Job Description
Kitchen and Training Coordinator
Salary: £27,000
Duration: Full Time 35 hrs per week, permanent contract
Do you have passion for your work, a commitment to excellence and a desire to support some of the most vulnerable and excluded people in our communities? Could you support us to make positive lasting changes in people’s lives?
Providence Row has a long history of working with those affected by homelessness and vulnerably housed in East London, offering an integrated service of crisis support, advice, substance use & alcohol support and employment and training advice. Our aim is to ensure that people who are so often excluded from mainstream services gain the support and opportunities they need to create a safe, healthy and sustainable life away from the streets.
Food is central to the work we have been doing for the last 160+ years. We continue to provide high quality nutritious meals for those that attend our services as well as running an award winning training scheme that is designed to create genuine impact in people’s lives.
The ideal candidate
With experience in catering and/or working in a professional kitchen you will have great organisational and time-management skills. You will oversee the running of our kitchen, including our food service for clients and supervision of trainees and volunteers. You will be passionate about using food as a means to help people overcome exclusion, isolation and poor health.
Research indicates that women and other marginalised groups tend to apply only when they feel confident they meet all the criteria stipulated for a position. We encourage all individuals to apply even if they do not meet all of the items listed in the person specification.
To apply for this role, please send your CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the personal specification to [email protected] – CV’s without covering letters will not be accepted.
The deadline for applications is midnight 18th September 2022
Interviews will take place week commencing Monday 26th September 2022
Providence Row is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales; company number 07452798 registered charity number 1140192.
