Job Title:    Head of Marketing

Location:    Dublin (hybrid, 3 days per week in the office)

Type of Contract: Permanent contract

Hours:         Full-time (flexible hours considered)

Salary:        €72,000

About FoodCloud

FoodCloud (CHY21177) is a fast-growing Dublin-based social enterprise with a vision for a world where no good food goes to waste.  We turn surplus food into stronger communities by making sure good food reaches those who need it most. 

Our not-for-profit social enterprise redistributes perfectly good surplus food at scale. Globally, we bring together a thriving network of dedicated people, businesses, and community partners with our world-class technology to support thousands while significantly reducing the environmental impact of food waste.

FoodCloud Impact

The world produces enough food to feed all 8.2 billion people. Despite this, 673 million people went hungry for part or all of 2024. In fact, 40% of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted across the food system. At the same time, if food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions, after the US and China. In Ireland, we waste over 1 million tonnes of food each year.

Every day, the people and partners of FoodCloud work tirelessly together to turn surplus food into positive social and environmental change. Turning potential endings into new beginnings. Currently, this work empowers over 3,500 supermarkets to donate to over 8,000 charities across the UK, Ireland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Kenya.

In Ireland, vast volumes of surplus food are redistributed weekly via our three warehouses in Dublin, Galway, and Cork. This results in over one million perfectly good meals being shared in communities across Ireland who need them.

About the Head of Marketing Job

We are seeking a senior, hands-on Head of Marketing to own and deliver FoodCloud's marketing plan during a critical phase of growth. 

This is a “leading and doing” role. The successful candidate will be personally accountable for both strategy and execution – setting direction, producing high-quality work, making decisions, and ensuring delivery across brand, content, digital, media, and partner communications.

Marketing at FoodCloud plays a critical role: it must drive understanding, adoption, funding, partnership, and credibility. This role exists to ensure that happens – consistently, efficiently, and at scale.     

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, storytelling, growth, and culture, and works closely with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners to ensure that marketing activity actively supports organisational objectives. Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication, as well as the ability to navigate the complex and make it simple are central to success in this role.

Key Responsibilities

Branding, Positioning, and Narrative Ownership

• Own and execute FoodCloud's marketing and brand strategy, translating organisational priorities into clear positioning, messaging, and actions.
• Set and approve core narratives, messaging frameworks and brand standards.
• Ensure all public-facing communication is clear, consistent, accurate and credible.
• Act as brand ambassador and owner of brand tone, language and visual expression.

Content and Storytelling

• Directly lead and produce high-impact content across campaigns, digital channels, media and partner communications.
• Shape, edit and approve stories that balance emotional resonance with data and proof.
• Ensure community, partner and stakeholder voices are used accurately, respectfully and effectively.
• Develop and coordinate a lean network of external creative support (freelancers, creators and advocates), prioritising mission fit, collaboration and value for money. 

Digital, Media & Growth Marketing

• Own FoodCloud's digital presence end-to-end, ensuring it supports awareness, adoption, fundraising and credibility
• Use insight, experimentation and performance data to scale what works and continuously improve effectiveness.
• Manage media relations and reputation management, supported by the communications team and external agencies.
• Ensure marketing activity supports fundraising, partnerships, policy engagement and international growth.

Partner & Stakeholder Communications

• Produce and oversee partner-facing communications that demonstrate FoodCloud's impact, innovation and ESG value.
• Work directly with the Head of Development, Partnerships Director, and the wider management team to ensure alignment across fundraising, partnerships, policy, programmes and communications.
• Create high-quality content for partner activations, ESG reporting, donor stewardship, and corporate engagement.
• Represent FoodCloud externally at industry events, conferences, and network forums required.

Internal Communications

• Own internal communications delivery in collaboration with the Head of HR to
• Ensure teams are informed, aligned and equipped with clear messages they can use.
• Cut unnecessary noise: focus on clarity, relevance and action.

Team Leadership, Budget & Delivery

• Lead a marketing team of two, setting clear expectations, effective collaboration and consistent high-quality delivery.
• Manage the communications budget, forecasting needs, tracking spend and demonstrating value for money
• Establish clear processes for briefing, prioritisation, workflow management, inbound request triage and quality assurance.
• Build strong working relationships with senior stakeholders to align marketing priorities with organisational capacity and goals.
• Create approval systems to ensure content, strategic messaging, and major brand initiatives are consistent and impactful.

What Success Looks Like

• FoodCloud's mission, impact and value are clearly understood and championed by partners, funders, communities and policymakers.
• Marketing is recognised internally as a strategic engine for organisational growth, engagement and impact.
• FoodCloud's brand is trusted, distinctive and consistently represented across markets.
• Marketing directly supports fundraising, partnerships, adoption and international influence.
• Marketing is seen internally as reliable, decisive and value adding, not advisory or abstract.

Experience

• 6+ years experience in marketing, with at least 2+ years in a people management role 
• Proven experience owning and executing brand or communications strategies.
• Track record of producing high-quality content and campaigns, not just overseeing them
• Experience managing small teams, freelancers and agencies with clear accountability
• Budget ownership experience with demonstrated prioritisation and trade-off decisions
• Desirable: experience in food systems, ESG, social enterprise or non-profit sectors.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities 

Execution and Judgement

• Strong marketing acumen, underpinned by sound judgement and critical thinking
• Excellent editorial judgement and ability to refine content for clarity, tone and audience fit.
• Strong understanding of brand strategy, reputation management and audience engagement.

Leadership

• Leads by example; set standards through output
• Ability to create structure, set expectations and maintain high standards across a busy function.
• Confidence leading senior or specialist team members and external partners.

Operational Excellence

• Excellent organisational and project management skills.
• Close attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Ability to manage competing priorities calmly and effectively.

Collaboration & Communication

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills — clear, direct, and consistent.
• Ability to build trusted relationships across the Senior Management Team.
• Skilled in balancing and negotiating priorities across multiple stakeholders. Comfortable representing FoodCloud externally in professional settings.

Why Join FoodCloud

• Purpose with scale: The chance to help solve one of the world's most pressing and solvable problems.
• Real influence: A senior leadership role with direct access to the CEO and meaningful organisational impact.
• Global reach: You are helping to build something that transcends borders and cultures.
• People who care: A team united by purpose, kindness, urgency, and integrity.
• Great timing: This is a new chapter of national and international growth for FoodCloud and marketing will be an integral part of this. 

Benefits Overview

• We are very proud of our culture, and our vision, mission and values which you can read more about on our website and on social media channels.
• Our Dublin hub is in Tallaght, with a minimum of 3 days onsite, plus we consider hybrid and flexible working to suit your lifestyle.
• We match up to 5% of your salary in pension contributions. Employees on our pension plan also enjoy Aviva Care, including Digital GP, Family Mental Health Support, Bereavement Support, and Second Medical Opinions. 
• We provide life insurance coverage, income protection, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
• We are dedicated to supporting all colleagues in their development with a breadth of training, mentoring and experiences available. This spans a range of learning and development programmes, continued focus on wellbeing and direct support on qualifications and personal improvement plans.
• Discounted gym and sports club memberships, helping you stay active and balanced.
• Additional benefits include TaxSaver, Bike to Work schemes, Volunteer Leave, and Study Leave, etc.
• For more information on our benefits, please reach out directly. 

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and use the link to apply now!