Collection Driver

Collection Driver

Location: Daventry / Northamptonshire

Full time - Monday to Friday, 8-4

Rate of pay: £10.90 per hour

Closing Date: 23rd August 2023

About us:

Our Trading company opened its first shop in 2010 on Rugby high street. Since then, we have grown from strength to strength and now have over 55 shops ranging from boutiques, concessions, home stores and superstores. We have a successful online trading department selling through Amazon, EBAY and its own web shop selling bespoke homeware. We also have our own in-house recycling department with over 100 collection bins, and door to door collections.

You can be a part of this great cause!

Role

Reporting to the Shop Management team this position is warehouse based with daily travel around surrounding area.

Purpose

To collect and deliver donated stock/furniture from customers’ homes and local businesses to support the delivery of sales and profit targets within your shop. To take responsibility for the company van ensuring maintenance and servicing is carried out daily. Exceed customer expectations by providing the highest quality service both in and out of store.

The Role includes:

• Planning and organise the collection and delivery of stock/furniture to the warehouseor customer address.
• Manual handling including assisting the warehouse staff with moving large items of furniture including up staircases

Essential Criteria

• Full clean driving licence
• Understanding of geographical working area
• Ability to prioritise tasks
• Ability to plan, and organise own and teams work load

Benefits

We can offer you above average holiday entitlement, a benefits platform to make your money go further and an organisation where you can thrive. We value a home/work life balance, so we ensure you will be given several Saturdays off throughout the year. You will also be working in a role where you know that the money you raise will help us to continue saving lives.

Once you press apply you will be invited to complete some short assessments.

The role is subject to a Basic DBS check. A full drivers licence is essential.

Environment

TAAS is an inclusive working environment where Equality, Diversity and Human Rights are guiding principles, individuals are respected and a value of having a diverse workforce is recognised. The recruitment, employment and development of people are based on qualifications, experience and competency to do the job, eliminating personal bias or prejudice.

As an organisation, TAAS are committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of children and vulnerable adults involved in any of our activities. Our commitment applies to all acting on our behalf, i.e., employees, contractors, volunteers, supporters, patient, donors and visitors, meaning that all have a responsibility towards safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom they have contact with. Any new staff starting with the organisation will need to be committed to Safeguarding, complete relevant Safeguarding training and report any concerns they may have. TAAS operate a safer recruitment process, as part of our Safeguarding policy, which includes identifying and rejecting anyone who may be a risk to vulnerable people.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this before the stated date, should the hiring manager deem there to be enough suitable applicants.