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• Are you a friendly communicator who thrives on building great relationships?
• Are you a practical problem solver and an effective project manager?
• Do you want to help create a better food system that’s fairer to farmers and kinder to the planet?
Growing Communities is a pioneering social enterprise that’s building a fairer, more sustainable food system by supporting local small-scale organic farmers. We run a successful organic fruit and veg scheme in Hackney and Haringey and the farmers’ market in Stoke Newington, as well as working to create wider change and build the good food movement. Our 1600 veg scheme customers collect their delicious weekly veg bags from 30 collection points in Hackney and Haringey.
We’re looking for a confident, organised and practical person to ensure the veg scheme customer’s journey from sign-up to veg bag collection is welcoming, fun, smooth and easy, and to resolve issues quickly and effectively. Working closely with the marketing and veg scheme teams and with collection point hosts, you will help customers, build relationships, find opportunities and maximise the visibility, sales potential and smooth running of our collection points – our main point of contact with the community.
• Three days a week (22.5 hours), Wednesday to Friday. See job description for detailed hours.
• £31,077.71 per year (£18,646.63 pro rata).
• Fixed-term one-year contract, with review for potential extension at 9 months.
• 33 days’ annual leave (pro rata)
• 30% discount on fruit and veg bags
• 5% contributory pension available
Working from office based at: The Old Fire Station, 61 Leswin Road, N16 7NX
This job is open to everyone, regardless of background. We acknowledge that the environmental sector is less accessible to people from minority backgrounds and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We especially want to hear from you if you feel that opportunities like this are less available to you, or you don’t see yourself represented very often in the environmental or sustainable food sectors.
See the full job description and person specification here.
Customer Experience Assistant JD.docx
Send your CV and a cover letter addressing how you meet the person specification outlined in the job description. (Each document should be no more than two pages.) Please also complete and return the Recruitment Monitoring Form. Email them to Katy Barker, senior manager.
Recruitment Monitoring Form 2023.docx
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 5 June
First round Interviews: Thursday 8 June
Second round interviews: Wednesday 14 June
If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, email Chen, marketing coordinator, to arrange a time for an informal phone call.
Growing Communities, The Old Fire Station, 61 Leswin Road, London N16 7NX
Then we want to hear from you!
Growing Communities is a pioneering social enterprise that’s building a fairer, more sustainable food system by supporting local small-scale organic farmers. We run a successful organic fruit and veg scheme in Hackney and Haringey and the farmers’ market in Stoke Newington. We also work to create wider change and build the good food movement. Our 1600 veg scheme customers collect their climate-friendly, organic fruit and vegetable bags from collection points in Hackney and Haringey, and that’s where we need you!
We are looking for an E-Cargo Bike Delivery Worker to deliver fruit and veg bags to our locations in Hackney and Haringey. A team of you will deliver 1600+ bags a week using electric cargo tricycles (cargo box behind the rider).
• Delivering fruit and veg bags to our 35+ community collection points, outlets and food banks by electric cargo bike.
• Being a public-facing representative of Growing Communities, answering questions from members and the general public to increase awareness of our offer in these boroughs.
See the full job description and person specification here.
E-Cargo Bike Delivery Worker JD.docx
• Multiple contracts available – either fixed term or casual zero hours.
• Contracts of either 12-14 hours over Wednesdays/Thursdays or just 6-8 hours a week on Wednesdays. All hours between 8am-7pm. See job description for detailed hours.
• £11.95 per hour (plus £1.44ph holiday pay if casual contract)
• If fixed term contract then additional benefits available:
You will work from our headquarters at The Old Fire Station in Stoke Newington.
Email the following to senior manager Zosia Walczak
• Cover letter addressing how you meet the person specification outlined in the job description
• CV (no more than two pages)
• Recruitment Monitoring Form
• Tell us if you have strong preferences on contract type (fixed-term or zero hours), or any limitations on your availability to work on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Recruitment Monitoring Form 2023.docx
Closing date for applications: 12pm, 12 June
Interviews: 15 or 16 June
Start date/paid training: expected to be in week of 19 June
Please include in your application if you have any limitations on your availability on those dates.
This job is open to everyone, regardless of background. We acknowledge that the environmental sector is less accessible to people from minority backgrounds and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We especially want to hear from you if you feel that opportunities like this are less available to you, or you don’t see yourself represented very often in the environmental or sustainable food sectors.
If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, email Zosia to arrange a time for an informal phone call.
Check out Roots to Work for a comprehensive list of sustainable food jobs across the UK.
Check out volunteering page to learn about volunteering on our Hackney market gardens. We are closed for volunteering in Dagenham.
Many of the veg schemes in the Better Food Traders welcome volunteers. Check the Better Food Traders website for details.
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