There’s something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most.
Save the Children and 54 reasons: A place where your purpose matters.
It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation– yours included. We value a healthy work-life balance and ensure our people feel connected to each other and our impact. Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.
A place to make a difference:
Here you’re empowered to make a difference in children’s lives by learning, sharing and collaborating to find new ways to solve problems. In this part-time, permanent role, you’ll work as a part of our Retail team in Dandenong to help us create lasting change for children everywhere. The Delivery Driver/Depot Assistant plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children. Whether it’s coordinating logistics or supporting op-shop Volunteers), you’ll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia, the Pacific and around the world.
You will make a difference by:
· Collecting and delivering stock for Save the Children Australia op shops.
· Ensuring high level of customer focus is maintained at all times with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate communications.
· Ensuring the depot and surrounding areas are kept neat, secure, and orderly.
· Providing clear communications and visibility on delivery schedules and ad-hoc pickups/tasks/deliveries.
· Performing ad hoc projects allocated by the State Retail Manager, in line with organisational objectives.
A place to feel valued:
Your deep expertise in logistics and customer service is invaluable. We recognise your contribution and provide you the support to ensure you can bring your best, knowing here you have the space and opportunity to grow. Bringing your best every day, means:
· A ‘people person’ who naturally enjoys the company of people from all walks of life.
· Preferably available Monday-Friday for up to 21 hours per week.
· Excellent organisational and time management skills.
· Highly developed communication skills with strong attention to detail.
· Demonstrated experience in a similar role including small truck/van driving.
· Good physical ability and willingness to undergo medical/physical check.
A place to belong:
It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:
· Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
· Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.
· Internal employment and development opportunities
· Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
· Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We’ve established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that’s what you want!) (Pride@Save, Parents and Carers@Save, Mental Wellness Alliance, Disability@Save, First Nations Advisory Commitee).
· Full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)
Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.
Does this sound like the place for you?
We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.
Applications close 4pm AEST, Friday 15th May 2024.
Position Description – Delivery Driver
For more information about this position, please contact people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.
*We understand the need for work-life balance. We've advertised this role as Permanent Part-time but if you're looking for something different, please let us know. We offer flexible hours, remote working, and individual flexibility plans to ensure we’re providing you a personalised career.
We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.
Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.
Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.
If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact people.culture@savethechildren.org.au for further support.