Job Title: Head of Marketing
Location: Dublin
Reporting to: CEO (for an initial period of up to 12 months)
Type of Contract: Indefinite/Permanent duration contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
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.
For an initial period of up to 12 months, this role will report directly to the CEO, reflecting the operational importance of marketing during this phase. The reporting line is expected to evolve in line with organisational design, while the role will remain a permanent senior leadership position with clear ownership, authority, and accountability.
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 small marketing team, ensuring 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 - Together
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
8-10+ years experience including significant time at senior leadership level with full ownership of marketing, brand, and communications and direct delivery responsibility
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
Advantage: 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 Us
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
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
For more information on our benefits, please reach out directly
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 Monday 12 January 2026.
