JOB TITLE: Collection & Delivery Driver
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time, part-time or job share hours considered.
DEPARTMENT:Trading
HOURS: We will consider the following
40 hours per week, 5 days x 8 hours, Monday to Friday from 08:30am to 4:30pm, or
24 hours per week, 3 days x 8 hours, Monday to Friday from 08:30am to 4:30pm, or
16 hours per week, 2 days x 8 hours, Monday to Friday from 08:30am to 4:30pm
Salary: RA Grade 1, salary calculated as follows:
£21,674.00 per annum based on 40 hours per week.
£13,004.40 per annum based on 24 hours per week.
£8,669.60 per annum based on 16 hours per week.
CLOSING DATE:28 January 2024 (applications will be reviewed as they are received so this advert may close at earlier if the response is high)
INTERVIEW DATE:5 February 2024
New Year, new start?
Are you a customer focused experienced driver who does not shy from hands on physical work? Whether its a change of environment youre looking for or just a new role, or you could just have some time on your hands to commit to two or three days per week. If so, this could be the opportunity you have been looking for.
If you consider yourself a proficient and confident driver, this is a fantastic opportunity to join our trading team. You will be an ambassador for St Catherines Hospice, working in our local community supporting income generation for the hospice and our fourteen shops throughout Surrey and West Sussex.
You will support our trading team by ensuring a professional service which includes the collecting and delivering of furniture and other donations from the homes of our supporters and the delivery of purchased furniture from our shops and warehouse to our customers. In addition, you will also be delivering donated stock to shops and collecting unsalable goods for recycling.
Do you have a flexible, enthusiastic, can-do approach? Our ideal candidate will have previous van driving experience and a commitment to high standards of customer care. You will need to be able to safely handle large and/or heavy goods so stamina and enthusiasm for hands-on physical work is essential. Full training and manual handling will be provided.
We are offering this role on the following hours (the hours include a paid break).
40 hours per week, 5 days x 8 hours, Monday to Friday from 08:30am to 4:30pm, or
24 hours per week, 3 days x 8 hours, Monday to Friday from 08:30am to 4:30pm, or
16 hours per week, 2 days x 8 hours, Monday to Friday from 08:30am to 4:30pm
Please note that we will be reviewing applications as we receive them so this vacancy may close at any time. We therefore encourage you to apply as soon as you can.
When you join St Catherines, youll be joining a supportive team all working towards a big ambition: to help everyone face death informed, supported and pain free. If that sounds like something youd find fulfilling, please apply today.
Employees at St Catherines Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including:
- 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service to 30 days + public holidays
- Option to buy or sell up to 1 week of annual leave
- Day off for volunteering
- Day off for moving house
- Blue Light Card
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye test vouchers
- Generous Pension Up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS pension
- Enhanced maternity/adoption pay
- Life Assurance 4x basic salary
- Pay enhancement of unsocial hours
- Flu vaccines
- Counselling Offering
- Discounted Gym
- Schwartz rounds
- Wellbeing Supervision (aka clinical supervision)
- Career pathway and progression
This role is subject to a basic check, the cost of which will be reimbursed.
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This role will be based at our warehouse, situated in the Denvale Business Park, Crawley. Our main hospice site is located at Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SF.
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If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please give us a call on 01293 447353.