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Administrator
Competitive salary • Woodstock, Oxfordshire
Are you excited by the idea of helping sustainable community enterprises to reconnect people with, and increase access to, local food?
As the administrator for Plunkett Foundation, the national charity that is the UK's leading exponent of rural social enterprise, you’ll be doing just that, by supporting farmers’ markets, community-owned village shops, community transport schemes, food co-operatives and local food distribution hubs throughout England. You’ll also be a first point of contact for the Making Local Food Work programme, run by Plunkett Foundation. This groundbreaking initiative is supported by £10 million funding by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund.
Providing an efficient and comprehensive administrative service, you need excellent communication skills across a variety of media, as well as being fully conversant with the entire MS Office package (ideally including Microsoft Publisher, together with experience of building and maintaining websites). You’re also a good organiser and team player, preferably with a background in community projects and an understanding of the local food sector.
In addition to running events and meetings with staff and clients, monitoring financial and technical progress and maintaining accurate records, you’re self-motivated, reliably efficient and unfazed by working to tight deadlines. Importantly, you also have the flexibility to travel and work outside normal office hours when necessary.
In return, you enjoy the rewards of engaging with a dynamic, progressive team that’s passionately committed to changing people’s lives for the better by helping communities overcome their challenges and putting the heart back into the rural economy.
To apply for this role, please send your CV and covering letter to kathryn.morrison@plunkett.co.uk or to Kathryn Morrison at Plunkett Foundation, The Quadrangle, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1LH.
Closing date: 16th October 2009
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