Soup Van Manager

Join one of Victoria’s Leading Not-For-Profits!

Lead the Team. Share the Purpose. Deliver the Service.

$ 95,000 per annum base salary + NFP Salary Packaging

Full-Time, Ongoing Role

About the Role

• Are you ready to make a positive impact on a large scale?
• Are you passionate about delivering nutritious food to people in need?
• Are you able to represent one of the best-known brands in the market?

Then you could be our next Vinnies Soup Van Manager!

As the Soup Van Manager, you will provide support and resources to our Vinnies Soup Vans located across Victoria. Coordinating with our team, you will lead, create, and implement systems designed to boost the mission of our Soup Vans. You will be an integral component of the day-to-day running of the program as you help coordinate volunteer recruitment, workforce planning, and policy development. 

The role will be based both in Central Office and out at the various Soup Van locations across Victoria.

A Little Bit About Us

Currently operating from Berwick, Inner City, Dandenong, Endeavour Hills, Footscray, Moe, Rosebud and Traralgon our service is developing and expanding.

We have more than 1,300 dedicated volunteers grouped into teams and headed by a soup van president for each operation. More than 250,000 meals are served annually and the soup vans run 365 days a year – rain, hail or shine. Volunteers provide soup, sandwiches, fruit and other food and drinks at public locations advertised on our website, as well as boarding and rooming houses, crisis accommodation, social housing and other residential locations. 

About You

• You will have exceptional people and coaching skills, outstanding written and verbal communication skills and be highly skilled at forging internal and external relationships;
• With strong time management skills, including the ability to meet deadlines and balance priorities, you will be able to work well under pressure and can demonstrate innovative practical problem-solving skills;
• Innovative practical problem-solving skills;
• Tertiary qualifications in Management, Community Development, Welfare or equivalent, a minimum 3 years leadership experience in Community sector;
• A demonstrated history of being able to effectively work with a large volunteer base in team structures.

Why work for us?  We offer:

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• We are committed to professional development to make sure that your career keeps growing while you’re working with us.
• We like to have a laugh and you will always find some sort of chocolate or cake in our work area… be prepared!
• We make an incredible difference in the lives of over 300,000 people every year.
• We believe in families, so we like to provide a family-friendly environment in which to work.
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to an organisation committed to helping others. We are passionate about #Social Justice.
• We have some great talent who are happy to share their experience and skills to help you on your way.
• We are complex in our design which always makes work interesting.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this role, you will need to have a driver’s license, a Working with Children Check (WWCC) and up-to-date COVID Vaccination certification or exemption to the satisfaction of SVDP. A Food Safety Certificate will also be required, but we can assist you with this if you don’t have it. You must also complete a national police check issued by SVDP – the organisation will cover the cost.

 St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria is proactive in supporting child safety

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.