JOB: Project Manager in Calais

About Refugee Community Kitchen

​Refugee Community Kitchen provides healthy food to communities in Northern France and on the streets of the UK. In France we work across different sites in Calais and Grand Synthe, distributing by van with a team of around 5 volunteers led by long term volunteers. Our food services are approximately 2. hours long. Our aim is to create a dignified service offering a variety of nutritious culturally familiar food, tea, water & condiments to people in need.

Role: Project Manager

Start date: June 2024

Location: Calais

Contract type: Full time position - 5 days per week. Minimum commitment of 6 months, ideally 1 year.

Job Description:
The essence of the role is to oversee, delegate & communicate. To keep Refugee Community Kitchen’s remit and core values alive in all aspects of the project and to continue to provide healthy nutritious food to people who need it as well as supporting the volunteers to be safe, happy and healthy.

Requirement & Commitment:

Essential

• Minimum 6 months commitment (5 volunteering days and 2 days off each week)

• 6 months experience long term volunteering with Refugee Community Kitchen or 1 year of experience working in a refugee aid grassroots charity or humanitarian NGO.

  Desirable

• Drivers licence

• Good use of French language 

• Knowledge & passion for world food 

• Experience working with grassroots charities or NGOs, experience in project management and leading volunteer teams.

• Experience in hospitality, project management and leading volunteer teams

• Ability to travel to France (Schengen area) as required.

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing and managing all aspects of the day to day running of the RCK kitchen and project in Calais

• Overseeing the Coordination Team tasks

• Managing financial aspects of the Calais project - collating: receipts/ordering/donations

• Welcome team emails & volunteer check-ins

• Coordinating and facilitating volunteer inductions and trainings

• Overseeing the weekly rota

• Liaising with London management team, founders and the board of trustees

• Coordinating and communicating with other organisations on the ground in Northern France

Support:

• Financial support available

• Rent-free accommodation- private room in shared house

• Meals provided

• Transport to and from work

• Volunteer visa application guidance

Location: Calais, Northern France

For applications, please email a CV and cover letter to recruitment@refugeecommunitykitchen.org using the subject ‘Calais Project Manager application’.