Job Title: Community Engagement Manager - Maternity Cover Role

Location: Dublin - Hybrid working available - required 2 days in person

Reporting to: Director of Ireland

Contract Period: 1 year fixed term (Maternity Cover) - full time

Hours: 37.5hours full time

Salary: €42k-45k

Job Summary:

Are you a natural facilitator who uses design thinking to turn grassroots energy into action-based community projects?

Are you  passionate about transforming wasteful practices into opportunities for community solidarity and local action?   

We are looking for a creative social and environmental activist to join our team as Community Engagement Manager. 

The purpose of the Community Engagement Manager is to strengthen the relationships between FoodCloud and the communities we serve by continuously building awareness and collaboration between FoodCloud and community voluntary groups and networks.  

This role plays a key part in delivering FoodCloud's 2030 Community Engagement Plan. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Grow engagement
• Design and progress engagement models and materials that support community partner recruitment and surplus food redistribution.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with community networks that can engage new partners directly, and act as the primary liaison for community leaders and networks.
• Work with other teams to innovate, streamline and lead activities that improve engagement with the community.

• Programme Research, Design and Delivery 
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• Build off existing research and actions outlined within the community engagement plan, progress activities that increase surplus food redistribution capacity and address current barriers for community organisations.
• The Hub and Host Partnership Network 
• University Campus Network
• Social Supermarket Partnership
• Design and deliver Community Education and Capacity Building Programme including capacity building education and training for community partners. Embed capacity building education and training into the day to day work of FoodClouds community facing teams.

• Income and fundraising 
• Work with the fundraising team to secure continuation of funding for the following projects:
• Community Education and Capacity Building 
• The Hub and Host Partnership Network 
• University Campus Network

• Advocacy 
• Represent FoodCloud in key advocacy and network events. As required, work with other teams (marketing, CDT, Advocacy) to design and coordinate FoodCloud events and deliver key messages to target groups for greater engagement.
• Work with Education and Engagement Lead, and other FoodCloud teams, to collect and share stories and data that demonstrate the "broader social value" of food redistribution.
• Work with the advocacy team to position FoodCloud and food redistribution as a legitimate entry point for broader social inclusion and public health policy. 
• Working with the Advocacy project manager, support school and university engagement initiatives.

• Team Management
• Lead and manage the Engagement and Education Lead to ensure maximum satisfaction , growth and performance.
• Key responsibilities include setting clear objectives, providing regular coaching and feedback, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment, and ensuring activities align with organisational goals. 
• Maintain cross functional team collaboration, across community facing team members, to ensure the delivery of the  community engagement plan for 2026-30. 

Key Deliverables 

Retain and grow the number of charities who receive food from FoodCloud.

Progress projects that partner in ways that can further reduce food waste and promote social inclusion - these include;

• The Hub and Host Partnership Project
• FoodCloud Campus Network 
• Social Supermarket Network

Secure funding for a community capacity building programme for FoodCloud and work with the Education and Engagement Lead to deliver 16-20 Capacity Building education opportunities annually.

Recognise and elevate the voice and role of community partners across FoodCloud and across public discourse. This includes attending events, delivering thought leadership articles, community corner stories, newsletters, social impact surveys and reports and leading the Storyhunters cross functional project.

Work closely with the Head of Policy & Advocacy, and Advocacy Project Manager, to ensure community perspectives are central to our advocacy projects.  Lead all community sector facing research and activities within advocacy projects.

Skills & Experience:

• Experience working in the community or voluntary sector required
• Minimum 5 years in community/public engagement, user centred service design, or development education
• A full, clean driving licence and willing to travel
• Facilitation, stakeholder engagement and participatory processes 
• Partnership development and network building 
• Strategic planning and systems thinking 
• Social impact measurement, evaluation and learning 
• Communications (visual  storytelling and copywriting)
• Computer literate in dealing with Microsoft & Google Suites and CRM systems (Salesforce) 
• Research, analysis and report writing 
• Service design and user-centred service development 
• Flexible, creative with the ability to adapt to a changing and challenging environment
• Able to work in a self-directed manner
• A commitment to the values of foodcloud / Interest in environmental/ food/climate change issues
• FoodCloud is a small organisation with big ambitions!  You will be required to get involved in supporting many aspects in the development of the organisation, which may include ad hoc projects and events

Benefits Overview:

• The role will be based in our Dublin Hub and we can also offer flexible working arrangements, such as working from home, in line with role requirements 
• 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
• 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 
• Pension contribution: matching up to 5% of an employee's salary
• Tax Saver, Income Protection, Bike to Work Scheme, discounted gym and sports club memberships, and more

If this sounds like your ideal role, we would like to hear from you. Please include your CV and Cover Letter and use the link to apply now! The closing date for applications is 17:00 on 15 September 2026.