Description:
Accountabilities
Service Responsibilities - Driving
- Drive the ministry unit’s transit vehicle.
- Ensure the safe and careful handling of all deliveries and donations, while protecting property, including donations and vehicles.
- Take responsibility for daily and overall safety, maintenance, operation of vehicle, and records of the vehicle.
- Provide customers and donors with courteous and diplomatic service.
- Ensure that any spillage is cleaned up and maintain the required level of cleanliness within the site and vehicle.
- Maintain knowledge of legislative and company policies such as Health and Safety Regulations, Provincial and Municipal Highway Traffic Acts; perform circle checks of the vehicle and maintain vehicle logs.
- Report any vehicle mechanical failures or concerns to the CFS Manager or Corps Officer in a timely manner.
- Pick up food from warehouses and/or grocery stores and deliver to appropriate food bank.
- Assist with picking up donations from food drives, events, etc.
- Load and unload goods at Community and Family Services, and other destinations and place merchandise in designated areas within the food bank, or warehouse by the end of each shift.
- Assist with Garbage disposal for Community and Family Services Food Bank.
- May be required to provide seasonal assistance with Christmas hampers, toys etc.
Service Responsibilities – Warehouse
- Receive products/donations and document accordingly and assist with sorting of donated goods.
- Place all products in designated areas within the warehouse.
- Contribute to the overall safety of staff, volunteers, donors, and clients (e.g., ensuring that fire exits are clear, no obstacles inside/outside of the warehouse).
- Maintain inventory of food products in the warehouse.
- Prepare food for distribution to food banks within ministry unit.
- Operate the provided pallet jack and stacker as needed.
- Work with volunteers as assigned.
Health and Safety
- Maintain knowledge of legislative and company policies such as Health & Safety Regulations, provincial and municipal highway traffic acts.
- Work in compliance with OH&S Act and Regulations and abide by The Salvation Army’s health and safety policies and procedures.
- Ensure the safe and careful handling and pickup of all deliveries, donations etc. while protecting the property, including donations and vehicles.
- Ensure that any spillage is cleaned up and maintain the required level of cleanliness within the warehouse.
- Responsible for the following, work in compliance with the Ontario Health & Safety Act and Regulations, use personal prescribed safety equipment and clothing as directed by the employer, report workplace hazards, dangers, injuries or illness, work in a manner as required by the employer, and report workplace injuries or illness.
- Report any safety issues immediately and ensure care is taken with all equipment and property.
Performs other position related duties as required.