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Start your mission volunteer experience with The Salvation Army today

We are looking for compassionate people who share our mission and values, if you have the passion and drive to commit yourself to a challenging and rewarding role; we invite you to review our current vacancies.

ABOUT US

The Salvation Army is a Christian movement and one of Australia’s largest and most-loved charities, helping thousands of Australians every year find hope in the midst of all kinds of personal hardship. The Salvation Army offers the opportunity to use your skills and expertise to make a real difference in the lives of people who need help most.

The Salvation Army Stores are vibrant places where great things happen: generous people donate amazing items, customers enjoy an ever-changing selection of goods, volunteers gain friendships and share experiences, all whilst raising much-needed funds to assist the most vulnerable in your community.

Most of our stores have a furniture delivery and donation collection service, which requires skilled, logístical and physically fit Drivers and Driver Assistants to match the demands of this role. The Driver’s Assistant plays a key part in supporting the Driver, not only assisting the Driver in manoeuvring goods, but also providing navigational and customer contact assistance.

The Driving team also works closely with Retail Warehouse or Donation Sorting Team Members to ensure an orderly and safe intake and storage of donated goods, as well as assist with managing waste and recycling.

What makes this role is the variety that each day brings and seeing the generousity of the community in their support of The Salvation Army.

Driving assistance and goods handling: Bringing initiative and ability to anticipate the Driver’s needs, assist with navigation and customer phone contact, as well as providing a professional, safe and reliable collection/delivery and storage of goods.
- Vehicle care: Assist the Driver in ensuring the vehicle is safe and fully operational by regularly checking tyres, fuel levels and monitoring oil and water levels. Diligently ensure vehicle is checked before each shift and rectify any issues before collecting donations, reporting issues and repairs to Manager of Ipswich Family Store
- Administration: Assist the Driver in filling in the vehicle log book and ensuring an identification badge and uniform is worn at all times.

Communications: Ensure customers and donors are provided updates on collection/delivery times; assist with communicating to
regarding any concerns that may arise or if regular service is due.
- Child Safety: This role is not expected to interact with children so ensure donors/customers are aware that a parent or guardian must be supervising if there are children present at the collection/delivery location.
- The Salvation Army is a child safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All child related roles will require the successful completion of a Working with Children Check. _Additionally, certain volunteer roles may require a National Police Check._