“Be the face of CERES Fair Food to our lovely customers!”

• Delivery Driver
• Casual FG4 ($27.94/hr)
• Preston
• Not for Profit (NFP)

We are looking for a reliable, punctual driver who has a positive, ‘can do’ outlook to join our supportive and hardworking team. You will have previous delivery driving experience, preferably in a time-critical role, so you will need to be able to think on your feet and have a certain amount of flexibility. This critical role also requires someone with a friendly disposition as there will be customer contact, and it’s essential that you can develop and sustain relationships.

CERES Fair Food is no ordinary not-for-profit

Our values of Joy, Courage, Collaboration, Resourcefulness, Care and Customer Commitment make us proud and influence all we do.

CERES Fair Food is an exciting social enterprise building a more resilient food supply system. The service has many key objectives:

• Reduce the food miles associated with food shopping

• Build a more locally based, self-reliant food economy

• Work with and support local growers who use sustainable farming methods

• Give people easy access to healthy, organic food

Where you come in

You will deliver customers’ grocery orders across Melbourne daily (Monday- Saturday). There is significant manual handling as you are loading/unloading boxes of groceries in and out of your delivery van throughout your shift. You will have regular communication with customers, the customer service team, the Delivery Coordinator, and the delivery team. Monitor your delivery vehicle for maintenance needs/damages etc.

You will make an impact by:

• Reducing food miles
• Minimising household food waste
• Collecting our boxes and coolers to reuse many times over.
• Returning all our green waste to organic farms, gardens and animal rescue organisations.

Does this sound like you?

This role requires:

• Experience in delivery driving
• Positive, ‘can-do’ attitude
• High level of attention to detail
• Victorian manual car license and safe driving record essential

What’s desirable:

• Experience in customer service.
• HR license
• Forklift license
• Geographical knowledge of Melbourne and surrounding suburbs
• Interest or background in the fresh produce industry, environmentalism, and social justice sectors

Working at CERES and CERES Fair Food is more than just a job

It’s the feeling of knowing that your work contributes to making the world a better place and working with others who feel the same.

In addition to a connection to social causes, you will have access to:

• The opportunity to use your skills to contribute to building a more resilient food supply system.
• An excellent team of passionate and experienced individuals to work with
• Collaborative, values-centred and highly supportive team environment
• Access to all CERES’ unique environments, including the park with strong links to the environment and community.
• Generous staff discounts across many CERES enterprises

Sound interesting?

We’d love to hear from you! Please submit your cover letter addressing the Person Specifications in the Position Description and resume as one document to Jesse Hull – Fair Food Operations Manager, by hitting the APPLY NOW button.

Please see the full Position Description attached.

CERES is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment that is safe and without risk to the health of its employees, consistent with our obligations under Occupational Health and Safety legislation. If you are successful in this role, before the commencement of employment, you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 or that you have proof of medical exemption from the vaccine. Acceptable evidence includes a COVID-19 digital certificate downloadable from your myGov account.

At CERES, we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability, cultures and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values, and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making CERES a great place to work. We actively encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from CALD backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with a disability, and others to apply.