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Do you enjoy travelling? Do you enjoy meeting new people? Do you enjoy helping your community?

Our current Van Drivers are seeking company to join them on their daily rounds when collecting and/or delivering furniture and to support staff and volunteers working in the shops. This role is crucial to ensuring the donated items we receive end up in our shops in one piece.

Main duties of the job

• Assist the driver with the loading and unloading goods and other household items.
• Communicate effectively with customers when collecting and delivering goods.
• Communicate with staff and volunteers at the hospice and shops about deliveries and collections.
• Assist with repairs and renewals to Hospice shops.
• Help maintain vehicles and assist with general repairs to Hospice shops.
• Some weekend and bank holiday working may also be required.

We are seeking an empathetic individual with excellent people skills, a team player who is flexible, adaptable, who has a can-do approach to your work, an excellent timekeeper, with the ability to support our retail shops in delivering excellent customer service.

You will need to be able to undertake a physically demanding role and as you will be lifting and shifting large amounts of furniture and stock between our shops and the van. Having a full driving licence would be ideal as you may need to provide cover as a Van Driver from time to time.

In return, we can offer you an array of fabulous benefits and opportunities for personal development.

Working for our organisation

North London Hospice is a registered charity that has been caring for local people since 1984. We are committed to empowering patients with life limiting illnesses, supporting them to achieve the best quality of life possible. As well as our inpatient unit at Woodside Avenue, we work within the wider community including our Outpatient and Wellbeing services; our support to patients in their own homes; our Community Specialist Palliative Care services; and our Patient and Family Support teams, providing emotional and practical support to patients, their families and carers.