Job Description

The St Giles Trust seeks a Pantry Coordinator to oversee the Islington Pantry, supporting low-income individuals with affordable food and advice to tackle food insecurity and health inequalities. The role involves managing operations, volunteers, and partnerships, while promoting safeguarding and inclusivity. Fixed-term, part-time, 26,000 pro-rated, application deadline: 11 August 2025.

Responsible to:

Pantry Team Leader

Responsible for:

Running and operating the St Giles Pantry

Hours:

Part Time, 17.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2026.

Grade:

Band 2

Location:

Islington Pantry, Hillside Clubhouse, Unit A 30 North Road, N7 9GJ

Holiday:

30 days + bank and statutory holidays (pro-rated if part time)

Salary:

13,000 per annum (pro -rated ) 26,000 FTE
Please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual.

Application Deadline:

Monday, 11th August 2025 at 9.00am

We will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close this position at any time.




Please note this role requires Enhanced Adult DBS checks.
St Giles Trust is a Charity helping people facing severe disadvantage to find jobs, homes, and the right support they need. We help them to become positive contributors to local communities and wider society. We passionately believe everybody is capable of changing their lives. Our mission is we empower people to overcome injustices for themselves, their families and their local communities - we achieve this through offering support from someone who has been there. Our peer-led services form the backbone of our work.


BACKGROUND


The St Giles Pantry will be providing a positive way of supporting those on low incomes, tackling poor diet and overcoming health inequalities, through the provision of surplus food stock being sold at heavily subsided prices. The St Giles Pantry provides an immediate safety net whilst providing a long-term solution of food insecurity. We couple healthy food with a healthy shopping experience.


We couple healthy food with a healthy shopping experience. People using the Pantry pay a weekly subscription of 4.50 and in return are able to access an abundance of affordable, nutritious food and added support. By coupling healthy food with expert advice, we can empower individuals and families to overcome the barriers they face. The food distributed by the Pantry is sustainably sourced and would otherwise gone to landfill.

(1) Key Deliverables

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The Pantry Coordinator will supervise and work to provide support to individuals & families who are based in and around Islington. We are partnered with another charity providing community support to clients with a variety of low-risk mental health needs and a proportion of Pantry clients will be from this service. They will be responsible for the project achieving its overall purpose and key goals which will include the following: -

To oversee the day-to-day running of the Pantry. To carry out and comply with all health and safety procedures and policies. Ensure stock rotation accordance of health and safety regulations. To provide nutritional and meal planning support and where needed healthy eating plans. To ensure all labelling of food items are correctly displayed and to ensure any items are within the correct date for displaying. Ensure deliveries and stock are correctly received and stored accordingly including stock management and rotation. Meet and greet Pantry members attending the Pantry in a friendly and warm manner. Positively support clients with a range of practical issues including benefits & debt advice and wellbeing, along with emotional support around areas such confidence building and developing resilience. Positively supporting members and maintaining confidentiality at all times. To support, manage and work alongside a team of volunteers. To build and maintain relationships with local businesses who may wish to be actively involved within the Pantry. Identify and manage relationships with other professional agencies within the borough and across London. Produce monthly financial and written reports to ensure project remains on track according to delivery outcomes. Promotion of the service within the local community, arranging promotional events as needed. To carry out daily and weekly stock checks and ordering accordingly and ensure the shop complies with all health and safety guidelines. Assist with completion of application forms in order to become a member of the St Giles Trust Pantry. Explain how the Pantry works and the rules of membership additionally be responsible for collecting and recording membership fees.

(2) Knowledge & Experience

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What we are looking for from you - Person Specification. When completing your application form please address the points marked with

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set out below.

Experience

Self-motivated and ability to work independently with minimum supervision.

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Empathy and ability to work with a diverse range of people in an inclusive and proactive way.

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Ability to lead, motivate, train and support volunteers.

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Have previous experience of working within a retail or customer-facing role.

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Have an awareness of food preparation with the ability to advise others on how to cook on a budget.

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(Desirable) Experience working with a cohort of clients receiving community mental healthcare.

Knowledge

Knowledge of anti-discriminatory working practices, and the implications of both within the working environment. Awareness of safe lone working practices. Practical application of diversity awareness and unconscious bias in employment. Knowledge of and commitment to safeguarding practices and policies, and an ability to promote safeguarding among vulnerable clients and colleagues.

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Skills and Abilities

Skills & Abilities

Ability to be a flexible and co-operative member of a team.

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Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of the issues faced by our client group, in particular barriers faced by people with lived in experience.

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Ability to work alongside other professionals, professionally representing St Giles Trust The ability to use and develop monitoring systems to record all aspects of the project.

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Strong IT skills including proven experience of using Word, Excel and Outlook in a similar work environment. Ability to work with case database (e.g. Inform) on a day-to-day basis.

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Good written and communication skills

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Self-motivated and enjoys working independently.

Attitude

Commitment to consultative & collaborative ways of working. Commitment to and understanding of safeguarding and professional boundaries.

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Respect for the values and ethos of St Giles Trust. Personal and professional integrity.

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Positive attitude towards staff, clients and our Peers/volunteers. Emotionally Resilient.

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Team working

Work constructively with colleagues to achieve project targets and respond to requests from the project manager. Develop and maintain positive and professional working relationships with all members of staff at St Giles and actively assist in the implementation of the Trust's policies. Actively assist in the implementation of the Trusts' policies and procedures to help meet the project targets. Carry out similar duties which may be required by the Trust. #

Qualifications

Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene Certificate

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Information, Advice & Guidance Level 3 qualification (or be willing to work towards this).

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Mental Health First Aid. Any other level 3 and up qualifications.

(3) About Us

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In St Giles, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.


We are an equity and inclusion-confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi-heritage) and those who identify as disabled, nonresponsive, or neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.


St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the for the vacancy.

Ready to Apply?

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1.

Click HERE to download

the application form.
2. Complete the application form, including the personal statement in relation to the job description.
3. Once completed, please return it by email to humanresources@stgilestrust.org.uk. Please include the Job Title and Job Code in your email subject.
4. The deadline for this job application is

Monday, 11th August 2025 at 9.00am.

This job description is a statement of requirements at the time of writing and is not contractual. It should not be seen as precluding future changes after appointment to this role.


Tianna Graham



People Officer