We're recruiting for someone to join us as a Business Development and Admin Worker!

Job Description and Application Details are listed below.
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Veg Box People Co-operative

Business Development and Admin Worker

 Job Description 

Hours: 22.5 hours per week 

Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 

Term: Temporary contract- until 31 Dec 2025

Salary: Real Living Wage £12.60 p/h £24,570 pro rata per annum

Location: Hybrid working-  Tuesday & Thursday  (office/home based) Wednesday You will be helping with our veg bag pack at our unit at Hot Bed Press Printmakers Studio, The Casket Works, Cow Lane, Salford M5 4ND
Closing date for applications: Midnight Wednesday 25th June 2025

Interviews: Tuesday 1st July 2025

Start date: July 2025

Responsible to: 

Veg Box People Directors.

Introduction: 

Veg Box People works to deliver a more sustainable and fair food system for Greater Manchester. We are at an exciting stage of development, growing our network of collection points so that more households across Greater Manchester can access fresh, locally grown, organic produce. With over 20 collection points, from community centres to mobile stalls, we are currently packing around 200 veg bags per week. 

We are looking for someone with passion who shares our vision to create a better food system. We need someone who enjoys networking and building relationships with customers, growers, buyers, local businesses and community hubs. The role requires someone who has excellent organisation, IT and administrative skills, who is confident using spreadsheets and databases as well as writing blogs, newsletters and producing marketing materials. 

One of the main roles will be the weekly ordering of produce for our fruit and veg bags. Full training will be given but experience of using spreadsheets is essential. 

A typical week will include ordering the produce from local growers/wholesalers on a Tuesday, joining the veg packing team at our packing unit on a Wednesday and business development and marketing on a Thursday.The administrative duties are varied- we are looking for someone with experience of customer service, who is confident dealing with customer enquiries by email as well as writing our weekly newsletters, blogs and recipes. 

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Main Duties 

Below is a non-exclusive list of the main duties, working as part of the team to facilitate the smooth running of the veg box scheme, including:

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Ordering produce for our weekly veg bags and wholesale customers

• Continuing to develop relationships with growers to secure the supply of local, organic produce throughout the seasons.
• Building relationships with our wholesale customers to increase sales.
• Using MS excel to ‘build’ veg bags of different sizes within a set budget
• Placing orders directly with growers and wholesalers.

Helping to pack our weekly veg bags 

• Problem solving any quantity issues, liaising with the packing team and suppliers.
• Weighing out produce into portions and packing veg bags.
• Keeping our work space clean, tidy and organised.
• Working independently to carry out the packing process, and keeping track of progress with the team.
• Organising and labelling orders for delivery.
• Printing of labels and paperwork.
• Working with the team to adapt processes to improve efficiency and to provide a great service.
• Communicating and last minute changes in contents to customers.

Comms, Business Development and Marketing

• Producing weekly newsletter using mailchimp
• Writing blogs on issues around sustainability and food sovereignty.
• Customer service- managing customers orders, customer enquiries and customer’s accounts

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Person Specification 

Experience of working in a small team

Essential

Able to learn on the job and think on your feet 

Essential

Good communication and presentation skills

Essential

Experience in customer service

Essential

Confident in talking to new partners and customers

Essential

Cooperation and teamwork

Ability to discuss objectively in order to make collective decisions

Essential

Good attention to detail 

Essential

Good problem solving skills

Essential

Punctual and reliable

Essential

Competence, Skills and Knowledge

Good communication skills with the ability to work with people from a variety of backgrounds 

Essential

Experience using spreadsheets

Essential

Experience using mailchimp or other emailing software

Desirable

Experience using ITpackages 

Desirable

Willingness and flexibility to undertake any relevant training required

Essential

Clean driving licence and confident 

Desirable

Personal

Enthusiasm and dedication to sustainable food issues

Desirable

Ability to work in challenging conditions (e.g. in cold etc.)

Essential

High degree of personal motivation and initiative

Essential

Physically fit as heavy lifting is required

Essential

Willingness to work on Bank Holidays

Essential

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How to apply: Please send us your CV and a covering letter detailing how you meet the person spec and return to: hello@vegboxpeople.org.uk with the subject  ‘VBP Bus Dev Admin Job’ 

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