Warehouse/driver

Job Title: Warehouse/Driver

Reporting To**:Depot Manager**

Salary**:£11.83/h**

Contract type**:Casual
- Zero Hours**

Location**:Poplar, East London**

Hours of work**:37.5 hours per week, Shift basis - 5 days out of 6. Any 7.5h between 07:00 and19:00. Occasionally we will operate on Sundays.**

**About The Felix Project**

The Felix Project is London's biggest food redistribution charity and the largest end-to-end food redistribution charity in Europe.

Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted.

We rescue surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, restaurants and farms. This food is nutritious, in-date, and safe and includes a high proportion of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. If we did not rescue this food, it would be at risk of going to waste. Instead, we deliver it free of charge to London charities, schools, food banks, COVID food hubs and other organisations serving people in need. Our food is a vital lifeline for children and families, people on low incomes, people who have lost their jobs, the homeless, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, the elderly and keyworkers.

We were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw.

**Purpose of the Job**

This role will support operational needs in our Poplar Depot with a 5-day week usually split between 3 days driving vans and 2 days as a Depot Assistant in the warehouse. You will have a clear idea of your duties and responsibilities going into each shift (whether Driver shift or Warehouse Worker shift) and will prioritise accordingly. You will be an experienced, careful van driver, with experience working in busy warehouse and an excellent work ethic.

**Duties and Accountabilities**

**Driver shifts**
- Delivering food to the charitable organisations Felix works with
- Collecting surplus food from local suppliers
- Checking delivery notes and ensuring the orders reach the right locations
- Quality checking deliveries before they leave the depot
- Assisting volunteers with loading and unloading vans
- Dealing with any issues that arise with deliveries and communicating these to the depot teams
- Filling out paperwork to ensure Felix has traceability for all food in and out of the relevant depot
- Cleaning vans thoroughly
- Being the face of Felix to the public and organisations we work with

**Depot Assistant Shifts**
- Organising and sorting food deliveries in the depot
- Going out on the food delivery/collection routes as a co-driver

**Person Specification**

You will be an experienced, careful van driver, with people & communication skills and an excellent work ethic.

You will have a clear idea of your duties and responsibilities going into each shift (whether Driver shift or Depot Assistant shift) and will prioritise accordingly.

**Essential Criteria**
- Full UK Driving Licence (with no more than 6 points) held for at least 1 year and you must be over 21yo for insurance purposes
- Be comfortable driving a Felix van safely and using a Sat Nav system to navigate
- Able to safely load and unload goods from vehicles, and willingness to engage in light to medium physical work as part of your daily job
- Previous warehouse experience and use of a pump truck
- Good time-keeping skills and be able to stick to a schedule
- Customer service skills and ability to communicate effectively
- Able to fill out paperwork with service users and in depot
- Ability and willingness to work in a busy environment, and with a diverse team
- Meticulous organisation skills and attention to detail

**Desirable Criteria**
- Database experience
- Flexibility in terms of working hours
- Committed to reducing food waste, food poverty
- Fork lift license

**What you’ll get in return**

You will be working in an upbeat, innovative charity with strong vision, ambition and a fantastic culture and leadership team. This role at our located in our Poplar depot, (E14 7BN), but you may be asked to occasionally work in one of our other locations as part of your duties. The pay is £11.83 per hour (more than London Living Wage), plus holiday pay and pension contributions from month four.

**Application procedure**

**Recruitment timeline**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £11.83 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Application question(s):

- For vehicle insurance purposes, all applicants **must** be over 21. Please confirm that you are.

**Experience**:

- warehouse: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Fork Lift Licence (preferred)
- Full UK Driving Licence (max 6 points) (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)