Community Chef Educator

Would you like be part of of our Community Shop in Hendon, Sunderland.

Are you passionate about making a difference through food?

Join Our Team: Community Chef Educator at Community Kitchen!

About us

Company Shop Group is the largest commercial redistributor of surplus food and household products in the UK, enabling some of the biggest retailers, manufacturers, food service and logistics providers to unlock value from surplus stock, which may have otherwise gone to waste.

The surplus we handle is redistributed through our Company Shop stores and our award-winning social enterprise Community Shop where we build stronger individuals and more confident communities. Working with our partners, we deliver an incredible impact and we're proud to be a good business doing good.

About the role

Community Kitchen is seeking a dedicated Chef Educator to lead our culinary initiatives and drive positive change within our Hendon store in Sunderland.

You will need to be able to think on your feet and use your culinary expertise to produce freshly cooked, nutritious meals. But also, it is essential that you will be confident and supportive in the delivery of our Community Kitchen programmes and community-based initiatives that align in response to your community’s needs. You will need to be ready and willing to create positive changes in our members and to question and rethink concepts, assumptions and practises.

Working closely with internal and external stakeholders you will be able to demonstrate your leadership, initiative and ability to work effectively in a capacity that reflects Community shop’s values.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Ability to work with the various challenges of daily changing, surplus food stocks and be able to create nutritious meals.
• Lead and deliver Community Kitchen’s Social Impact and culinary development programmes including the promotion and support of local communities through engaging activities.
• Assist retail and hub in driving membership to broaden Community Kitchen’s Social Impact.
• The delivery of in-house training and development programmes
• Work closely with other organisations in the wider not-for-profit, social enterprise, public and private sectors – with the aim of taking forward new social impact opportunities that maximise the synergistic and financial benefits of joint working to benefit local people and members.
• Build understanding within the social sector and beyond Community Shop to help in the development of our social impact, business offer.
• Ensure that all Health, Safety & Environmental policies and practises are upheld
• Engage your team both within your department and within other departments to support cross functional and positive working relationships
• Employ a supportive and high performing culture with consistent delivery, through excellent leadership and motivation, that fully utilises and develops your teams’ skills and capabilities
• Keep up to date with information relevant to your department and cascade this accordingly to your wider department teams.

Requirements

Essential:

• A strong culinary background

• NVQ level 2 in Catering ( or similar qualifications )

• Food hygiene level 2 or above.

• Knowledge of HACCP

Desired and advantageous:

• Experience delivering effective cooking / training programmes

• Experience working with vulnerable individuals

• Experience gained within a community-based setting

Benefits

Why you’ll love Company Shop Group

• Free membership to Company Shop for you and 10 x nominees.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Annual Flu Injections, High Street and Leisure discounts and on-site Parking.
• Subsidised staff Canteen, Free Tea & Coffee, and Free Fruit Friday
• Employee Assistance Programme – Grocery Aid.
• Eligible for Costco membership, Cycle 2 Work, and UK Fuel card discounts.
• Life assurance benefit

Location- Community Shop - 31-32 Fawcett Street, Hendon, Sunderland, SR1 1RE

Hours-07:30-4:00pm Monday-Friday (Although occasional flexibility may be required )

Store Opening Hours-08:30-5:00pm Mon-Fri and Saturdays 7:00am-3:00pm

Salary-£28'868 per annum

PLEASE NOTE: The successful candidate will be required to have a DBS check carried out as part of the offer process.

Join us in empowering our community through food! To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and passion for social impact.