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Want to work in a fast-paced, fun team and help tackle food waste and hunger at the same time? Find any current charity job opportunities within our operation below.

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Warehouse Assistant

As a Warehouse Assistant, you’ll be involved in the following activities:

  • Preparing customer orders by picking and packing them accurately and efficiently, ensuring excellent service for charities and community groups.
  • Receiving, checking, organising and storing incoming food deliveries safely, maintaining an orderly warehouse and making the best use of available space.
  • Monitoring stock levels and quality, reporting discrepancies, completing stock checks and helping to minimise food waste using the GLADYS stock management system.
  • Supporting volunteers, employability programme participants and corporate volunteer groups by providing guidance, encouragement and practical training in warehouse tasks.
  • Delivering a welcoming, helpful and professional experience for our customers, volunteers and visitors, responding to queries promptly and courteously.
  • Working collaboratively with colleagues to maintain efficient warehouse operations, communicate handovers, identify improvements and report issues promptly.
  • Maintaining high standards of food safety, health and safety, safeguarding, housekeeping and compliance, ensuring the warehouse is always safe, clean and audit-ready.
  • Completing required operational records and monitoring activities accurately and comply with all organisational policies and procedures.

 

What We’re Looking For

A proactive and reliable team player with excellent communication, customer service and organisational skills, experience working in a warehouse or similar operational environment, strong IT and numeracy skills, and the ability to prioritise workloads in a fast-paced setting.

You’ll enjoy supporting volunteers and customers, be committed to maintaining high standards of safety and accuracy, and be physically able to lift loads of up to 25kg. Experience working with volunteers or people with additional needs, and relevant food hygiene or forklift qualifications are desirable, although comprehensive training will be provided.

Salary: £26,227 per annum (Real Living Wage of £13.45 per hour)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (8am to 4pm)

Closing date: 17:00 on Thursday 20th August 2026

Email our recruitment team at recruitment@emergemanchester.co.uk

Warehouse Assistant

As a Warehouse Assistant, you’ll be involved in the following activities:

  • Preparing customer orders by picking and packing them accurately and efficiently, ensuring excellent service for charities and community groups.
  • Receiving, checking, organising and storing incoming food deliveries safely, maintaining an orderly warehouse and making the best use of available space.
  • Monitoring stock levels and quality, reporting discrepancies, completing stock checks and helping to minimise food waste using the GLADYS stock management system.
  • Supporting volunteers, employability programme participants and corporate volunteer groups by providing guidance, encouragement and practical training in warehouse tasks.
  • Delivering a welcoming, helpful and professional experience for our customers, volunteers and visitors, responding to queries promptly and courteously.
  • Working collaboratively with colleagues to maintain efficient warehouse operations, communicate handovers, identify improvements and report issues promptly.
  • Maintaining high standards of food safety, health and safety, safeguarding, housekeeping and compliance, ensuring the warehouse is always safe, clean and audit-ready.
  • Completing required operational records and monitoring activities accurately and comply with all organisational policies and procedures.

 

What We’re Looking For

A proactive and reliable team player with excellent communication, customer service and organisational skills, experience working in a warehouse or similar operational environment, strong IT and numeracy skills, and the ability to prioritise workloads in a fast-paced setting.

You’ll enjoy supporting volunteers and customers, be committed to maintaining high standards of safety and accuracy, and be physically able to lift loads of up to 25kg. Experience working with volunteers or people with additional needs, and relevant food hygiene or forklift qualifications are desirable, although comprehensive training will be provided.

Salary: £26,227 per annum (Real Living Wage of £13.45 per hour)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (8am to 4pm)

Closing date: 17:00 on Thursday 20th August 2026

Email our recruitment team at recruitment@emergemanchester.co.uk

Discover more about our mission

At FareShare Greater Manchester, we are on a mission to tackle food poverty and reduce food waste across our city-region and beyond.

As the leading food redistribution charity serving Greater Manchester, High Peak, and East Cheshire, you’ll join us in rescuing surplus food from the food industry. This ensures it reaches local charities, schools and community groups, providing vital meals to those who need them most. Our dedicated team works tirelessly to create a future where good food is never wasted and no one goes hungry. You’ll be a key part of this effort.

Every action, big or small, helps build a stronger, more resilient community where everyone has access to nutritious meals. Join us in making a difference today. Together, we can create a Greater Manchester where nutritious, quality food is used to feed people and doesn’t go to waste.

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