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Do you care about doing something worthwhile with your working day? Are you passionate about supporting people at work and beyond? At FareShare South West, you can make a real difference to the one million people in the south west who are going hungry.

It’s very rewarding and impactful to work here, the sense of social positivity and giving to the community in ways that I never thought would be possible.

Daniel

FareShare South West joins the dots between food waste and hunger, empowering communities to turn an environmental problem into lasting social good. We rescue tonnes of quality surplus food from the industry and share it with charities and schools to bring health, dignity and routes out of poverty for people across the south west. Our supportive volunteering and employability programmes offer local people the opportunity to thrive.

Current vacancies:

Hub Supervisor – south Bristol

Employability Facilitator

Hub Manager – Devon and Cornwall

Hub Supervisor – south Bristol

Salary: £26,500 pro rata  
Terms: Permanent, 25 days Holiday pa (pro rata, exc. Bank Holidays), 5% pension contribution 
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. This role is also available as 0.8 (30 hours per week) for the right candidate (hours between 7.30am – 5pm depending on shift pattern, and occasional evening shifts)
Location: 2 Vale Lane, Bristol BS3 5RU, with some flexibility to support our central Bristol hub 

The Hub Supervisor plays an essential role in the smooth running of our South Bristol Hub.

You will work as part of a team to support the hub operations, overseeing incoming goods, storage and dispatching food to member charities, while always maintaining high levels of compliance. This role will include working with a large and diverse team of volunteers.

The role will be primarily based at our South Bristol Hub where, alongside our usual food redistribution operation and volunteering programme, we run our youth employability programme FareChance.

Person Specification 

Essential:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Problem solver and competent decision maker
• Full UK driving licence and forklift truck operator’s qualification (or willing to train as an essential part of the role)
• IT competent and able to use various IT platforms/systems
• A clear commitment to the ethos of FareShare South West

Desirable:

• One years’ experience of working in warehousing operations
• Voluntary sector experience
• Experience of working with people who require support
• Experience and knowledge of adhering to health and safety standards
• Experience of working within a food operation
• Qualification in Food & Hygiene Level 2
• Experience of supervising staff and/or volunteers and delegating tasks
• Experience of delivering training

See the full job description here

We welcome applications from people with convictions. This role requires an enhanced DBS check so applicants will be asked to disclose relevant unspent convictions at a later stage of the recruitment process. If you are asked to disclose, the information will be handled confidentially and used to assess your suitability for the role.

We want to work with you to make sure that the recruitment process is accessible for you. If you have any questions about the post, please contact recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk or call 0117 954 2220 to let us know how we can support your access needs. 

To apply for the role of Hub Supervisor, please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the role to recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 19th March 2026

Employability Facilitator

Salary: £26,500 pro rata (£21,200pa) Terms: Permanent Contract, 25 days Holiday (exc. Bank Holidays) pro rata, 5% pension contributionHours: 30 hours per week Location: Bristol with occasional travel 

In this role you will deliver FareShare South West’s FareChance programme. This will include running employability workshops and practical logistics sessions. You will also provide one to one support for young people where required, as well as signposting and referrals to other specialist services and career pathways.

You will bring your passion and experience in supporting people to achieve their goals and be sensitive to the inequality and power imbalance faced by young people.

Person Specification 

Essential:

• Knowledge and experience of delivering one to one and group motivational mentoring, coaching or support work
• Successful experience of supporting people back into work or training, with a strong commitment to advancing equality, diversity and inclusion
• Ability to work flexibly, respond positively to project changes and meet challenging targets
• Excellent interpersonal and listening skills with the ability to influence, motivate and negotiate.
• Good IT skills

Desirable:

• Experience of working with a diverse range of young people and responding appropriately to challenging behaviours
• Understanding and/or experience of a logistics or warehouse environment
• Project supervision experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Understanding of safeguarding and GDPR regulations
• Ability to set up and maintain accurate and timely records for monitoring and evaluating purposes
• Strong organisational skills; including planning, prioritising and time management

See the full job description here

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. As we expand our programmes, we particularly value candidates who bring multicultural perspectives and/or speak additional languages. Skills in languages such as Arabic, Pashto, or Farsi are highly desirable, but not essential. If you share our commitment to inclusion and want to make a positive impact, we’d love to hear from you.

We also welcome applications from people with convictions. This role requires an enhanced DBS check so applicants will be asked to disclose relevant unspent convictions at a later stage of the recruitment process. If you are asked to disclose, the information will be handled confidentially and used to assess your suitability for the role.

Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the role to recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 23rd March 2026

Hub Manager – Devon and Cornwall

Salary: £28,500 – £30,000, depending on experience Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, rota’d evening shifts and occasional weekends) Terms: Permanent, 25 days holiday pa (pro rata, exc. Bank Holidays), 5% pension contribution Location: Based at our Sisna Park Hub, Plymouth + ad hoc support to our Bristol Hubs Manage: Directly: Lead Supervisor, Supervisors, Community Food Produce Coordinator, (fixed term role), Volunteer Team (incl. Corporate Volunteers, Drivers, Driver’s Mate), agency staff 

The Hub Manager is responsible for the day-to-day leadership of a FareShare South West Hub, ensuring safe, efficient and compliant operations that maximise the volume of surplus food received, stored, and distributed to our Community Food Members.

This includes managing a mixed team of staff, FareChance employability participants and volunteers in their operational tasks, maintaining high operational and health & safety standards, and collaborating with colleagues across food & logistics, compliance, and community engagement.

Person Specification 

Essential:

• Proven experience in warehouse or logistics operations, with responsibility for delivery of KPIs
• Strong working knowledge of health & safety legislation and risk management within a warehouse setting, and ability to champion a safety first culture while enabling productivity
• Experience of and confidence in working with clear procedures and compliance requirements such as food safety, hygiene and auditing processes
• Can demonstrate supportive, motivational, proactive and structured team leadership, including recruitment, supervision, and performance management
• Experience of working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities and respond in a calm, solutions-focused way under pressure
• Competency in stock control systems and inventory management (e.g. digital stock systems such as GLADYS or similar)
• Clear and confident communicator, both written and verbal, with experience of cross-team and stakeholder communication
• Able to demonstrate good judgement and decision-making, including escalating issues appropriately
• Physically able to carry out the role, including manual handling and operating in warehouse conditions
• Comfortable using basic IT tools (e.g. Microsoft Teams, email, online documents). •
• Full UK driving licence, Forklift truck operator’s qualification (or willing to train as an essential part of the role)

Desirable:

• Formal training or certification in health & safety, manual handling, or food hygiene
• Experience of working in a charitable, volunteer-led, or community-based organisation
• Experience of route planning and/or vehicle logistics coordination
• Experience of working within a regulated or audited environment
• Experience contributing to or delivering change initiatives

Role may involve some manual handling; training will be provided
Enhanced DBS check required

See the full job description here

Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the role to recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk

The closing date for applications is 9am on Wednesday 1st April 2026

FareShare South West is a Real Living Wage employer. We believe everyone who works for us deserves a salary that meets the costs and pressures they face in their everyday lives.

Benefits of working for FareShare South West

• Real Living Wage employer

• Benchmarked pay scales

• Employee Assistance Programme – free advice and counselling

• Annual budget for personal development training for every staff member

• Inclusive, welcoming culture

• Rewarding roles with genuine positive impact on local people through food, volunteering and employability skills

We actively encourage applications from people of all lived experiences, including but not limited to: people from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ people, disabled people, a working-class background, not from a University-attending family. We value the positive impact that wide representation has on FareShare South West.

We want to work with you to make sure that the recruitment process is accessible for you. Please contact recruitment@faresharesouthwest.org.uk or call 0117 954 2220 to let us know how we can support your access needs. 

About FareShare South West

FareShare South West is an independent local charity, working in partnership with FareShare UK. By being part of the national FareShare network, we can help rescue more food. By being small and independent, we can remain close to our local partners and people, and continuously adapt to meet the needs of local communities. The member charities we share food with transform lives, using food to connect people with other support and routes out of poverty, including children and families, people on low incomes, homeless people, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, people in recovery, older people and many others.

“I started as a volunteer. I like giving something back. It’s something really meaningful and purposeful.”

Georgina

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