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Sustainable Merton
Morden, London
Posted: 25 Apr 2024
Deadline: 17 May 2024
Compensation: £20,790 pa for 28 hours a week worked over 4 days (£25,987 pa FTE)
Paid
Job description
Purpose of the role:
Sustainable Merton, Merton’s local environmental charity, is looking for a Community Fridge Coordinator to run the day to day operations of Merton’s Community Fridge, the first of its kind in the borough. You will be a proactive and vigilant individual with a passion for fair and connected communities and an interest in saving food waste.
Our Community Fridge is located in a friendly, accessible space, where surplus food is donated by businesses and residents and re-distributed to the community. In particular, we focus on helping those in food insecurity. Sustainable Merton’s Community Fridge opened in spring 2020 and is located at Morden Baptist Church, with additional storage in Morden Civic Centre. The Fridge has grown substantially since then and now serves between 180 - 200 people each week.
The Community Fridge Coordinator is responsible for all aspects of Fridge coordination including regular communication with volunteers, planning the weekly and monthly rota, volunteer recruitment, data collection and inputting and management of donated food.
To learn more about Merton’s Community Fridge please visit www.sustainablemerton.org/community-fridge
Application information
For details on how to apply for the role please visit: https://www.sustainablemerton.org/jobs
Closing Date: 17th May 2024 but early applications are encouraged and will be considered once submitted. The successful incumbent is expected to be in post mid June 2024. Please email your updated CV and a covering letter to:
Siobhan Hurley Merton’s Community Fridge Network Manager siobhan@sustainablemerton.org
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About Sustainable Merton
As Merton's local environmental charity, we aim to inspire, mobilise and enable our community to take action on climate change and protect our environment for future generations. Sustainability and wellbeing go hand in hand, so our projects address both environmental and social goals, such as addressing the cost of living crisis and strengthening community connections. We believe that a happier, healthier, more connected community is one that will have the greatest impact.
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Roots to Work
C/o Sustain
The Green House
244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9DA
0203 5596 777
sustain@sustainweb.org
www.rootstowork.org
Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
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