Job Description

About The Bread and Butter Thing (TBBT)

The Bread and Butter Thing is one of the UK's fastest growing food redistribution charities. We support low income families to access nutritious food, build resilience, and connect with wider support services. With more than 100,000 members across the country, we tackle food insecurity and social isolation through a unique blend of logistics, community partnerships, and dignity first engagement.

Storytelling sits at the heart of how we demonstrate impact, influence change, and strengthen relationships. Whether we are working with members, volunteers, community partners, food suppliers, or policymakers, we use lived experience and real world insight to bring our mission to life.

About the Role

We are looking for a passionate, strategic, and creative storyteller to put a compassionate, human face on the work we do. This role will lead the development and delivery of powerful, authentic storytelling across multiple platforms and audiences.

You will spend time out and about across TBBT's network, meeting members and volunteers at hubs, visiting warehouses, and building relationships with food suppliers and partners. The role involves regular national travel and some flexible working to capture stories when and where they happen.

Working closely with colleagues across media, campaigns, partnerships, and operations, you will craft stories that reflect the realities of life on a low income, the impact of surplus redistribution, and the contribution of the suppliers, growers, manufacturers, and retailers who make our model possible. You will take a hands on role as a content producer, creating multimedia assets, producing audio content, and developing engaging materials that increase understanding of TBBT's mission.

A key part of this role will be nurturing strong relationships with storytellers, journalists, and partners, including the placement of case studies across media outlets.

Key Responsibilities

Story Development & Strategy

Develop and deliver a storytelling strategy that supports organisational goals and enhances understanding of TBBT's work. Identify, nurture, and co create stories with TBBT members, volunteers, staff, and food suppliers, ensuring dignity, accuracy, and emotional resonance. Translate lived experiences into compelling content suitable for reports, partnerships, media, social platforms, events, and policy engagement. Shape strong narrative hooks that resonate with media, bring visibility to food suppliers, and inspire action from decision makers.
Content Production & Creative Delivery

Produce high quality, multi format content including video, photography, graphics, audio, and short form storytelling. Work with internal colleagues and external creatives to maintain content calendars and deliver consistent messaging. Support the creation of collateral for events, partnership activity, and advocacy moments. Adapt complex issues and personal narratives into accessible content for diverse audiences.
Media & Public Engagement

Liaise with media partners to pitch stories and build relationships between storytellers and journalists. Support the Living Library with support from Proper Job Theatre Company, identifying potential members, helping to hone their stories and providing ongoing support throughout their engagement with the library.
Campaign Content & Collaboration

Work with journalists, creatives, and partners to produce multi-format content (written, video, audio). Contribute to reports, publications, and case studies by shaping narrative structure and developing contributor profiles. Support content creation for key organisational moments and public engagement opportunities.
Podcast Production

Lead the development of the Slice of Bread and Butter podcast as a key campaign platform. Identify and support contributors to share their stories through audio interviews. Oversee end-to-end podcast production: planning, scripting, recording, editing (in partnership with audio professionals), and distribution.
Training & Ethical Storytelling

Provide guidance and training to staff, volunteers, and participants in safe, trauma-informed storytelling. Ensure informed consent processes are robust and that contributors retain agency over their stories.

About You

Essential

Proven experience in real-life long form, campaign storytelling, or podcast/content production. Demonstrable commitment to ethical storytelling and amplifying underrepresented voices. Strong digital content production skills (e.g. video editing, photography, graphic design, copywriting). Ability to manage multiple creative projects simultaneously, from concept to delivery. Excellent written, editorial, and interpersonal skills. Experience working with people with lived experience, particularly in low-income or marginalised communities. Willingness to travel nationally.
Desirable

Background in public interest journalism, charity campaigning Familiarity with tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or podcast/audio editing software. Understanding of UK food insecurity, poverty, and social justice issues.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to shape national conversations around low income living, food insecurity, and the role of surplus redistribution. You will help bring visibility to the voices of our members and volunteers and to the retailers, manufacturers, growers, and suppliers who make our model possible. The role spans storytelling, advocacy, media engagement, and creative production, offering a varied and meaningful platform to drive positive change.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Sick pay
Experience:

storytelling: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person