Vacancy at Balance Support
Kitchen Lead/Tutor
Salary
£ 24,369 based on a 25 hour week
The Stud Community Garden and Nursery - Richmond
Vacancy listed
13/11/2025
Application deadline
14/12/2025
Details
Who are you
You are qualified chef or catering professional who is excited by the prospect of developing training, business partnerships and product development in conjuction with the staff and volunteers at our community garden, kitchen and nursery in Richmond.
About your values and strengths
You will be someone who:
- Grasps new ideas and opportunities and runs with them
- Has the energy and skills to share their knowledge with others
- Is a powerful advocate for learning and development, particularly for people with learning disabilities
- Will be able to mobilise the skills and resources of staff, volunteers and users of the service to deliver work and the work of the kitchen and its development
- Will see the value of, and maximise the opportunities available to through the work of the community garden, its produce and the resources to be developed from it.
- Is confident in approaching other organisations and individuals to drive business and operational development
What we want you to do
Out "Kitchen at the Stud" project is a new initiative funded in partnership with the Royal Borough of Richmond. The Kitchen is a fully refurbished resource at the heart of our Horticultural Service based in grounds of Hampton Court Palace.
The Community Garden is an extensive horticultural resource and the kitchen project is an integrated part of our developing programme of learning and skills development. The Kitchen Lead will work with the garden team in building the kitchen into both a publicly accessible amenity, a training resource, seasonal cafe available on open days and for targeted group dining in addition to exploring the potential for product lines for public sale.
What you can expect from us
Balance is a specialist provider of community based support and services across SW London to people with learning disabilities and enduring mental health support needs. We are:
- A charity that works hard to put its people, those who it supports and those who provide its services at the heart of what we do.
- A charity that takes its mission and values seriously in developing its services, operational approach and commercial relationships
- An organisation supports and encourages its staff to participate as partners in our development as a business, our outcomes and the delivery of our values.
- Entrepreneurial, outward facing, collaborative and embrace the testing of new ideas and initiative.
Benefits
Additional Benefits of working for us
A commitment to training and professional development to support internal progression in and beyond the charity.
Inclusion in and a 3% employers contribution to the charity's pension scheme.
Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days a year plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday.
Access to a range of discount schemes including Blue Light Card
Access to the charity's employee assistance programme.
Access to travel card loan, and bike to work scheme.
Notes
To apply for this post, please send an up to date CV and a supporting statement the covers the key elements set out in the person specification and attached below
Attached documents
| Title | File |
|---|---|
| Job Description - Kitchen Lead/Tutor | 251106_Kitchen_Lead_JD_Final.docx |
| Values - strengths profile for the Kitchen Lead | 250818_Values_-_Strength_Profile_Kitchen_Lead_Final.pptx |