Events Assistant / Driver

apetito; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food supplier in the UK is seeking a proactive Events Assistant to manage event logistics and ensure high-quality customer experiences. You will drive across the UK, assist with set-up, and support marketing tasks. The ideal candidate holds a full UK driving licence, is customer-focused, and possesses strong organisational skills. This role involves frequent travel and offers competitive benefits, including 25 days holiday and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days holiday

Discretionary annual bonus

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Full UK manual driving licence, held for at least 2 years.
• Willing and able to travel across the UK, including frequent overnight stays.
• Comfortable with physical work and flexible working hours.

Responsibilities

• Safely driving vans to and from events nationwide.
• Loading and setting up event equipment.
• Providing marketing support to commercial teams when not at events.

Skills

Full UK manual driving licence

Strong organisational skills

Customer-focused communication

Independent working

Problem-solving initiative

Job description

Overview

We’re looking for a proactive, reliable and hands‑on Events Assistant to support our B2B Division across the Healthcare, Care Home and Education teams.

This is a role for someone who enjoys being out on the road, thrives in practical environments, and takes real ownership of their work. You’ll ensure every event is delivered to a consistently high standard – from the quality of our tasting experiences to the professionalism of our set‑up and customer interactions.

When you are not on the road, you’ll also play an active role in supporting our commercial marketing teams with day‑to‑day tasks and projects, providing valuable operational support across key campaigns and activities.Full UK Manual Driving Licence (held for at least 2 years) required

Who we are

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Safely driving 3.5‑tonne vans to and from events nationwide.
• Loading, unloading and setting up event equipment to a high standard.
• Preparing and serving food at tasting events, ensuring quality and an excellent customer experience.
• Managing event schedules and logistics, communicating clearly with colleagues across the business.
• Taking full ownership of event kits, equipment, and associated warehouse space – keeping everything maintained, organised and ready for use.
• Demonstrating excellent timekeeping, a professional approach, and a strong sense of responsibility.
• Travelling regularly across the UK, including frequent early starts, late finishes and overnight stays, plus some weekend work.
• Working independently for large parts of the day, using initiative to solve problems and make sound decisions.
• Representing apetito with professionalism, reliability and a strong customer focus.
• Ensuring event vehicles, kit and equipment remain clean, safe, organised and event‑ready at all times.
• Acting as a trusted point of contact at events, supporting colleagues and customers confidently and courteously.
• Providing marketing support to the B2B commercial teams when not attending events, helping with administrative tasks, campaign materials, stock management and general team support.

Qualifications/Personal Qualities

Essential

• Full UK manual driving licence, held for at least 2 years.
• Willing and able to travel across the UK, including frequent overnight stays (typically twice per week, rising to four during peak periods).
• Comfortable with physical work, early starts and late finishes.
• Reliable and conscientious, with strong timekeeping and a positive, can‑do attitude.
• Able to work independently and take ownership while contributing positively to the wider team.
• Professional, customer‑focused and confident communicating with people.
• Strong organisational skills and basic computer literacy.
• Flexible approach to working hours, including occasional weekends.

Desirable

• Experience in a delivery, driving or event‑support role.
• Experience handling event set‑up or logistics.
• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Basic Health & Safety awareness.
• Customer‑facing experience.

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme – employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1× annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

Our Values

As a family‑owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well‑being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer. Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we’re on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.