Job Description

Job Overview

Just Good Friends Community Garden and Cafe is located in Whitwell.

As a charity we support adults with learning disabilities through our social hubs and evening clubs helping them to develop, socialise and take part in activities to live a fulfilled life.

Our community garden is an opportunity to connect with the local community, groups, schools and other organisations and our aim is to reduce isolation, loneliness, strengthen community involvement and support the local community.

Purpose of the role

The post involves working with the Project and Development manager to develop our established community garden and to develop and implement a new cafe to ensure both are maintained to a high standard taking in all aspects of health & safety and risk management, overseeing daily operations, all garden maintenance, running the cafe, sourcing and organising volunteers, engaging with the public, schools and other agencies. There is a particular focus on engaging with adults with learning disabilities from our hubs and evening clubs.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: ?

The duties and responsibilities detailed below are not an exhaustive list and the post holder will be expected to carry out any other duties deemed appropriate to the post.

Garden & Station platform

To ensure a high standard of cleanliness and upkeep across the garden area To be responsible for all garden maintenance and upkeep of gardening tools and growing structures. To implement health and safety and safeguarding policies within the site. To maintain the station platform To liaise with station adopters to ensure tasks are completed To organise activities and events To source and organise volunteers

Cafe

Help establish our cafe as a new project Oversee daily operations of the cafe To maintain high standard of health and safety Ordering supplies, and managing stock levels To ensure excellent customer service, handling feedback and complaints whilst establishing and building customer support To Handle cash To source and organise volunteers

General

Attend meetings representing and promoting the service of Just Good Friends Club. To complete all admin Promote a positive image of Just Good Friends Club at all times Monitor and maintain a safe working environment for self and others in the Cafe, Garden and station platform Manage enquiries from customers, referring all requests to the appropriate person in order to provide an efficient and effective service Ensure effective communication with the CEO, Trustees and team members Attend training relevant to your role To work outside office hours when required To understand all aspects of GDPR To undertake any other duties as instructed by the CEO who has overall responsibility for the Just Good Friends Club To ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Just Good Friends Clubs information assets and systems and, where appropriate, ensure preventative measures are undertaken to help mitigate the risk of a security incident occurring including reporting any security breaches or exceptions to the Trustees for agreement Any breach of information security controls may result in disciplinary action or prosecution under legislation To be fully aware of duties, policies and procedures to safeguard both themselves and others.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Although no experience needed some knowledge of garden and cafe would be preferred The ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise your workload Good listening and communication skills A caring attitude Be able to demonstrate the ability to follow policy and procedures
The ability to work in a person-centred way, being able to demonstrate key skills such as empathy, empowering people and working effectively as part of a team

MANDATORY JOB REQUIREMENTS

DBS check to be completed prior to employment Full Driving Licence with business insurance & Vehicle Usage
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 28,704.00 per year

Benefits:

On-site parking
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: JGFC - CG&C