Team Member (Warehouse) in Milton Keynes

The role will work across all Warehouse Operations supporting high levels of productivity & customer service. This is an enabling role which will be varied and busy. Working with your Team Leader, your work will be factored around the needs of the business & as such will be wide-ranging. Key areas in which you will be supporting will be stock sorting & movement, picking & packing, dispatch, online sales & inventory.

To be successful in the role you must be adaptable, have good communication skills, and enjoy working as part of a team.

What we are looking for:

• Work in line with Oxfam’s values of accountability, empowerment, & inclusiveness
• Manage conflicting priorities and workload with management support
• Respond positively to change & conflict situations
• Have good verbal and written communication skills
• Have good time management skills
• Have an awareness of Health & Safety issues
• Have basic IT Skills

We offer:

This role will give you an opportunity to work with a group of passionate people with fair pay and a competitive benefits package.

Flexfam: We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you and the business.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding: Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply: As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

About us: Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good. Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

A thriving diverse Oxfam: It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today. To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.