The Plant-Based Community Cookery School
The Plant-Based Community Cookery School
Posted Friday 16th August 2024...
We are excited to be sharing this brand-new vacancy with you! Made In Hackney is looking for a Coordinator to join our team. Read on for more information about this great new opportunity.
Post: Coordinator, Made In Hackney (MIH)
Hours: Full time
Contract: 12 months with possible extension
Location: Hybrid: partly home-based and partly at Liberty Hall, London E5 9AA
Salary: £27,500/annum
Holiday: 25 days (plus bank holidays)
Pension: 4% Employer contribution
SUMMARY
Made In Hackney opened its doors in 2012 as the UK’s first fully vegan community cookery school and charity.
We collaborate with communities to showcase and develop skills, knowledge and inspiration to grow, cook and eat more plants.
The kitchen started as a response to global and local crises – health inequalities, food access and climate change. These interconnected issues drive our mission to bring about positive change in the areas of community, health and environment with delicious, culturally varied, nutritious plant-based food at the centre of all we do.
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This is an exciting opportunity to work with a creative and friendly collaborative team. Your role will be central to the smooth day to day running of the charity, working alongside the Director of Operations to ensure systems are in place and data is correctly recorded to allow us to learn and grow. This role will also work with the Programmes team to ensure all aspects of our community classes are delivered efficiently.
We are looking for someone who has strong organisational skills and is interested in building their project management skills.
Responsibilities include:
Operations
Responsible for ensuring systems and processes are fit for purpose and utilised correctly across the organisation
Responsible for accurately recording data and updating in Salesforce CRM; all class, programme and event information
Responsible for accurately recording in-kind donations on Salesforce for the cookery school programmes and events
Coordinate administration using Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Forms, Zoom, Eventbrite and Salesforce
Responsible for collate online survey forms: inputting data from evaluation forms where required
Programmes Coordination
Proactively support the development, improvement and implementation of effective administrative systems to support the smooth running of class, programme and event delivery at Made In Hackney
Responsible for updating MIH website with all relevant class content; including class listings and formatting and printing recipes
Be responsible for keeping accurate attendance records for reporting and funding purposes
General Administration
Providing administrative support to the MIH team as required
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Administration coordination experience with a wide range of skills including:
Excellent and proven administrative ability and capacity to follow, develop and improve processes to a high standard
Ability to work with CRMs and other data systems
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a variety of tasks simultaneously
Be able to work under own initiative and as a member of the MIH team
Excellent attention to detail
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to communicate clearly with a range of people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
Solutions focussed, with the ability to take initiative, problem solve, and think creatively
Enthusiasm, energy and a positive attitude
BENEFITS
Hybrid working between home and our office
Training provided in Salesforce, Safeguarding Adults and Children, Emergency First Aid, Food Safety
Opportunity to join in cookery classes
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes counselling and physiotherapy
Staff well-being and social activities throughout the year
Quiet time working – the opportunity to work flexibly over the Christmas – See Annual Leave Policy for full details
Pension Scheme
Equal Opportunity
MIH is an exciting and fast-paced place to work. We are proud to have a diverse team and we are committed to building on this and ensuring our workplace is inclusive and accessible. We have a strong commitment to promoting diversity, equality and equal opportunities. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, whether these be of ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation or other.
To Apply: Please send a CV with covering letter setting out how you meet the person specification to Georgia Parry, georgia@madeinhackney.org
Deadline: 9am 2nd September 2024, though we encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will be scheduling interviews as we get applications and reserve the right to close the job early
Post commences: As soon as possible after appointment
Download the full Job Description and Person Specification
