with the Centre’s Vision, Mission & Values, following policies and practice, to show commitment to inclusion & equality of opportunity
* Willingness to cover the duties and tasks of colleagues where necessary
* We ask our team members to commit to a Community Pledge, supporting events and fundraising drives as well as taking part in one fundraising event per year.
* We ask our team members to contribute to the food and drinks on offer to the staff team at the Centre by making a monthly payment of £10.
Note: Though we have tried to be thorough, no job description can cover every issue which may arise within a post at various times. The successful candidate would be expected to carry out other duties as required from time to time.
Person Specification - Are you the person we are looking for?
We would like to welcome a flexible, positive, dedicated, respectful person to the team as Community Kitchen Coordinator. We are looking for a dynamic, team player, who enjoys working with others, taking on a challenge and takes pride in their work. You will become part of a dedicated, supportive and friendly team. You will be supported to develop and learn, to build your skills and knowledge in a sometimes challenging, often rewarding setting.
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