PERSON SPECIFICATION

Skills

• Ability to work both alone and part of a team
• Supporting colleagues to understand and comply with health and safety requirements

Experience
No experience is required for this role as full training, support and day to day management will be given

Knowledge

• Knowledge of importance of understanding health and safety is essential
• Knowledge of importance of using food labelling systems is essential

Qualifications

• A Health and safety certificate is desirable.

Personal Qualities:

• A self-starter able to operate within a team
• Good interpersonal skills, able to work across the organisation for a common goal
• Broad communication skills to support relationships across the organisation

Job Type: Volunteer
Pay: £1.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 31/12/2025
Reference ID: Volunteer Harvest Warehouse Assistant
Expected start date: 01/09/202

Job Title: Harvest Warehouse Assistant (1 September- 1 December)
Location: Padley Warehouse
20 Shaftesbury Street South
Derby DE23 8YH
Reports to: Community Operations manager
Hours of work: 1-2 days per week between 9am-3pm
Our vision is that no-one in Derby or Derbyshire is affected by homelessness and the associated poverty and social isolation.

Padley@YMCA Derbyshire support and empower individuals and families affected by homelessness and poverty to improve their lives. We achieve this by providing:

• An accepting and safe environment with meaningful activities that improve health and develop self-confidence, relationships and wellbeing.
• Food, toiletries, clothes and facilities to meet basic needs.
• Support, advice, training and volunteering opportunities to improve financial security and independence.
• Support to move into and sustain a tenancy.
• Dedicated family days and dedicated individuals days.

We offer an opportunity to boost physical and mental wellbeing, build resilience and develop essential skills. This will happen through educational workshops, wellness initiatives and assistance with access to crucial food and financial support. The team aims to create a welcoming environment where individuals and families can thrive.
This is an important role providing an opportunity for involvement in wide ranging activity and to join an established charity with exciting development plans. This role is perfect for someone wanting to gain experience from working with this beneficiary group.

Overall role purpose:

• Support in the control and management of all harvest donations and keeping the warehouse areas clean, organised and a safe working environment

Main duties:

• Communicate with members of the public and complete harvest donation forms as required
• Unloading donations from the delivery van or harvest loading bay
• Check dates of donations and dispose of any out of date products
• Sort deliveries into correct sorting bays
• Colour coding tins to represent best before dates
• Re-organising the product by colour into trays
• Stacking the trays safely in the designated area in the warehouse
• Clean up the warehouse at the end of the day removing any rubbish and debris
• Complete any induction training identified as necessary for the fulfilment of the post.