Retail Driver

As a Retail Driver you will be responsible for the day to day collection and delivery of donations, under the guidance of the Warehouse and Logistics Manager, and Driver Supervisor. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Responsibly collecting, assessing the suitability and transporting donated items
• Interacting with customers and dealing with queries and feedback in a sensitive manner
• Maintaining and growing the 'Gift Aid' scheme
• Assist in the clearance and sorting of donations from shops and in the warehouse.

The post holder must ensure that services are provided to a high standard. For a more extensive list of responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description document.

This is a part time role (14h per week) working days will be between Monday and Sunday 8.30am-4.30pm, based at Tivoli Brooks Warehouse., Offering care and support for people with incurable illness where and when it's needed.

To be successful in this role you will need to be hands on, physically fit as this is a role that requires repetitive manual handling. You should also have:

• Previous experience of manual handling and the ability to do this on a daily basis.
• Experience driving a variety of different sized vehicles and a clean license.
• Good loading/packing skills
• The aptitude to learn about a wide variety of items that are donated.
• Good organisational skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, personable, able to relate to staff, volunteers and customers.

As an award-winning employer, Pilgrims provides end of life care services to patients and their families across east Kent.

Our commitment is to provide open, compassionate care and expertise for patients and their families - both in the community and in-patient units.

As an Employer of Choice we are committed supporting our employees and volunteers through both a holistic benefits package, but also through wellbeing and work/life balance. Our hospices offer:

• Friendly and highly professional working environments alongside people passionate
• Opportunities for professional development through a range of extensive learning
• A workplace pension scheme. Those joining us from the NHS may retain eligibility to membership of the NHS pension scheme
• Subsidised meals
• A good work-life balance and realistic working hours
• Financial discounts, provided through the Blue Light Card scheme
• A sense of achievement in supporting a worthwhile cause
• A sense of wellbeing

We invest in our employees, which is one of the key things that makes us an award-winning employer of choice!