We at Veg Box People are seeking new members of staff (part time) to join our small friendly team.
Veg Box People is part of the Kindling family of organisations, working to create a fairer and more sustainable food system for the North West. We work closely with local farmers and growers, to bring the most local, healthy, organic, and delicious fruit and veg to households across Greater Manchester - and soon to the Liverpool City Regions too!
We deliver to a range of collection points where people pick up their weekly veg bags. We are currently packing around 200 veg bags per week, which we aim to increase to 1,000 over the next few years.
We are looking for someone who feels passionately about good local sustainable produce, who enjoys physical work at a fast pace, and at the same time has a good eye for detail and quality.
The main day to day work will be packing the veg bags with beautiful fresh produce, so you will need to be physically fit and capable of safely lifting heavy loads. There is, however, much more to our work than this!
The work requires high levels of organisation and efficiency to help us make our pack as efficient and smooth running as possible, and good levels of communication with a range of people. This could range from nipping out to the fields with the grower to discuss the size of the veg before harvest, to ensuring our customers feel as happy and passionate about our veg as we are!
So, if you are organised, hardworking, looking for a practical, physical role and would like to join a great little team trying to make healthy, sustainable food more accessible, then we would love to hear from you.
We are looking for people to work between 7.5 and 22.5 hours a week and who are available to start in May/as soon as possible, see job description below for more information.
Application process: please send your CV and a covering letter to farm@kindling.org.uk, putting ‘VBP job application’ in the subject heading. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Please note, this is a rolling application process.
