Programme Lead (Food)

Development Trusts Association Wales; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Development Trusts Association Wales is seeking a Programme Lead (Food) to oversee the Plat Mawr project in Cardiff. This role includes managing a daily community free lunch service and cooking workshops, supervising staff and volunteers, and ensuring compliance with food hygiene standards.

The ideal candidate will have operational experience in food service, budget management skills, and the ability to enforce food safety regulations while capturing evaluation data for funders.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing food service operations and staff.
• Strong understanding of food hygiene regulations and standards.
• Ability to manage budgets and financial records.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily community free lunch service and cooking workshops.
• Line-manage Kitchen Officers and supervise volunteers.
• Ensure compliance with rigorous food safety standards.

Job description

As the Programme Lead (Food), you will have full operational responsibility for the Plat Mawr project, which includes overseeing the daily community free lunch service and cooking workshops.You will line-manage two Kitchen Officers and supervise kitchen and cafe volunteers, handling everything from induction training and scheduling shifts to monthly performance appraisals, as well as stepping into the kitchen directly during staff absences.Your day-to-day duties will involve managing weekly food and cleaning budgets, tracking expenditure, ordering inventory, and physically collecting food donations.To maintain the project’s 5-star food hygiene rating, you will enforce rigorous food safety standards, manage deep cleaning schedules and serve as the main point of contact for maintenance contractors.Additionally, you will drive the food and cafe elements of Oasis’s 10-year strategy, capture evaluation data for funders, coordinate project communications, and proactively support client safeguarding.Please access the Job Pack hereOasis application form