Warehouse Operative

As Lewisham Foodbank Warehouse Operative you will play an important role in helping to facilitate the day to day running of the Foodbank. You will support the Warehouse Manager to ensure accurate processing of donations and purchased stock, unloading and loading of vehicles, coordination of van deliveries and pickups, as well as accurately managing and recording stock. You will work with a team of volunteers to ensure that the correct food is delivered to our centres and we are able to continue to effectively provide food parcels to those in need across the borough of Lewisham.

We want to hear from you if you are self motivated and are able to work flexibly and at pace. You will need to have strong interpersonal skills and be able to communicate well with a wide range of people from a variety of backgrounds. This role involves physical manual handling and you will need to be physically fit and energetic in order to meet the physical demands of the job. It will be important that the postholder is able to liaise and work closely with the rest of the team to troubleshoot when problems arise and ensure all health and safety procedures are followed in line with our policies.

Lewisham Foodbank is run by Transform Network (www.transformnetwork.london), a partnership of local churches. We have the Trussell Trust franchise for the London Borough of Lewisham and are one of a network of 1500 Trussell Trust foodbanks across the UK. The foodbank, which has been operating since November 2012 provides food for 500 - 600 people a week.

For all other information refer to the Job Description.