Driver​/Warehouse Person

BLYTHSWOOD JOB DESCRIPTION and PERSON SPECIFICATION 1. JOB IDENTIFICATION

Job Title:

Driver / Warehouse Person

Department:
Operations

Place of Work:
Ballyclare

To carry out collections and deliveries as required. Also, to assist in the warehouse, as directed by the Operations Supervisor and to sort out stock from donations received.

Head of Retail UK

Operations Supervisor

Driver / Warehouse Person

To show God's love, and offer the compassion, relief and hope that can change lives for good and forever.

We bring good into times of crisis and extreme poverty through acts of kindness and the provision of immediate relief.

We help people to change their longer-term futures for good through education and rehabilitation.

In all our work, we seek to tell people of God's love in sending his only Son, Jesus, so that those who believe in him might not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16). This is the good news that can change lives forever.

the greatest disadvantage. Working with local partners who understand the needs of their communities,

we have opportunities to serve people in parts of Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.

• Driving - local collections of shoeboxes, goods and shop deliveries as defined by daily manifest
• Follow Gift Aid procedures
• Loading/Unloading/Storing and moving goods between Blythswood shops as required
• Lifting bags, boxes and sacks of donated and sorted goods
• Identifying saleable / reusable items and waste items from goods donated
• When not collecting or delivering, tasks to be directed by Operations Supervisor
• Palletising materials and loading lorry trailers efficiently
• General warehousing/stock control/waste management
  -minimising waste and maximising reuse and recycle at all times
• Liaising with public in a customer focused manner
• Carrying out vehicle checks for maintenance and record vehicle mileage and driving hours
• Working with colleagues and volunteers who assist in the collections and deliveries and in the shops
• Co-operation with colleagues and management in order to get the work done safely/timeously.
• Maintaining good housekeeping within your work area
• Reporting problems, issues, accidents or incidents to your Manager
• Suggesting ways to improve the Health and Safety, or quality of work with which you are involved
• Maintaining Health and Safety regulations and, by the Organisation's Health and Safety policy, ensuring that the area in which you are working is safe for yourself, for other workers and visitors to the warehouse.
• Identify training needs to your Manager
• Follow safeguarding best practice and report any concerns in accordance with Blythswood's safeguarding procedures.

• Head of Retail UK
• Operations Supervisor
• Shop Manager / Assistant Manager
• Head Office Warehouse and Administration Staff
• Other drivers/warehouse staff
• Blythswood Volunteers

• Customers
• Local community organisations

Essential

Blythswood reserves the right to shortlist on the essential criteria only or on the essential and preferred criteria as identified in the Person Specification as may be appropriate.

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All Job Description s are subject to review on an annual basis or as a result of

• a change of strategic management
• changing team/operational…