Supervisor (Warehouse - Trent Compassion) bei Trent Vineyard

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 09:00 am, Tuesday 11 November 2025

DATE OF INTERVIEWS: TBC, but expected to be Tuesday 18 November 2025 

Position:          Supervisor (Warehouse - Trent Compassion)

Hours:             17.50 hours per week (0.46 FTE) - (to include Tuesday, Thursday and Friday)

Contract:         Permanent

Salary:             £26,660 per annum, pro rata (monthly gross salary is £1,036.78)

Aim of the role:

Managing volunteers and the flow of furniture, creating an efficient and supportive environment as part of The Arches (part of Trent Compassion).

General Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the effective supply of furniture to The Arches clients, taking an active role when necessary, including the physical movement and distribution of furniture.
• Ensuring that the Compassion warehouse is used effectively to further the aims of The Arches and also to support other charities with storage as appropriate, including food.
• Work with The Arches Manager to create strategy and goals for both furniture distribution and warehouse use and then ensure these are implemented.
• Manage, motivate, train, empower and encourage volunteers, leading the teams with Christian values and providing pastoral support where necessary, and investing in growing leaders where appropriate.
• Be an ambassador for Trent Vineyard and Trent Compassion.
• To attend both regular and occasional meetings.
• To maintain knowledge of other team functions within The Arches and across Trent Compassion.
• To take on new areas of responsibility and oversight at the request of your line manager and relinquish others as the team develops and responsibilities change.
  
  

Specific duties include:

• Co-ordinate the supply of furniture, donations and deliveries.
• Maintain the database (AFOL) to keep stock up to date and for statistics.
• Work with volunteer co-ordinator to ensure correct volunteer teams are in place to achieve required targets.
• Ensure any vehicles used are appropriately maintained, cleaned, fuelled and generally fit for purpose, including equipping them for use by teams.
• Envision, pastorally support and develop existing volunteers, bring on new volunteers to support the warehouse teams as necessary.
• Make sure all staff and volunteers conform to current health and safety, fire regulations and safe manual handling practices.
• Have an overview of general safety in the working environment in and around the warehouse. Work alongside the Trent Vineyard Facilities team where appropriate.
• Oversee the safe disposal of any items that are not acceptable for distribution, including forging links with appropriate external disposal agencies.
• Ensure warehouse, van and PAT teams are equipped with what they need.
• Maintain a tidy and professional physical working environment.
• Ensure clients and donators are welcomed on arrival at the building
• Oversee the PAT team and connect them into the wider team
• Monitor furniture stock levels and work to solve gaps when they arise
• Be able to drive the van as needed

Reporting to: Manager (The Arches, Compassion Team)

Reporting to you: Volunteers – Warehouse teams

Person Specification

• *Be a practising Christian
• Demonstrate an understanding of God’s heart for Justice.
• Be loyal to the Senior Pastors, Trent Vineyard and the Vineyard Churches movement
• Be able to demonstrate a commitment to the Vision & Values of Trent Vineyard and Trent Compassion
• Resilient under pressure
• Work well to deadlines
• Effective time management
• Discrete, sensitive and trustworthy
• Proven leadership skills / experience in a similar role
• Be able to demonstrate a track record in recruiting, training and motivating volunteer teams
• Approachable, good communicator
• Experience of working with people from a range of backgrounds, for example, probation
• Able to use initiative
• Attention to detail, good organiser
• Able to work independently
• Able to delegate, work through and empower others
• Have a logical and methodical approach to work
• Have a full UK driving licence and able to drive a van (be over 25)
• This role involves some manual handling so you must be physically fit
  
  

*Occupational Requirement

This role has an Occupational Requirement to be a Christian, as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1, of the Equality Act 2010          

Other Relevant Factors:

• Right to work in the UK

Working Benefits

• 28 days annual leave pro rata including statutory bank holidays
• Additional days’ leave over Christmas (as applicable)
• Annual staff day and team events
• Enhanced sick pay, pension contributions and family leave pay
• Group Life & Income Protection cover 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Coffee Shop discount
• Free annual eye tests
• Access to Employee Assist Program
• Long Service Award (when you reach the qualifying period)