Director of Development at FareShare North East
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Full time
Application deadline:
Based: Flexible
Salary: £44,000 Per Annum
Salary Type: Fixed Salary
Location: Regionwide
Role description: Chief Executive / Director
FareShare North East is looking to recruit a Director of Development, a brand new role to help us to sustain and grow our work.
Working closely with our CEO, Board of Trustees, senior team, partners, members and range of stakeholders, we are looking for someone who will help us to ensure we continue to deliver the best possible service to those who need us, as well as develop new funding streams, partnerships, projects and community connections.
The role is key to the sustainability of the charity with responsibility for all fundraising income, communications, creating new work streams, programmes and activities, implementing and developing new projects and partnerships and any other areas of business development.
This is a senior management role and you will be part of an upbeat, skilled, supportive team within an ambitious, values-led organisation that has a great leadership team and is focused on the wellbeing of its staff.
You’ll be contributing to our culture of togetherness, inclusivity, respect, and passion in our vision that no good food goes to waste in the North East of England and that we maximise the social value of surplus food through the groups we support.
We are working with our recruitment partner, Jobs with Purpose, to find the right person for this role.
You can download a detailed candidate pack which includes a job description and person specification by following the link below and please get in touch with David Robinson at david@jobswithpurpose.co.uk if you have any questions.
To apply, please email a detailed CV along with a supporting statement (the supporting statement should be no more than three sides) to David Robinson – david@jobswithpurpose.co.uk
Your supporting statement should reflect what makes you a suitable candidate, how you meet the requirements of the Person Specification and any other supporting information relevant to the role.
To arrange a confidential discussion about the role, email David with your availability or contact 07504 102302 (phone or WhatsApp)
The deadline for applications is Monday 28th April 2025 at 11:59am.
Interviews will be held week commencing 5th May 2025.
We value every application and thank you for your time, effort and interest. All applications will be acknowledged and responded to at each stage.
If you have any questions or require support with any part of the process, feel free to get in touch with David.
FareShare North East Director of Development Candidate Pack