Food bank supporter (Food Drive Coordinator)
Our food bank provides emergency food and compassionate, practical support to people in crisis, while campaigning for a UK without the need for food banks. Without our volunteers, selflessly donating their time, we simply would not be able to support the thousands of people in crisis.
Role purpose: To organise and coordinate food drives for the foodbank.
The role: You will work with the volunteer coordinator to create volunteer rotas for instore and for additional warehouse shifts to run food drives. You will monitor slots are full. You will plan the logistics of transport to move donated stock from store to the warehouse and have a coordination role on the day. This can be a volunteer shared role.
Key responsibilities: • Be available on the day of the food drive • Use the volunteer management platform Assemble, to work with the volunteer coordinator to create a rota for the food drive instore and for various warehouse shifts • Support all communications that go out about the food drive • Coordinate the logistics of transport to move stock from the supermarket to the warehouse • Set up and set down the food drive • Attend at change of shift at the food drive
What we are looking for: • Good communicator • Ability to plan • Flexibility – food drives might happen on a Saturday Skills required: • Strong computer skills • Team player and ability to motivate others • Ability to work under own initiative
Skills gained: • Communication skills
Considerations: • Flexibility to volunteer at a weekend for 9am-5pm • Access to computer, printer and internet to complete the work
Hours expected: Food drives happen on average twice in a three month period. Dates are not fixed although we always have a three day food drive in Tesco on the first weekend of December. Food drives operate between 9am-5pm with setting up/down time either end of the day. Prep for a food drive would be approximately 4 hours. Availability to respond to urgent queries would also be useful. This can be a volunteer share role
Training: Full training will be provided.