Warehouse Operative

ROLE: WAREHOUSE OPERATIVE

Hours of duty: 37.5 hours per week

Responsible to: Logistics Manager

Location: Bolton

BENEFITS

Salary: National Minimum Wage

Annual leave: 28 days per year

THE ORGANISATION

Established in 2001, Ummah Welfare Trust is a UK-based international relief and development charity. Inspired by the Islamic teachings of empathy, generosity and selflessness, the trust aims to alleviate poverty and suffering across the world, and also ensuring that the rights of those who are neglected and oppressed are fulfilled by providing sustainable development solutions relating to shelter, education, health, and spiritual wellbeing.

Knowing that we are all ultimately accountable to the Almighty, the charity strives to maintain transparency and accountability, and as such the charity also has a full and transparent audit trail from the donor to the beneficiary.

To find out more about the organisation please visit our website on: https://uwt.org/

THE ROLE

Ummah Welfare Trust is looking for an enthusiastic, hard-working Warehouse/Recycling staff member to support the charity’s clothes recycling services. You will help ensure that warehouse processes run smoothly and that clothing orders are prepared and dispatched on time.

Main Duties

• Ensure efficient loading and unloading of donated goods from vehicles into and from the warehouse.
• Loading/unloading of all stock and moving it around the warehouse.
• Prepare goods for the container
• Respond to and deal with customer communication by email and telephone.
• Keep stock control systems up to date and make sure inventories are accurate.
• Maintain standards of health and safety, hygiene and security in the work environment.
• At all times maintain a high standard of housekeeping in the warehouse as well as its surroundings including any storage areas.
• Ensuring recycling banks are emptied when instructed as well as keeping areas in the vicinity of these and other banks clean and safe.
• Undertake other ad hoc duties as commensurate with the role

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications

• Valid forklift license (Desirable)

Experience

• Experience in driving a van (Essential)
• Grading/sorting experience (Desirable)

Skills/Abilities

• Ability to manoeuvre stock by hand and lift heavy loads for sustained periods (Essential)
• Capable of dealing with high volume of stock and warehouse operations (Essential)
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines during busy periods (Essential)
• Excellent communication skills and able to work well in a team (Essential)
• Basic skills in Microsoft Office packages – especially Excel (Essential)
• Take pride in delivering an excellent service (Essential)

Other

• Personal conduct and delivery of work should comply with the values and culture of Ummah Welfare Trust (Essential)
• Occasionally adapt working hours to meet the requirements of the organisation (Essential)
• Hold a valid UK driving license (Essential)
• Residing in Bolton or the nearby North West region (Desirable)

HOW TO APPLY

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

To apply for this role, please send your CV and Covering Letter to the email provided.

Please ensure that you address how you satisfy each of the criteria in the person specification in your covering letter.

The closing date for applications is 16th June 2023, although the position may close sooner if the right candidate is found.

For more information or discussion about the role please contact: 01204 661049

Please note: applications from recruitment agencies are not welcome.

Job ref: UWTWHO-23-01

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £10.42 per hour

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 16/06/2023
Expected start date: 03/07/2023