Job Description
JOB POSTING 2023-30-12
We are looking for a driver to support the Archway Food Bank’s operations. Our Drivers are responsible for ensuring that our programs can run by making sure that orders are picked up and dropped off in a timely manner. Drivers work as part of a dynamic team to collect a redistribute hundreds of thousands of pounds of food in our community. This position supports the activities of the Lead Driver in ensuring the needs of the Food Banks programs are met.
Your Role:
Archway’s Driver with the Food Bank contributes by:
- Loading, unloading and delivering food to a variety of programs and partners on a weekly basis.
- Operating the delivery vehicle safely and in accordance with the rules of the road.
- Maintaining and building relationships with partners and contacts.
- Assisting in maintaining the Food Bank fleet of vehicles, ensuring regular tune-ups and maintenance appointments are scheduled.
- Assisting with tasks related to the overall operation of food distribution.
This position is a great fit for a great team player with good time management skills and who wants to support our work addressing food insecurity in our community.
- Wage: $20.00 per hour
- Permanent, Casual/On-Call position – no guaranteed hours per week.
- Shifts would be scheduled around normal working hours of 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Mondays to Fridays. Some evenings, weekends may be required.
- Benefits/perks include:
- Great in-house training opportunities.
- On-line access to wellness resources.
- Opportunity to network with Archway and community partners while learning about Food Justice and Sovereignty.
- Rewarding work in a positive environment.
- Class 5 BC Driver’s License and satisfactory driver’s abstract.
- Experience driving large vehicles and operating pallet jacks.
- Forklift training/experience preferred.
- Working knowledge of Office 365.
- Experience in a customer service position is preferred.
The Job Requires you to have::
- Well-developed relationship building skills.
- Good organization, planning and time management skills.
- Familiarity with food handling practices and Occupational Health & Safety standards.
- Ability to work independently and as part of passionate and dedicated team.
- Ability to sit for periods of time.
- Your own safety boots.
- Willingness and flexibility to work evenings and weekends.
- Ability to work in multiple locations, including a warehouse environment which may include noise, dust and areas of the warehouse being unheated or having no air conditioning.
- A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.
Interested applicants are to reference Posting # 2023-30-12 in the subject line.
Please submit your cover letter and resume to: jobpostings@archway.ca
Closing date is Sunday, July 30th
No phone calls please. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
Your resume may also be forwarded to other programs for their consideration for their job vacancies. If you do not wish for your application to be shared with other Programs, please include DO NOT FORWARD TO OTHER PROGRAMS, in the subject line or the email when you apply. Please also include the posting number in the subject.
Archway’s goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Equity and diversity are essential to excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged.
We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
We are committed to investing in the mental health and wellbeing of our employees.
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