Van Driver

The Royal Household; Windsor; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Pension plan

Complimentary lunch on-site

Staff discounts

Free admission tickets

Job summary

The Royal Household in Windsor is seeking a reliable driver to manage the safe, timely transport of furniture, works of art and other items across royal residences. You’ll plan routes, check loads and ensure compliance with health and safety guidelines.

Based in Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace with occasional travel to London, the role involves a full-time contract, weekend travel when required, and a benefits package to support wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Full UK Driver's Licence.
• Strong team collaboration and communication skills.
• Excellent planning and organisational abilities.
• Flexible approach to working hours and travel.

Responsibilities

• Manage all logistical aspects of moves, including loading checks, route planning and driving between sites.
• Assist with safe lifting, movement and delivery of furniture, art, carpets and other items.
• Ensure safety and compliance with driving regulations and health and safety guidelines.
• Maintain and check fleet vehicles; support presentation and maintenance of vehicles.

Skills

Full UK Driver's Licence

Team player

Clear communication

Organised

Flexible/can travel

Job description

40 hours per week - Monday to Friday (with some occasional weekend work)

About the role

It’s knowing everything’s in the right place, ready for the next big event.

It's the sheer variety of the challenges you'll face, and it's working as one to deliver exceptional results. This is what makes working for the Royal Household so different.

The Master of the Household's Department handles all aspects of hospitality across the Royal residences. The Crafts team is responsible for providing craft, conservation and restoration services to help maintain interior furniture and furnishings in regular use across royal residences.

Joining this dedicated and friendly team who work within Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, you'll be responsible for the safe, timely and careful transport of furniture, works of art, carpets and other items across the Royal Residences. You'll support the movement of luggage and operational goods between sites, ensuring items are handled, transported and tracked in accordance with operational and conservation requirements.

Key responsibilities

• You’ll be responsible for all logistical aspects of a move, from loading checks, planning routes and timings, driving our vehicles between sites, through to delivery and unloading.
• You’ll support the safe lifting, movement, loading, unloading and positioning of furniture, works of art, carpets and other items across the Royal Residences, ensuring all handling is carried out in accordance with health and safety procedures and collection care guidelines.
• Safety will be a priority; you’ll carry out regular service checks on vehicles, keep to driver regulations in terms of working hours and driving times, and always ensure safe driving on the road.
• You’ll help maintain our fleet of operational vehicles, including vans, buggies and e-bikes, carrying out routine checks and supporting their safe presentation, maintenance and compliance.
• Many of items you’ll transport will have particular conservation and protection needs. You’ll work alongside colleagues to cater for these varied requirements, ensuring that every item arrives safely and in good condition.
• You’ll help maintain accurate records of item movements and ensure collection items are appropriately tracked and communicated to relevant teams. You’ll be a key point of contact, liaising with colleagues across residences to coordinate transport schedules, communicate progress and respond proactively to any changes that may impact operations.
• When you’re not on the roads, you’ll support our attendants team with the activities of a busy working castle, including function and event set-ups, movement and organisation of furniture and technology, supporting public opening operations, contractor escorting and maintaining operational areas to a consistently high standard.

The post holder with need to be flexible to travel between Windsor Castle, London and other Royal Residences. There may also be an infrequent need for some weekend working. Whilst this is a full time role, part-time applications will be considered.

About you

Essential Criteria

• You’ll have a full, clean UK Driver's Licence, together with proven experience driving commercial delivery vehicles and coordinating deliveries within a busy operational environment.
• Most important is that you're an outstanding team player who enjoys working alongside others every day. This, along with a helpful and supportive attitude, will be key.
• Friendly, outgoing and professional, you'll be confident communicating with a wide range of stakeholders and building positive working relationships across teams.
• Good planning, organisational and administrative skills will be important, and you can be relied upon to manage a varied workload while meeting regular deadlines.
• And with a pro‑active and a flexible approach to your work, you'll be happy to get involved and adapt in order to help colleagues across the organisation.
• You’ll also have a good attention to accuracy and detail, and get satisfaction from a job well done, delivering work to a consistently high standard.
• You’ll be well organised and able to manage competing priorities, maintaining accurate records and ensuring work is delivered efficiently and safely.
• Experience with tail lifts, vehicle loading of specialist items and a driving licence permitting operations of vehicles over 3.5 tonnes would be desirable, however not essential.

We know that to deliver our best work; we need to feel at our best. That’s why at the Royal Household we offer a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and life priorities.

• Enjoy 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days pro rata (plus bank holidays) dependent on the length of time you have worked for us.
• Our excellent non‑contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 15% and you can contribute more if you wish) is highly valued by our employees, as is complimentary lunch on‑site to keep you fuelled throughout the day.
• We also offer a range of leave options to support your life priorities, such as parental pay and leave and volunteering days, as well as benefits to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Other perks include 20% off at our Royal Collection Trust Shops and complimentary admission tickets across all our locations, along with many more exclusive employee discounts.

Find out more about the full range of benefits available to our employees here.