Delivery/Collection Driver – Full Time

The Role

In this role as a retail driver, you will be a key member of our dedicated logistics team supporting the Income Generation element of Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent.

You would be working in pairs to; asses, collect and deliver items of furniture and other donations from customers’ home’s. Using sympathy and politeness when declining non-compliant donations. To supply stock and clear our shops of donations to support the overall retail operation.

The logistics team covers the South East of Kent, our drivers are on the road each day being ‘Door Step’ ambassadors – no day is the same!

Being flexible and pro-active in their approach to each days challenges, working as a team enabling the smooth operation the of Pilgrims Hospice logistics team.

Using knowledge of furniture, coupled with understanding of the Gift Aid scheme enabling Pilgrims Hospice to maximise the value of each donation we receive.

We’re committed to your professional development, offering continuous training and growth opportunities to ensure you’re always expanding your skills. Every day in this role is unique, but what remains constant is the positive impact you’ll make in a supportive, happy environment.

About us

As an award-winning employer, Pilgrims provides end-of-life care services to patients and their families across east Kent.

Our commitment is to provide open, compassionate care and expertise for patients and their families – both in the community and in-patient units.

Our Vision

“Of a community where people with a life limiting illness and their family and friends are supported and empowered to live well in mind and body until the very last moment of their life”.

We recognise that our workforce is integral to the delivery of our Vision and our charitable aims. Pilgrims Hospices continues to create a highly skilled, motivated, engaged and healthy workforce by providing an environment where staff and volunteers feel highly motivated to perform their roles to a consistently high standard, and actively role model our charitable behaviours and values.

To achieve our Vision, we have a shared set of values and behaviours that enable us to be the people and the charity that patients and their loved ones need us to be. They form our CODE, which guides us in our daily working and decision making:

Compassionate We treat everyone with compassion and care

Open We communicate openly, honestly and effectively

Dynamic We are dynamic, improving and developing our service

Empowered We empower people to achieve their outcomes

Other benefits

As an Employer of Choice, our commitment to supporting our employees and volunteers is a key priority.

Our Health and Wellbeing Strategy is an important step in ensuring the sustainability of our workforce, and clearly outlines our strategic intentions to improve employee capability, resilience, and engagement, to adapt to and embrace change as the health sector continues to develop.

Our hospices offer:

• Modern, friendly and highly professional working environments
• Opportunities for professional development through a range of extensive learning
• Alignment with NHS pay rates and continuity in membership of the NHS pension scheme
• A sense of achievement in supporting a worthwhile cause
• A sense of wellbeing
• A good work-life balance
• Locations across well-populated areas of east Kent – all providing very good road and rail links
• NHS and financial discounts i.e. Blue Light Card
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Free hospice parking

We invest in our employees, which is one of the key things that makes us an award-winning employer of choice.

For more information please contact [email protected].