Furniture Collection and Delivery Driver
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Harrogate
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 10 Jun 2021
- Closes
- 08 Jul 2021
- Sectors
- Automotive & Driving
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Furniture Collection and Delivery Driver - GBP17,511.00 per annum
Harrogate and district
Temporary 12-month contract
37.5 hours (5 over 7 days, to include some weekend work on a rota basis)
Closing date: Wednesday 07 July 2021
We are currently looking for a Furniture Collection and Delivery Driver to join our existing Retail team to undertake driving and collection and delivery duties for the group of North Yorkshire Hospice Care's shops. Ensuring that stock is safely transported including furniture, between shops, customer's homes and other locations paying attention to health and safety at all times.
Other tasks include working with the appropriate Retail Manager on the arrangement of stock in the retail stores unit, basic maintenance on the retail vehicles, ensuring that they are road-worthy and clean inside and out at all times, testing of electrical items and completing minor repairs to furniture donated.
The post holder must possess excellent customer services skills and be confident liaising with customers ensuring they are informed of any delays or changes to collections/deliveries. Knowledge of health and safety and safe lifting techniques is also required.
Due to insurance criteria for our vehicles, candidates will need be over the age of 21 and have a full clean driving licence with experience of driving a tail lift vehicle.
Benefits include: -
* 35 days holiday per year (including Bank Holidays, pro rata).
* Comprehensive Induction Programme.
* Contributory Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 8%
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Access to staff support.
* Free group life assurance.
* Free DBS check.
You will be joining an organisation which is driven, caring and responsive and you will be playing an important role in enabling us to provide our highly valued services to the people of Harrogate and District.
We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks being obtained including successful applicants being required to undertake a DBS Check. Disclosure expense will be met by employer.
North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales ((phone number removed)) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just 'B', Saint Michael's Hospice and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales ((phone number removed)).
Completed applications to be received by 9am 7th July 2021
Please click Apply and you will be forwarded to our website, where a full Job Description is available.
Telephone screening will take place soon after application with successful candidates being invited for an interview, which will take place in Harrogate
Harrogate and district
Temporary 12-month contract
37.5 hours (5 over 7 days, to include some weekend work on a rota basis)
Closing date: Wednesday 07 July 2021
We are currently looking for a Furniture Collection and Delivery Driver to join our existing Retail team to undertake driving and collection and delivery duties for the group of North Yorkshire Hospice Care's shops. Ensuring that stock is safely transported including furniture, between shops, customer's homes and other locations paying attention to health and safety at all times.
Other tasks include working with the appropriate Retail Manager on the arrangement of stock in the retail stores unit, basic maintenance on the retail vehicles, ensuring that they are road-worthy and clean inside and out at all times, testing of electrical items and completing minor repairs to furniture donated.
The post holder must possess excellent customer services skills and be confident liaising with customers ensuring they are informed of any delays or changes to collections/deliveries. Knowledge of health and safety and safe lifting techniques is also required.
Due to insurance criteria for our vehicles, candidates will need be over the age of 21 and have a full clean driving licence with experience of driving a tail lift vehicle.
Benefits include: -
* 35 days holiday per year (including Bank Holidays, pro rata).
* Comprehensive Induction Programme.
* Contributory Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 8%
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Access to staff support.
* Free group life assurance.
* Free DBS check.
You will be joining an organisation which is driven, caring and responsive and you will be playing an important role in enabling us to provide our highly valued services to the people of Harrogate and District.
We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks being obtained including successful applicants being required to undertake a DBS Check. Disclosure expense will be met by employer.
North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales ((phone number removed)) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just 'B', Saint Michael's Hospice and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales ((phone number removed)).
Completed applications to be received by 9am 7th July 2021
Please click Apply and you will be forwarded to our website, where a full Job Description is available.
Telephone screening will take place soon after application with successful candidates being invited for an interview, which will take place in Harrogate