At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive across Sydney, delivering items safely and on time while providing excellent customer service.
- Company: Flourish Australia, a leading community mental health organisation.
- Benefits: Attractive hourly rates, flexible hours, career progression, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Diverse workplace with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Join a supportive team making a real difference in the community.
- Qualifications: Valid driver's licence, strong communication skills, and previous courier experience.
The predicted salary is between 28 - 29 $ per hour.
Flourish Australia is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Courier Driver to join our team based in North Parramatta, driving across the Sydney region. The position available is:
- Casual
- Based in North Parramatta, with travel required across the Greater Sydney region
- Working Monday to Friday
- Attractive hourly rates equivalent to SES Grade 4 $28.53/hour + 12% Super + 25% Casual Loading!
About the Opportunity
Courier Drivers are required to pick up and drop off items while adhering to assigned routes and time schedules, ensuring that the items are complete, packed correctly, and safely delivered to the correct client. This position involves organisational duties interfacing with people, computers, and telephone communications. A high level of interpersonal skills and customer service is required.
Main duties include (but are not limited to):
- Loading, transporting, and delivering items to clients or businesses in a safe, timely manner.
- Reviewing orders before and after delivery to ensure that orders are complete, and the customer is satisfied.
- Assisting with loading and unloading items from vehicles.
- Providing excellent customer service, answering questions, and handling complaints from clients.
- Adhering to assigned routes and following time schedules.
- Abiding by all transportation laws and maintaining a safe driving record.
- Operating vehicles in a safe and competent manner.
Selection Criteria
Essential:
- Well-developed level of interpersonal and communication skills.
- Previous experience working as a courier driver or delivery driver.
- Valid driver's licence issued by the state where you intend to work.
- Clean driving record.
- Willingness to adhere to assigned routes, schedules, safety procedures, and transportation laws.
- Strong time management and customer service skills.
- Ability to walk, drive, and lift and carry heavy items for extended periods.
- Attention to detail.
- Maintaining a current Australian Driver’s Licence.
For more information about what it means to be a Courier Driver with Flourish Australia, please review the Position Description. For further information, please contact Darren Field Site Manager.
Who we are
Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community mental health organisations. Our purpose is to support people to flourish, believe in their futures, and become contributing members of the community. Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique. Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.
Our positions are open to all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the participation of people with lived experience of mental health issues in our workforce. We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, LGBTQ+ communities and mature age candidates.
Aims of the Community Businesses
- Social: to create a recovery and reintegration pathway for people with mental health issues through various employment activities.
- Economic: to operate the business on a commercially sustainable basis of profitable growth whilst simultaneously offering employment opportunities for people.
- Product: to provide a range of commercial industry-standard products that meet the expectations and needs of targeted markets.
- Support: to increase awareness of mental health issues and to encourage businesses to support the Community Businesses.
The Benefits
Flourish Australia recognises and values its people as demonstrated by:
- Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
- Opportunities for career progression, professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST
- Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support
- Workplace Community Groups such as our Rainbow Network for LGBTQ+ staff members & allies and Yarn Up for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members
- Exclusive personal Fleet pricing discounts with our preferred automotive supplier
- Employee discounts at 400+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)
All appointments with Flourish Australia's Mental Health Services are subject to an NDIS Worker Screening clearance, a National Criminal History Check, a WWCC, previous employment reference checks, satisfactory Australian residency status and other background checks. All successful applicants will be required to declare any private or secondary employment prior to commencement in line with Flourish Australia's Private or Secondary Employment Policy.
Courier Driver in Sydney employer: Flourish Australia
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