Aberdeenshire North Foodbank is a crisis intervention service with a vision to end hunger and poverty in our local communities. In the last year we have fed over 8000 people and received just over 87 tons of donated food. The service operates across the north of Aberdeenshire in Banff and Buchan, Buchan, Garioch, Formartine and Upper Marr.

The foodbank involves around 80 volunteers and has distribution centres in Inverurie, Ellon, Huntly, Peterhead and Fraserburgh. The food bank enjoys widespread community support from churches and school, as well as from the local authority, statutory agencies and frontline support agencies. Since opening there’s been a growing and sustained use of the Foodbank service with geographical expansion into new areas.

We are also involved in a range of ‘more than emergency food’ projects including an active role in the Fair Food Aberdeenshire Partnership and development work which includes a community market garden and a food hub project in the Huntly and surrounding areas.

The foodbank is an independent Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation operating as part of the Trussell trust food bank. The Trussell trust is a charity founded on Christian principles. We follow the Trust’s operating model working with compassion, honesty integrity openness kindness and care for all people regardless of religious belief or non-belief.

We are working closely with the Trussell Trust on a Pathfinder programme, which allows us to develop and deliver on strategic objectives that align with the Trussell Trust’s strategy for ending the needs for emergency food and poverty. This work includes further developing our Financial Inclusion Services, embedding Participation into our organisation and raising awareness and making calls to action in our local communities about understanding and challenging the root causes of poverty.

ROLE OUTLINE AND PURPOSE

To oversee the operations of the foodbank centres and warehouses, including support for staff and volunteers and working with the management team to deliver the foodbank’s strategic and operational plans.

Working under the direction of the Chief Officer, and closely with Pathfinder colleagues, to help build a cohesive. integrated team and ensuring that the foodbank meets the changing needs of local people.

We are hiring a part-time Coordinator to join our new team at the Heart of Newhaven Community. The Coordinator will join the new Transition Manager as well as numerous volunteers to deliver the soon-to-be-opened intergenerational community hub in the old Victoria Primary School and its associated buildings. Be part of the ambitious project and make a difference.

About the Heart of Newhaven Community

The Heart of Newhaven Community (a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, SC049919) was created on the back of community consultation around four years ago. The aim was to save Victoria Primary School from development, dereliction or destruction and turn it into an inclusive, welcoming hub that everyone could enjoy. The themes of Culture and Heritage and Learning and Enterprise combining to ensure Health and Well-being will lead the ambitious programme of collaborative, intergenerational activity. The charity has secured the building and now needs a team of professionals to help turn the vision into reality.

Job purpose

The Heart Coordinator will be the first point of contact for the Heart’s users and will be responsible for creating a warm and inclusive welcome. They will play a key role in coordinating the Heart’s administrative systems and databases and will be given a high degree of autonomy. They will be self-motivated to play a key role in the delivery of the Heart’s projects and services.

Major tasks and responsibilities

● Collaborating with all delivery partners to promote and facilitate a welcoming, open and inclusive environment in the Heart.

● Coordinating a team of volunteers to support the day-to-day running of the Heart

● Managing a central email account and answering telephone enquiries

● Developing and maintaining administrative systems within the Heart and adapting these as necessary.

Start date as soon as possible, and no later than 1st September 2022

This is a part-time, fixed-term role for 18 months. Once the Heart is successfully established then it is expected that role could evolve into a permanent position of employment.

The Bridge Community Café & Holy Trinity Food Bank are well established, growing and exciting ministries that are part of the community facing work of Holy Trinity Church located in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. Much of Wester Hailes is affected by marked socio-economic deprivation and the resultant challenges. The current cost of living crisis is causing even more strain for local people. The Bridge Café & Foodbank try to meet immediate practical needs, and to support and maintain contact with people from the community who need it most.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate person to lead the teams who run the church community café and foodbank in Wester Hailes as we seek to develop these ministries. The position is part time, 22.5 hours a week flexible during Monday to Friday and is subject to review after 2 years.

The Café & Foodbank Team Lead will have three main areas of responsibility:

1) The Foodbank: To strengthen and maintain a team of volunteers to run the large-scale provision of Foodbank each week. This includes training and oversight of volunteers and monitoring the effectiveness of the Foodbank processes, providing feedback to sponsors.

2) The Bridge Community Café: To act as mentor and line manager for the Café Manager. Supporting and facilitating the running of the café.

3) Development: Work with key volunteers, elders, and staff members to shape current and any future community caring initiatives. Maintaining and developing relationships with external agencies and other local supporting churches.

You will be compassionate, and able to relate to those who are poor, needy and vulnerable with a desire to help address some of their needs, demonstrating and sharing God’s love in practical ways. You will have previous leadership or managerial experience, able to nurture, develop and motivate staff and volunteers to give of their best. It is also important that you have administrative and organisational skills, including managing a budget, and are proficient in the use of e-mail, social media and MS Office products.

We are hiring a Transition Manager as we make the transition from a focus of acquiring the site and buildings, to running the Heart and delivering our vision. This new post will lead our new team at the Heart of Newhaven Community. The full-time Transition Manager will join two new part-time colleagues and numerous volunteers to deliver the soon-to-be-opened intergenerational community hub in the old Victoria Primary School and its associated buildings. Be part of our ambitious project and make a difference.

About the Heart of Newhaven Community

The Heart of Newhaven Community (a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, SC049919) was created on the back of community consultation around four years ago. The aim was to save Victoria Primary School from development, dereliction or destruction and turn it into an inclusive, welcoming hub that everyone could enjoy. The themes of Culture and Heritage and Learning and Enterprise combining to ensure Health and Well-being will lead the ambitious programme of collaborative, intergenerational activity. The charity has secured the building and now needs a team of professionals to help turn its vision into reality.

Job purpose

The post holder will play a key role in ensuring the effective management and development of the Heart’s initiatives and activities. The role holder will be given a high degree of autonomy and will be self-motivated to deliver the Heart’s strategic aims in collaboration with the Board of Trustees and the community.

The role has three central aims:

● Develop collaborations and partnerships that achieve the Heart’s vision.

● Manage employees, volunteers, consultants, and contractors.

● Manage the Heart’s physical resources including the three buildings and the wider site.

The Transition Manager will lead the development of the Heart of Newhaven to ensure wider community engagement and collaboration, and identify new opportunities to address recognised community needs. Through effective networking and good communication, the role holder will work closely with third, private and public sector partners to achieve a vibrant, well managed and inclusive service. The Transition Manager will play a central role in achieving the overarching aim of the Heart to become a multi-generational hub that sustainably operates for the benefit of the local community.

Start date: as soon as possible, and no later than 1st September 2022