LIFE Community Kitchens Operations Coordinator

Position Summary:

The LIFE Community team is looking for a LIFE Community Kitchens Operations Coordinator.

This role will be focused on operationally supporting the eleven LIFE Community Kitchen locations across Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland and the assisting leaders of those locations to deliver efficient operations and maintain an atmosphere for our community to experience help and hope.

The Role:

This Operations Coordinator role will play a vital part in ensuring smooth and efficient operations to better outwork the values and mission of LIFE Community.

Through a passion and drive to see people’s lives impacted, the Operations Coordinator will report to and support the LIFE Community Kitchen (LCK) Manager to grow current locations as well as build capability to see expansion into new locations.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Inventory management of all equipment and consumables required for each LCK location.

Coordinate with Kitchen Team to meet delivery deadlines of meals to each LCK location.

Coordinate driver rosters and provide drivers with training.

Driving meals to LCK locations if necessary.

Attend a minimum of one Kitchen location each week.

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Assist Kitchen Team when necessary.
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Escalate any pastoral care to appropriate upline.

You:

The ideal candidate will be a team player with strong communications skills, experienced in operations and administration ideally with a social service or charitable organisation.
We are looking for someone with these attributes:

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Good attention to detail.
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An ability to work to deadlines.
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Self-motivated.
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Great relationship-building skills.
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Logical and calm.
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Resilient, reliable and flexible.
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Able to uphold the vision and values of LIFE and LIFE Community.

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Demonstrates cultural competency.
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Location: LIFE Central, Mt Eden, Auckland

Work type: Permanent, Part-time. 32 hours a week, Monday to Thursday.

What to expect:

After you have applied, you will receive an email acknowledging your application. We will review your application and if you are shortlisted, you will be contacted by the hiring manager and invited for an interview.

To apply, please send through CV and Cover Letter to info@lifecommunity.org.nz