Job Description: Driver / Warehouse Coordinator    

Reporting to: Regional Manager / Deputy Regional Manager 

Location: Liverpool 

Contract: Permanent 

Hours: 35 hrs per week

Salary: £22,932 - £23,170

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 17 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to almost 11,000 frontline charities and community groups. We support 10,962 local charities and community groups. Over the past year 24,074 tonnes of food were redistributed by FareShare Regional Centres and FareShare Go nationwide, our charity network serves 933,578 people every week.

 

Hunger is a growing issue in the UK and while there is surplus food that is otherwise going to waste, we believe that this food should be used to feed people first.
 
 FareShare’s Strategy & Vision

Vision: We have the vision of a UK where “No good food goes to waste”. 

 

Mission: To use surplus, fit for consumption, food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting front line charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of food poverty.

 Our Purpose: We are doers. We are a community. We change lives. 

 

Our Values: Passion – for our cause and the challenge that lies ahead

Ambition – to go the extra mile and drive the change that must happen

Respect – for ourselves, each other, our volunteers, our partners, and our beneficiaries   

Collaboration – it’s only by working with others that we can be stronger

Focus – on providing the best service possible so that we deliver and

achieve the most for our clients/customers.

This role is about more than just driving it is about sharing FareShare Merseyside’s mission that” no good food should go to waste”.

As a collection & delivery driver for FareShare Merseyside you will deliver / collect food from our partners across the region.  You will be the face of FareShare Merseyside, being a regular point of contact with our local and diverse range of member charities receiving food.  In addition, you may also act as a host for volunteers who may join as van assistants. 

Before you leave the FareShare Merseyside warehouse:

·  Load the van and check the van for roadworthiness

·  Understand the schedule and route that has been planned and calculated for you

·  Have a smart clean appearance, ready to meet our food partners and charities

·  Support warehouse staff with any other duties required 

On the road you will be representing FareShare Merseyside

·        Drive safely, responsibly and within the law

·        Be courteous to all road users

In the van you may be joined by volunteers wanting to support the FareShare Merseyside team to ensure no good food goes to waste.  

·        Get to know your van team and respond to questions about FareShare

·        Be courteous and demonstrate FareShare’s equality and diversity policy

·        Take responsibility for the safety of volunteers who join you

At our food partners and charities:

·        Greet the food partner or charity with a smile and get to know them by name

·        Take care of the food you are collecting or delivering as if it were your own

·        Complete all relevant paperwork and checks to ensure the safety of the food 

·        Unload and clean the van ready for the next driver

·        Report any incidents that may affect the vans roadworthiness

·        Complete all paperwork relevant to the food collected or delivered

·        Support warehouse staff with any other duties required 

·        Work as a team with the Warehouse Manager, warehouse colleagues and volunteers to ensure all shifts are well planned, supervised and meet daily operational needs

·        Ensure compliance with all FareShare policies and procedures and industry standards as required by food partners and regulators and that all staff, volunteers, food suppliers, charities and visitors adhere to them

·        Support the Warehouse Manager in managing the office, responding to emails and taking phone calls

·        Support the Warehouse Manager in organising food distribution using the FareShare food management systems and training volunteers as required

·        Maintain excellent relations and communications with volunteers, staff, food suppliers and charities 

 

 

Like the supply of surplus food to FareShare no two shifts are the same. Every day new food arrives and your team will include new people who want to get involved in the FareShare mission. You will be part of a small staff team responsible for ensuring the safe and effective distribution of food each day.

 

·        Experience of driving vans / medium sized vehicles

·        Experience of multi-drop deliveries

·        Experience of working within a food distribution and/or warehousing operation

·        Experience of using Sat Nav to navigate & plan routes

·        Experience of working on own initiative, able to manage own workload and prioritise tasks to meet objectives

·        Experience of working in a team with evidence of demonstrating a flexible approach to team working

·        Safe and courteous driver

 

·        Safe and courteous driver

·        Personable with a good sense of humour and excellent communication skills

·        Able to take initiative

·        Can stay clam under pressure

·        Team player willing to adopt a flexible approach to daily tasks and activities

·        Commitment to FareShare’s Equality & Diversity ethos

 

·        Driver must be aged 21 years

·        Have held a full UK driving licence 

·        Eligible to work in the UK

·        Commitment to gain Level 2 Food Safety Qualification

 
Application procedure 

Once you apply, you will be directed to our recruitment portal. Please submit your CV and Cover letter as part of your application. After you have submitted your application, you will have 24 hours in which you can access your application and make edits. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if the suitable candidate is found.