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Van Driver - Mullingar - Permanent Full Time

Location: Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

Salary range: €31,994.39 per annum

Experience: Driving experience essential with a full clean B driver’s license

Closing date: Fri, 30 May 2025

Description:

SVP is a large, national, voluntary organization with extensive experience of working with a diverse range of people who experience poverty and exclusion. Through its network of over 12,000 volunteers and 700 staff, it is strongly committed to working for social justice and advocates the creation of a more just and caring society. SVP employs people to support volunteers in a variety of settings including housing, community care, shops, administration, and other specialist areas. 

The Role:

We are currently looking to recruit a permanent full time Van Driver to join our Transport team in based from ​Mullingar. The post holder will have responsibility to provide collection and delivery services throughout the midlands for the Vincents Mullingar furniture shop. Maximize sales, productivity, revenue opportunities and customer satisfaction levels through the efficient collection and redistribution of excess donated goods and stock items between the central warehouse and the Vincent’s charity shops in the North East and Midlands Region and other logistical requirements as they arise. The loading and unloading donation bags, bric-&-brac, etc… in efficient and safe manner. The job holder is required to perform these duties in a timely and efficient manner whilst ensuring compliance with the Society’s retail standards, current relevant legislation and SVP policy and ethos. This is a great opportunity to join one of Ireland’s largest voluntary organizations and make a difference in your community.

Candidate Requirements:

• Full Clean B License is required
  

KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of the local roads of the Northeast and Midlands Region (especially Longford, Mullingar, Kinnegad, Athlone, and Kells)
• Knowledge of our Vincent Shops is desirable.
• Knowledge of the Society is desirable.
• Complete familiarization with current Health & Safety & legislative procedures.
• Knowledge of best practice in the area of Manual Handling.

​EXPERIENCE

• Driving experience essential with a clean driver’s license.
• Experience of lone working and ability to use initiative.
• Experience in a similar role desirable.
• Multi drops experience an advantage.

​SKILLS

• Have good communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Be customer focused with strong interpersonal skills
• Possess good problem solving skills
• Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team
• Be able to establish and maintain working relationships on an ongoing basis​

Full job description for this role and list of associated benefits can be found here: Job Description - Van (OFC-Mullingar) 05.2025.pdf

​If you meet these requirements and have the desire to join one of Ireland’s best known, trusted, and respected not-for-profit organisations please click 'Apply for this job'.

​PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for this position, please apply as soon as possible as the role may be closed in advance of the date shown above due to high volume of applications.

​SVP is an Equal Opportunities Employer