Van Driver

Location

Corsham, Wiltshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Get 'that-driving-and thriving' feeling.

Do you love being on the road, but you're looking for a meaningful destination?

We're looking for commercially minded, empowered individuals like you, who can motivate our customers and donors with great customer service, either inspiring them to give us their unwanted treasure, or reassuring them that they have made a great purchase from our shops. With a seven hundred square mile patch, you'll love being somewhere different every day and you'll be a proud representative of our values. Driving well, while being caring towards our customers, careful and quick on your feet.

Join our retail revolution and we'll provide you with not just a job, but a 'journey' in a team of like-minded individuals. Help us put the 'power into purchase' and inspire people to shop Dorothy House, funding end of life care, while putting colour and life into their wardrobes and homes!

VAN DRIVER | £21,839 per annum, pro rata

To ensure the safe transportation of all items to and from shops, customers' houses and other collection/delivery points.

• To offer excellent customer service as a representative of Dorothy House.
• To ensure that the vehicle is kept clean and mechanically maintained and in full compliance at all times with the necessary legal documentation.
• To inform management in good time of the pending expiry of any documentation.
• To return the van daily to its specified parking location.
• To perform other general duties not connected with the collection/delivery of items, as required.
• To act in a polite and courteous manner and work with care and consideration within a large team of volunteers, staff and customers.
• To respond promptly and efficiently to the implementation of new policies or changes in procedure.
• To have an overall awareness of the Retail Organisation and participate in education, training and development and attend meetings as required

See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.

HOURS OF WORK

This is a part time role. You will contracted to work 22.5 hours a week, working 3 days out of 7.

Due to the nature of this role you will be required to work weekends.

ABOUT YOU

Essential requirements:

• Experienced driver with clean licence
• Physically fit to meet handballing demands
• Courteous and polite with a commitment to excellent customer service
• Full UK driving licence
• Flexibility in terms of working pattern

Desirable requirements:

• Experience working in retail, for a charity, or as a commercial van driver

OUR BENEFITS

Dorothy House is an incredible place to work, these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

• Bonus scheme - a yearly bonus for our retail staff
• Generous holiday allowance for all roles, increasing with length of service
• Fantastic refer a friend scheme
• Excellent industry leading training and development programmes with many career development opportunities
• Pension with Life Assurance
• Travel and parking - We offer 45p per mile for work travel. There is unlimited free parking in Winsley.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Counselling and Mindful Employer Charter - providing our staff with information, advice and support for those experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or any other mental health conditions.
• Simply Health - Providing insurance against certain everyday healthcare costs such as dental and optical treatments.

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application.

Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application .

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Salary

£21.84k per annum