Van Driver (Regional)

Mind Retail; Bedford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading charity as a Regional Van Driver, responsible for driving branded vehicles and supporting stock management across shops. This critical role helps improve service availability and directly contributes to mental health advocacy in your community. Enjoy competitive hourly pay, holiday allowances, and various development benefits.

Benefits

Competitive hourly pay in line with the Real Living Wage

25 days paid holiday per year (pro-rata for part-time)

Development workshops & courses

Comprehensive, personalised induction programmes

25% staff discount in Mind shops

Access to exclusive discounts at over 160 retailers

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Interest free season ticket loan

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence held for a minimum of 2 years.
• No more than 6 penalty points on licence.
• Minimum age of 25.

Responsibilities

• Driving Mind branded vehicles for collections.
• Stock rotation and availability management.
• Assisting with business development opportunities.

Skills

Team player

Planning and prioritisation

Customer focus

Job description

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Our Regional Van Drivers are an integral part of our shop network. In this role, you'll be driving one of our Mind branded vehicles across a given area, representing the charity as you go about your day-to-day collections.

You'll support the rotation of stock between our shops, ensuring great availability in all our locations and helping our shops to increase their sales. The money raised from our shop sales helps to support people in your local community through national campaigning, providing information and support through our helplines, website and publications and also through our local Minds. So, you'll be playing a hugely important role in the fight for mental health, by working with us to achieve our vision of making sure that everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.

There will be times when you'll assist the wider region and the Regional Manager with exciting business development opportunities. This might include shop openings, refits and refurbishments, all while upholding our values and behaviours, which are at the core of all we do.

We're looking for someone who:

• is a great team player
• has the ability to plan and prioritise their workload
• has a strong customer focus

Because of our insurer requirements, you'll need to hold a full UK driving licence for a minimum of 2 years, have no more than 6 penalty points on your licence and be a minimum of 25 years old. It's also important to note that this role will involve a lot of manual handling and heavy lifting.

We need great people like you to join us in the fight for mental health and to achieve our vision of making sure that everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.

Will you join us?

About our benefits

As Regional Van Driver, you'll receive the fantastic benefits below:

• Competitive hourly pay, which is in line with the Real Living Wage
• 25 days' paid holiday per year (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Development workshops & courses, to help build your career
• Comprehensive, personalised induction programmes, tailored to your role when you join us
• A huge variety of additional qualifications & development programmes for anyone looking to grow their skills
• A strong commitment to work-life balance
• Family friendly policies & enhanced pay
• A competitive pension scheme & life assurance, available to all our employees
• 25% staff discount in all Mind shops
• Access to exclusive discounts at over 160 retailers through our employee savings app
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan

About Mind Retail

Mind Retail are a network of almost 200 shops across England and Wales,generating a net income of around £21 million per year. We have ambitious plans to grow over the next few years and we're going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before. We won't stop until everyone with a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve. There's never been a more exciting time to join us.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We value the power of diversity. We embrace the different perspectives that each of us bring. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is appreciated for being authentic and bringing their whole selves to work.

Safer Recruitment at Mind Retail

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our employees and volunteers and we expect anyone working with us to share this commitment. In line with our Safer Recruitment policy, the successful candidate will be required to provide references and will be expected to undertake a basic or enhanced DBS check based on their role and responsibilities. A DBS check is a process to check someone's criminal record (if they have any). To enable you to predetermine what might be disclosed in your DBS check, please use this disclosure calculator.

Mind Retail is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applicants from all communities. We are committed to the fair treatment of our staff, potential staff and volunteers, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age, disability or offending background.

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Mind Retail reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates. Therefore, we encourage an early application.