Furniture Driver

Location: Furniture Showroom, Aylesbury
Hours: 24 hours per week working weekends on a rota basis.
Salary: £15,450.88 per annum (£12.35 per hour)
Closing date: Sunday 22nd June 2025. Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly as we will withdraw the advert when we have sufficient suitable candidates to shortlist for interview.
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You can make a real difference to people in your local community by joining the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity Driver team. 

You will be part of a two-person team delivering and collecting furniture and other items from and to customers and supporters of the Furniture Showroom. The role involves route planning and the manual handling of furniture and other goods, as well as transporting items between the Charity’s sites as well as supporters within the local area.

By facilitating the movement of furniture, you will be supporting a great Showroom Team of staff and volunteers to raise money to provide hospice care across the local area.

What will I be doing?

You will have responsibility for:

  • You will work with a Driver’s Mate (staff or volunteers), delivering furniture and other items to and from customers and supporters of the Furniture Showroom.
  • Occasionally you may have to assemble or prepare furniture for sale or delivery. 
  •  Helping to plan the van routes to ensure deliveries and collections are carried out efficiently and cost effectively.

  • Making sure the vehicles are safe and compliant.

  • Take the opportunity to capture Gift Aid income / sign up new Gift Aid donors when carrying out furniture collections as this raises more money for the charity 

About You

  • Be physically fit as this role requires significant manual handling, lifting, loading and unloading of furniture (e.g. sofas and wardrobes) and other items 
  • Able to drive a Luton van. 
  • Excellent customer service skills, and able to work with people of all abilities.  
  • Experience of multi-drop deliveries 
  • Experience of route planning, with ability to read maps and operate a sat nav.
  • Full, clean driving licence. 

About Us

In joining our friendly, positive and ambitious driving team, you’ll be rewarded with an interesting role, a competitive salary, a supportive culture that encourages a healthy work-life balance.

Ultimately you will be raising money to support the best hospice care for local people.

So if you want a career that also makes a difference in your community, we’d love to hear from you!

For You

  • Workplace pension – 5% ER contribution (with an option to increase to 6%)
  • 163 hours annual leave (which is 5 weeks holiday plus statutory holidays pro rata)
  • Generous company sick pay allowance
  • Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave
  • Access to Smart Health services, including GP Online 24/7
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Life Assurance equivalent to 3x salary
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How to Apply

Please read the full job description and requirements here and send your CV or our application form together with a covering letter explaining your suitability for the role to recruitment@fnhospice.org.uk

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from all parts of the community, especially those in underrepresented groups.

“Every day is completely different. You never know what you will unwrap in donations and never know what customers you are going to get through the door. There is so much flexibility to your day, with sorting, steaming, pricing and making the shop look great.”
Charity shop assistant manager
Sophie, Assistant Manager, Haddenham
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Got any questions? 

To find out more:

01296 429975

recruitment@fnhospice.org.uk

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