Regional Manager in Southampton

Salary Range: Up to £40,000

Contract Type: Full Time Permanent

Location: Totton, Southampton

Working days/hours per week: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week.

Requirements: We can only employ applicants who currently have the right to work in the UK. As part of our safer recruitment policy, we do ask questions regarding unspent criminal records.

Our Vision

The Felix Project and FareShare have recently merged to form the UK's largest food redistribution charity. Its vision is a UK where good food is never wasted, and nobody goes hungry. The organisation rescues high quality edible surplus food from across the food industry and gets it to over 8,000 organisations across the UK who are working to strengthen communities and improve lives. The charity manages seven depots across London, Suffolk, Merseyside and Hampshire and works with 16 network partners who operate a further 26 regional depots across the UK. Over the next year our ambition is to rescue enough food nationally to provide nearly 200 million meals, turning an environmental problem into social good with measurable impact for people, planet, and the economy.

Purpose of the Job

This role is pivotal to the success of FareShare in the region. This individual is ultimately responsible for the leadership, development and direction of FareShare’s operations locally. The individual will offer a holistic view of the operation within the setting of the local need and ensure that there is an innovative approach to meeting this need within the confines of complete compliance and operational safety. The role will manage and co-ordinate the day-to-day operations of the Regional Centre in liaison with other key managers. They will also manage and support the Regional Centre staff and volunteers, leading by example to ensure that our ambitious targets are met and ensure continuity of delivery standards within the guidelines of FareShare national policies and procedures and the needs of the local community. FareShare UK has ambitious strategic goals and targets and this role provides the conduit to meeting these with the region. They will focus on meeting growth targets and operational excellence and report effectively on these to FareShare UK’s central teams and partners. This role is FareShare’s ambassador locally and will make connections with stakeholders in other not-for-profit organisations, local government, funding bodies and local media sources on our behalf. The role is responsible for the sustainability of the region both in terms of financial sustainability through earned income and creating and delivering innovative projects to further the mission.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Create and develop strategy and business models in line with organisational strategy to accept and redistribute all food to our communities.
• Manage and work within budgets, including forecasting, to increase income and improve costs.
• Responsible for the Health and Safety of our people and responsible for Food Safety through working closely with the Operations Manager and Warehouse Manager.
• Maximise the social and environmental impact of food redistribution through following our Charity Eligibility criteria.
• Line Management responsibility for a team of Managers, ensuring that all staff and volunteers have the knowledge and training required to deliver their objectives.
• Ensuring high levels of data accuracy and accurate, timely reporting to Leadership Teams.
• Responsible for ensuring that all investments are delivered on time and on budget.
• Responsible for ensuring that all paid staff and volunteers have the best experience whilst working for FareShare and are fully supported through working with the Management Team, including delivering Appraisals, one-to-ones, inductions and Probation Reviews.
• Responsible for engaging with HR on any matters of risk, and working within Employment Law.
• Work with FareShare UK departments including Volunteering, Marketing, Fundraising and others to support the day-to-day operation.
• Engage with the Food Team, Community Engagement Team and Supply Chain and Logistics to ensure that FareShare Southern Central has the provision and support needed to deliver against targets.
• Ensuring that Safeguarding policies and best practice are adhered to.
• Engage with Community Food Members (CFM’s) to deliver the highest standards of provision.
• Working with FareShare Go teams to identify opportunities to meet demand.
• Share best practice and learn from others in the FareShare Network to improve economies of scale, deliver financial sustainability and create innovation.

Skills & Experience Required

• Experience of working for a charitable organisation.
• Fork Lift Truck trained/license.
• Excellent Financial Management experience, including income, expenditure and performance monitoring.
• Leadership of strategic and operational projects.
• Working with and developing staff and volunteers who may have complex needs.
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop a team to achieve outcomes.
• Business Planning skills to be able to create sustainable and innovative approaches to meet service needs.
• High level of communication skills including oral and written in order to engage with a range of diverse people.
• Ability to develop high level partnerships with external stakeholders to achieve strategic goals.
• Working in a regulated environment and demonstrable risk assessment capabilities.
• Problem solving skills and ability to make operational decisions on the spot.
• Ability to act as an ambassador for FareShare within local communities.
• Demonstrable ability to deliver good Customer Service levels to CFM’s.

Equity Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

At FareShare, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in everything we do. We value the unique contributions of every individual and strive to create a respectful, inclusive environment free from discrimination or prejudice. Our commitment extends to all employees and volunteers, ensuring equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of background or characteristics.