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Grandi y Asociados
North East
Hybrid
GBP 10,000 - 40,000
30+ days ago
Volunteer - Pantry Delivery Driver
ST GILES TRUST
London
On-site
GBP 60,000 - 80,000
Full time
30+ days ago
Job summary
A leading charity organization in London is seeking a Voluntary Pantry Delivery Driver to safely deliver food to its pantry sites. Responsibilities include loading food, maintaining vehicle cleanliness, and ensuring safety during deliveries. Candidates should have a valid driving licence, be physically fit, and ideally possess experience in food distribution. This is a great opportunity to make a difference in the community.
Qualifications
- Full and valid driving licence.
- Experience in a similar van delivery role, preferably in food distribution.
- Ability to manually load heavy items.
Responsibilities
- Safely drive between food collection points and pantry sites.
- Ensure vehicle is checked for safety and cleanliness before each shift.
- Report any incidents with management and react calmly to traffic scenarios.
Skills
Physically fit
Good interpersonal skills
Problem-solving skills
Communication skills
Education
Food safety and hygiene qualification or willingness to work towards one
Job description
Hours: Tuesday 8:30am - 2pm, Wednesday 8:30am - 10:30am, Friday 8:30am - 10:30am (2:30pm once monthly)
Closing date: 03 September 25 @ 9am
Ref PDD-251
Conditions: Due to our vehicle insurance policy requirements, we can only accept applications from candidates aged 25 and over. This is a condition set by our insurer and is not a company policy.
Are you a physically fit, proactive and organised individual with experience of working in a van delivery role, preferably in food distribution and use of chilled vehicles? Looking to make a difference in a vital voluntary role?
If so, St Giles is looking for aVoluntary Pantry Delivery Driverto be responsible for the food delivery to our Camberwell Pantry. The Pantry is a Social Supermarket which will support clients to access affordable and healthy food each week (for a maximum of six months) and offers both a responsive solution and a sustainable route out of poverty, ensuring people can access healthy food whilst getting the support they need.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this important role
OurVoluntary Pantry Delivery Driverwill safely drive between food collection points and St Giles Pantry sites across London, loading the vehicle with food in line with food safety and manual handling regulations. You will ensure your vehicle is checked for safety and cleanliness before each shift, report any incidents with management and calmly react to changing scenarios, such as traffic, while always being polite and courteous to other volunteers who may be accompanying deliveries.
On the road, and at the Pantries, you will be representing St Giles and so you will drive safely, responsibly and within the law and be courteous to all road users, staff, volunteers and members. At all times you will ensure that you are following St Giles’ health and safety policy and food safety standards protocols to consistently ensure safe collection and delivery of food is maintained.
What we are looking for
We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
To apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button. We encourage you to apply early as we will be shortlisting as applications come in.
Closing date: 03 September 25 @ 9am
Closing date: 03 September 25 @ 9am
Ref PDD-251
Conditions: Due to our vehicle insurance policy requirements, we can only accept applications from candidates aged 25 and over. This is a condition set by our insurer and is not a company policy.
Are you a physically fit, proactive and organised individual with experience of working in a van delivery role, preferably in food distribution and use of chilled vehicles? Looking to make a difference in a vital voluntary role?
If so, St Giles is looking for aVoluntary Pantry Delivery Driverto be responsible for the food delivery to our Camberwell Pantry. The Pantry is a Social Supermarket which will support clients to access affordable and healthy food each week (for a maximum of six months) and offers both a responsive solution and a sustainable route out of poverty, ensuring people can access healthy food whilst getting the support they need.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this important role
OurVoluntary Pantry Delivery Driverwill safely drive between food collection points and St Giles Pantry sites across London, loading the vehicle with food in line with food safety and manual handling regulations. You will ensure your vehicle is checked for safety and cleanliness before each shift, report any incidents with management and calmly react to changing scenarios, such as traffic, while always being polite and courteous to other volunteers who may be accompanying deliveries.
On the road, and at the Pantries, you will be representing St Giles and so you will drive safely, responsibly and within the law and be courteous to all road users, staff, volunteers and members. At all times you will ensure that you are following St Giles’ health and safety policy and food safety standards protocols to consistently ensure safe collection and delivery of food is maintained.
What we are looking for
- A full and valid driving licence (due to insurance requirements, this role is only open to applicants of 25 years of age or older)
- You must be physically fit to be able to manually load heavy items into a van
- Experience of working in a similar van delivery role, preferably in food distribution and use of chilled vehicles
- Food safety and hygiene qualification or willingness to work towards one
- Problem-solving skills and the ability to make effective decisions ‘on the spot’
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- An awareness of safety issues especially when driving, loading and unloading vehicles.
We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
To apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button. We encourage you to apply early as we will be shortlisting as applications come in.
Closing date: 03 September 25 @ 9am
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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