Job Details:
Driver & Warehouse Operative

Driver & Warehouse Operative

Organisation: EMERGE 3Rs (FareShare Greater Manchester)

Locations: Manchester

Salary: from £24,785.00 to £25,798.00

Working Hours: Full-Time (Monday to Friday, 08.00 to 16.00. This is a onsite role so there are no hybrid or flexible working options available.)

Type: Permanent


Job Description

FareShare UK's pioneering Surplus with Purpose scheme works with businesses across the food industry to help cover the extra costs of redistributing their unsold food to people who need it and preparing unfinished surplus food for redistribution.  Surplus with Purpose helps FareShare redistribute thousands of tonnes of surplus fresh fruit and vegetables to charities and community organisations that need it.

Run by charity EMERGE 3Rs, FareShare Greater Manchester (FSGM) is a major food re-distribution charity in the city-region, fighting food poverty and hunger and tackling food waste.  We are excited to add a new Driver/Warehouse Operative to our team to help us run our Surplus with Purpose scheme, as well as to support our normal daily operations. 

A typical day will include carrying out the daily van safety check, collecting your order lists from the Food Allocations team and then picking the fruit & veg for each order, which will be between 400kgs and 800kgs.   After safely building the pallets, you'll load them onto the van and then unload at the Community Food Members' (CFMs) site.  You'll collect their empty trays and return them to our Warehouse, perhaps stopping to refuel on the way, where you'll take on Warehouse duties as required e.g. picking orders, cleaning, goods-in, stock rotation etc.   

You are the face of FSGM to our CFMs so you'll need top notch customer service skills, excellent communication skills and a commitment to working in a culturally sensitive way.  It's a physical job so you can comfortably lift up to 25kg at a time repeatedly and throughout the day.  For insurance purposes, you need to be at least 25 years' old, with experience of safely driving commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes. If you have a licence for driving larger vehicles (up to 7.5 tonnes), even better.  The salary offered will reflect the driver qualification you have.  

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Role Type/Cause: Environment, Operations

Benefits:

22 days holiday plus your birthday off

Long service leave after 2 years' service

Employee Assistance Programme 

Contributory pension scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme after 1 year's service

Free surplus food

This position can not be job shared

This position is not suitable as a secondment opportunity

Contact Name: Sandy Middleton

Contact Details: [email protected]

Application Instructions:

Please email [email protected] for an application pack.  Note that we do not accept CVs and you will need to complete the form in order to be considered.  


Posted on 30 June 2025

Closes on 21 July 2025