Warehouse & Logisitics Assistant

Jobtrain; Chester; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff pass

Healthcare plan

Employer contributory pension

Job summary

Chester Zoo is seeking a part-time Food & Beverage Warehouse & Logistics Assistant to support on-site operations. You will handle deliveries, stock control, and ensure food safety standards across the zoo's outlets, while coordinating with internal teams to meet daily demand.

This role offers 20 hours per week on a rota basis, with shifts between 7:00am and 5:00pm. Experience in warehouse or logistics and a UK driving licence are preferred; forklift licence desirable.

Qualifications

• A full UK driving licence.
• Experience in a warehouse, logistics, or stock control environment.
• Good understanding of food safety standards.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Confident using stock systems and Microsoft Office.
• Good communication skills and a team-focused approach.
• Ability to carry out manual handling tasks.

Responsibilities

• Receiving, checking, and processing deliveries, ensuring accuracy and quality.
• Organising and maintaining warehouse storage and stock locations.
• Picking and distributing stock across the site to support operational teams.
• Maintaining excellent housekeeping, food safety, and health & safety standards.
• Working closely with internal teams to meet operational demand.
• Supporting stock takes and ongoing stock control processes.

Skills

Driving licence

Warehouse experience

Food safety

Organisational skills

Stock systems

Communication

Teamwork

Manual handling

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Food & Beverage Warehouse & Logistics Assistant

How would you like to work in a truly unique environment where you can stroll among rare giraffes and tigers on your lunch break?

The Role

Our Warehouse & Logistics Assistants undertake a variety of warehouse duties. This includes maintaining high internal customer satisfaction levels through excellence in identifying, receiving and ensuring quality of products delivered to and across site. Carrying out warehousing activities, you will be organising storage and inventory space while ensuring the quality and accuracy of all incoming and outgoing stock.

Our outlets at the zoo include fast-food restaurants, gift shops, coffee shops, kiosks and concession stands which are your key internal customers who you will be working with on a daily basis.

What you’ll be doing

• Receiving, checking, and processing deliveries, ensuring accuracy and quality
• Organising and maintaining warehouse storage and stock locations
• Picking and distributing stock across the site to support operational teams
• Maintaining excellent housekeeping, food safety, and health & safety standards
• Working closely with internal teams to meet operational demand
• Supporting stock takes and ongoing stock control processes

What makes Chester Zoo a great place to work?

As the UK’s biggest and best zoo, we have ambitious goals, exciting plans, and there’s always lots going on here. We’re an inclusive and diverse organisation, made up of over 600 permanent and 500 temporary team members, and we know how important it is to invest in our colleagues to help boost their career development. We have ambitious goals, and we want you to be with us for the long term on our exciting journey.

The Package

This is a part-time role (20 hours per week), working 5 days out of 7 on a rota basis, including weekends and bank holidays. Shifts are scheduled between 7:00am and 5:00pm, with variable start and finish times depending on operational needs.

• Permanent contract
• Salary £13,218.50 per annum
• 33 days annual leave pro rata
• Staff pass so you can visit the zoo during your time off plus multiple complimentary tickets for your friends and family
• Access to healthcare plan
• Employer contributory pension scheme

Our Requirements

• A full UK driving licence
• Experience in a warehouse, logistics, or stock control environment
• Good understanding of food safety standards
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Confident using stock systems and Microsoft Office
• Good communication skills and a team-focused approach
• Ability to carry out manual handling tasks

Desirable

• Forklift truck licence
• Experience working in both retail and food service environments

More About Us

We’re not just an amazing, award‑winning visitor attraction that’s home to 30,000 incredible animals inside 128 acres of stunning gardens. We’re not just the UK’s most popular zoo. We’re a major wildlife charity that’s committed to the recovery of endangered species, globally. And, as the world faces an extinction crisis, we’re making a hugely significant contribution to conservation at a time when it’s needed most. We are Chester Zoo and we prevent extinction.