Brentwood Foodbank
Location: Brentwood
Finance: Salary or Allowance
Duration: Full‑time
Activity: Church, Events & Networking, Hospitality, Other
Posted: 26 Sep 2025
Closes: 25 Oct 2025

Foodbank Project Director

Brentwood Foodbank

TO APPLY FOLLOW https://forms.gle/qPrL5FgTa5XKYxyM8, or email info@brentwood.foodbank.org.uk

***All applicants must reside and have the right to work in the UK*** 


FOODBANK PROJECT DIRECTOR 

 

Job Description and Person Specification


JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsible to: The trustees of Brentwood Foodbank/ Doddinhurst Road Community Church

Responsible for: Central management and coordination of the Foodbank project

Salary: £35,000 per annum

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Permanent: 6 month probation period

 

Overall responsibility of the job: To lead and oversee the various operations of Brentwood Foodbank. With special concern for the strategic development of its vision. Leading and chairing the steering group: guiding the ongoing development of the Foodbank project, ensuring it sustainability. To implement structure to the existing charity apparatus of Foodbank.

 

Specific responsibilities:

Reporting to Trustees

  • Report to the charity’s trustees bi-annually or at such special meetings as the trustees may call
  • Advise the trustees of exceptional events, such as complaints, major press contacts, accidents, external evaluations or risk to reputation

Strategic development

  • Provide vision, leadership and direction in collaboration with the Trustees
  • Call meetings of the steering group monthly, providing a report in advance and agenda
  • To line manage the project coordinator and lead the volunteers in Foodbank’s operations

Management Responsibilities

  • To lead and direct all other members of staff.
  • Instruct the Accounts Clerk in any change to policy or adaptions required to financing.
  • Direct the Project Coordinator to any administrative avenues to pursue including grants and funding.
  • To lead and serve, by example all volunteers and volunteer leadership positions     

Trussell Trust compliance

  • Comply with the terms of the Foodbank franchise, including standard operating procedures

Communications

  • Maintain a Foodbank phone and email account
  • Create and protect clear communication with all elements of Brentwood Foodbank.

Foodbank centres & Volunteers

  • Visit all Foodbank places of operation on a regular basis
  • Liaise with Foodbank centre supervisors to enact and encourage operational standards

Food store

  • Visit the warehouse on a regular basis
  • Liaise and assist with the (volunteer) warehouse manager to monitor operational efficiency
  • Support the (volunteer) warehouse manager to monitor Health and Safety, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and good practice

Food supplies

  • Liaise with the (volunteer) warehouse manager to assure the whole operation can adapt and run sustainably.

Data

  • Be familiar with the on-line data system and utilise it where it is needed to raise support and address concerns.

Agencies

  • Pursue partnerships with referral agencies
  • Represent the foodbank when required.

Public Relations

  • Issue press releases as appropriate, and respond to local press enquiries
  • Conduct a Foodbank themed church service across Brentwood.  

Finance

  • Comply with the Foodbank’s finance policy.
  • Liaise with the steering group to identify resources for central purchase

Quality Assurance

  • Undertake the annual Quality Assurance visit from The Trussell Trust


PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience:

  • Experience of managing people
  • Experience of working or volunteering in an organisation that deploys volunteers – preferably a charity or Foodbank
  • A sound understanding of, and experience of engagement with, churches and Christians of different denominations
  • Experience in the operation of a Foodbank is preferred

Key Skills:

  • Ability to manage and monitor the development of a project
  • Good oral communication
  • Confident user of email, document and spreadsheet applications, and internet
  • Ability to work independently and unsupervised
  • Numerate and comfortable interpreting statistical data
  • Empathy and ability to work with people from disadvantaged, marginalised, or socially excluded backgrounds.

Personal attributes:

  • Honesty and integrity
  • Passionate about tackling poverty
  • Servant-hearted – As a charity the Foodbank project seeks to put into practice the teachings of the Jesus Christ. For this reason and the expectation that Church services would be conducted it is a genuine occupational requirement that the candidate be a practicing Christian.

Other Requirements

  • Driver with clean licence
  • Upon acceptance of the role a DBS will be required

Training provided

Induction training

IT training as required

H&S, Environmental Health & Manual Handling as appropriate

Children and adults with care and support needs protection

Food Hygiene as required

Please mention OSCAR when responding.

Brentwood Foodbank

We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.
Address:
Doddinghurst Road Community Church
56-60 Doddinghurst Road
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 9EH
UNITED KINGDOM