Donation/Food Stock Administration Volunteer
We need your help in our Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre to keep our donations and food stock in good order and ensure effective stock rotation.
Role Profile
| Volunteer Role | Donation/Food Stock Administration Volunteer |
| Volunteer Manager | Centre Manager |
| Where you will be based | Other |
Why we want you
We need your help in our Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre to keep our donations and food stock in good order and ensure effective stock rotation. You will also be responsible for sorting, cleaning and storing donated items as well as keeping the storage areas for donations/ food stock clean and tidy.
Please note: this role does not involve any contact with the animals in our care. If you are looking for a role that involves hands-on experience with animals, please refer to our website for a suitable opportunity being advertised.
What you will be doing
- Assist with the sorting of donations and other food stocks
- Organise food by date and brand to maintain good stock rotation
- Assist with cleaning of donated non-food items, which can include using a washing machine/ dryer to clean items such as towels, blankets and soft toys, as well as handwashing and/or disinfecting e.g plastic or metal items
- Assist with organising and maintaining other storage areas as necessary
- Prepare PET AID donations from items identified by the staff team as suitable, ready for transportation to local food banks
- Dispose of unsuitable donated items in the appropriate waste facilities at the Centre (recycling suitable materials, where possible)
The skills you need
- Practical experience of stock rotation (although training will be given)
- Good organisations skills and the ability to work under your own initiative
- A good awareness of health & safety requirements in relation to your role
- A reasonable level of fitness and mobility, as the role involves lifting and
bending - A flexible approach to tasks
- Willingness to follow instructions given
What’s in it for you
This is an ideal opportunity to help your local animal rescue & rehoming centre in a practical way that does not involve working directly with the animals. You will work as part of a friendly, fun team, contributing through the tasks involved to the welfare of the animals in our care.
Disclaimer
This role does not involve working with animals.
Support us from £5 a month
It costs us £63,000 every day to continue the work that animals across Scotland depend on. Our work is only possible because of the generosity of people like you.
