Truck Offsider | Lifeline

• Employment Term: casual position offering hours Monday to Friday between 7am - 3pm
• Location: Kunda Park Distribution Centre
• Remuneration: $30.98 + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

Make a meaningful difference with Lifeline
Lifeline Queensland is part of a national network bringing hope to Australians doing it tough. Around 750 lives are lost to suicide every year in Queensland. Through our state-wide footprint of crisis support, training and retail services, and the compassionate offer of support, we can save lives.
As a Truck Offsider, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered, contributing to the meaningful work of Queensland’s leading charity retail brand. Our Distribution Centres across Queensland provide our 120 retail stores with quality donated goods, giving pre-loved items a second life and bringing in profit to support our Crisis Support Line and suicide prevention services.
Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.
Your part in our Lifeline team

Working out of our Kunda Park Distribution Centre, you will:

• Pick-up donations from in and around clothing donation bins, private and commercial premises, and Lifeline shops
• Deliver stock to Lifeline shops, private and commercial premises
• Collect and dump rubbish when required
• Assist with the unloading of vehicles and keeping areas clean and tidy
• Assist with completing operational paperwork accurately
• Assist the Truck Driver to maintain vehicles in a clean and roadworthy condition and report any security, maintenance, or safety issues to relevant supervisor

Important:
The inherent requirements of this role are physically demanding you will need to be physically fit with the capability to complete tasks that require regular lifting, standing and walking.
What makes a difference for us?

To be successful for this role you will need to the following:

• Availability between the hours of 7am - 3pm Monday to Friday
• Passion for the Lifeline brand and ability to articulate its purpose
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve team and organisational goals
• Pride in your work and be efficient in meeting deadlines and achieving results
• Ownership of work outcomes for self and team
• Ability to comply with all safe work practices for procedures and equipment relating to this position
• A forklift or MR licence is considered highly advantageous for this position

What makes a difference for you?

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our Family and Child Services team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
• Eligible employees are entitled to 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme; for eligible employees.
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family
Our Family and Disability Services team are passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills, resilience and capability to effectively parent and meet their children’s developmental, educational, health and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.
Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety

• Availability between the hours of 7am - 3pm Monday to Friday
• Passion for the Lifeline brand and ability to articulate its purpose
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve team and organisational goals
• Pride in your work and be efficient in meeting deadlines and achieving results
• Ownership of work outcomes for self and team
• Ability to comply with all safe work practices for procedures and equipment relating to this position
• A forklift or MR licence is considered highly advantageous for this positio