Job description
Part time, 25 hours per week
£22 per hour
Job share available
About the Role
As the Operations Manager you will be responsible for leading and coordinating a large team of volunteers including volunteer leads ensuring an efficient customer focused service is provided across 5 days a week. You will support in building and developing a community of volunteers including recruitment and onboarding, ensuring all volunteers have been trained whilst providing guidance as required.
You will be a key driver in managing referrals and developing excellent relationships with referral partners and their organisations. You will respond to enquiries for support and ensure all food parcels are prepared to meet with any dietary requirements.
The successful incumbent will develop positive relationships with supporters including individuals, corporate and community-based supporters, organising fundraising events, managing social media accounts, facilities management, overseeing health and safety, procurement of food supplies, ensuring physical donations are recorded and dealing with any general administration tasks daily.
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and empathetic individual to lead the day-to-day administration and operation of FoodBox and to make a difference to people's lives across the Hounslow community.
What you will need to succeed
- A real people person who has a passion for forging strong relationships leading a team of volunteers and working with partner agencies
- Demonstrable experience of managing a team effectively.
- Previous experience of working in an operational focused or office management role would be beneficial.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop key stakeholder relationships both internally and externally.
- Extensive organisational skills to manage changing priorities.
- Must be able to work autonomously and have a proactive approach
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office products including Word and Excel.
We are Adecco Public Sector, part of The Adecco Group. As a consciously inclusive recruiter we want to ensure that we are committed to making the future work for everyone. As a people business we put our expertise and energy into improving everyone's chances of being part of the world of work. Accessibility is important to us, so please let the Consultant know if you will require any adjustments to be made to support you best when applying for this role.
To speak to a recruitment expert please contact Kerri Walkey