Do you love food, love cooking, spreading the word, and getting people to share their passion for food?

The Pod twice winners of the Coventry Community Cohesion public sector award are recruiting an additional 3 Casual Café coordinators to add to the existing pool, this is to cover periods of annual leave, training, sick leave and then to support busy periods and events such a supper clubs.

The Pod Café is open to the public from Tuesday to Friday with occasional evening supper clubs or weekend gigs organised and programmed with partners.

The main focus of the role will be the development of menu and then the preparation of plant based meals.  On Mondays we harvest, plan and prepare for the week ahead. The meals we serve are all freshly prepared, 100 plant based  (which keeps the cost low) and made with local produce sourced from the Pod’s Food Union Community Food Growing allotments and Coventry retail market.

The Pod Café Coordinators:

• lead and oversee the co-ordination of café operations
• develop the Food Union ethos, promote the well-being agenda, and celebrate diversity and culture through food
• collaborate with our external partners and work with our Food Union collaborators to optimise opportunities
• research the local food offer to ensure the ever evolving café menu is diverse, high quality, original and competitive
• Maintain a customer focused and efficient café, leading on health and safety.

The Pod Café team in collaboration with the Pod’s citywide Food Union and Time Union program sees us be innovative in the way we address food poverty and social isolation, building an ethos of collectivity, food equality, food celebration and union.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we approach year two of being based in our wonderful heritage building 31 Far Gosford St, Coventry’s thriving cultural corridor.

Tempted to be involved with something innovative and collaborative ?

Then why not take the next step and apply.

Please note these posts are casual, we are not in a position to guarantee hours.

Interview Date:  09/12/2019

Benefits

In return, we can offer you an excellent pension scheme, 'MyCar' scheme, flexible working, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts at a number of city centre restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Coventry City Council is committed to delivering the best possible services and improving the quality of life for Coventry people. In order to do this effectively we aim to have a workforce that represents the diverse communities we serve, embracing and utilising the broad range of skills, experiences and perspectives this brings.

We are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for all. This includes making adjustments or changes for people who have a disability or long-term health condition.

Key Requirements

This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is covered by the Code of Practice on the English language fluency for public sector workers.

Please note we will communicate any interview arrangements with you via email, so please check your email and WMJobs account on a regular basis after submitting your application.

This vacancy and advert will be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible.

When recruiting, we review candidates against our Behaviour Framework . To find out more information about the Behaviour Framework please click here.

Need help with your application?

If you would like support in completing your application, then help is available at the Job Shop. 

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