Warehouse assistant Distribution Centre

1.2 million people in the Netherlands live below the poverty line and 135,000 receive help from the Food Bank. There are nine Food Banks in Groningen. Together they are active in providing food to the poorest people in the province, currently about 2,300 families. From the new distribution centre(RDC) in Groningen, all Food Banks in the province receive part of the food to distribute. The RDC receives food from major food producers in the Netherlands and receives and collects food from provincial food producers and distribution centres of supermarket groups.
The food obtained is processed and distributed to the 9 Food Banks exclusively with the help of volunteers. The RDC checks the quality and shelf life of the food received and provides storage and distribution throughout the province. The food is distributed free of charge by the Food Banks to the poorest people in Groningen. This provides direct help to these people and also prevents waste of good food.

Would you also like to help the people who really need it and make yourself useful for someone else?
For the RDC in Groningen we have a volunteer vacancy for a warehouse worker.

• You are available on Wednesday and Thursday in the morning.
• You are sociable and have a good sense of humour.
• You have a good physical condition and can handle warehouse work well.
• You, together with your colleagues, ensure a clean working environment.

As a warehouse worker, you will count all crates of food that come in. You will store the food in the warehouse, cold store or freezer after which it will be collected for the Food Banks using a distribution list. It is important that the food is collected safely and neatly and prepared on pallets.