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Community Kitchen Assistant - Greener Kirkcaldy
Created: 10/02/2025
News/Events Category: Job VacanciesPost: Community Kitchen AssistantContract: Fixed term until 31 March 2026 (with possibility of extension, subject to funding)Hours: 17.5 hours per week (including occasional evening and Saturday work)Salary: £23,000 per annum pro rata + 6% contribution to pension schemeLocation: Kirkcaldy
Greener Kirkcaldy is a community-led charity working locally to bring people together, take positive action on the climate emergency, and support people through fuel poverty and food insecurity. They deliver a range of projects, events, and skills training to achieve the needs and goals of local people - building resilience as a community and working towards a future where everyone can live better and tread more lightly on our planet.Based in the heart of Kirkcaldy - with a community building, training kitchen, bike shop, and garden - they carry out activities across Kirkcaldy and work with partners to deliver projects across Fife. Their community training kitchen, The Lang Spoon Community Kitchen is a place for people to come together to cook, eat, and learn. It offers training, volunteer, and work experience opportunities, community cooking classes, and a wide range of events, courses, and workshops on all aspects of food and drink.
They run a regular community meal, a community fridge, and range of activities for different groups, interests, and demographics. This includes projects teaching people skills to cook on a budget, workshops promoting climate-friendly food, employability programmes, kids clubs, and income-generating social enterprise classes. They also have a small kitchen garden, growing fresh ingredients.
The Role
Greener Kirkcaldy is looking for an enthusiastic person to support the running of a vibrant and busy community kitchen. This is a great opportunity to gain experience working in a busy kitchen environment. You will help to deliver a varied programme of community events and activities. Greener Kirkcaldy will provide training and you will be supported by a great team.
Working at Greener Kirkcaldy
Greener Kirkcaldy want Kirkcaldy to be a good place to live and work. They believe in a future where everyone has a say in what happens locally, people are working together to protect our environment and those in hardship are supported to live well. That includes their staff and volunteers. Working at Greener Kirkcaldy involves being part of a positive, collaborative, and social team. Their culture is really important to them. They promote equality, diversity, and openness. They have a strong focus on staff wellbeing and development and encourage staff initiative and ideas.
Benefits of working for Greener Kirkcaldy
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and sick pay
- Wellbeing, training and development opportunities
- Social events
Diversity and inclusion - Greener Kirkcaldy wants to be an inclusive and diverse charity where everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be themselves
Greener Kirkcaldy take part in Fife Centre for Equalities' Equality Pathfinders programme. They also take part in the Race Equality Environmental Programme facilitated by CEMVO Scotland. Their Equalities Action Plan sets out the steps they are taking to improve diversity and inclusion. To achieve their vision of Kirkcaldy as a greener and fairer place to live, they need a diverse team. They encourage applications from people of any background. They know that our sector particularly lacks staff and volunteers with Minority Ethnic backgrounds and disabled people. If you identify as Minority Ethnic or have a disability, they welcome your application.
If you need additional support to apply or take part in the recruitment process, please contact their Office Manager, Dianne Girvan, on [email protected]
How to apply
You can find full information and an application form on Greener Kirkcaldy's website. Submit an application form to [email protected]
If you have queries about this post, please contact Programme Manager, Rebecca Petford, on [email protected]
The closing date for applications is 5.00pm on Wednesday 26 February 2025. They will hold interviews on Monday 10 March 2025. Interviews will take place in person at 8 East Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy.
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