Join our truck team – practical work with a purpose!

Looking for a hands-on job where you can make a real difference?

The Bower Reuse & Repair Centre is expanding our operations and looking for reliable, energetic and hardworking Truck Drivers and Offsiders to join our team.

You'll be collecting good-quality furniture, whitegoods, TVs and other household items from homes across Sydney, helping keep them out of landfill and giving them a second life.

We're looking for people who enjoy physical work, have a bit of get-up-and-go and work well as part of a team.

Drivers need a full car licence – no heavy vehicle licence required. Offsiders don't need a driver's licence.

Why join The Bower?

The Bower is an environmental charity and social enterprise dedicated to keeping usable goods out of landfill through reuse, repair and redistribution.

Our Collections Team collects reusable furniture and household goods from residents across the Inner West and City of Canada Bay.

Some of these items are redistributed through our House to Home program, helping furnish homes for people moving into social and crisis accommodation. Others are sold through our stores to support our reuse and repair work.

This isn't just a removals job. You'll be helping the environment and making a practical difference in people's lives.

What you'll be doing

Working in a small truck team, you'll:

- Visit residents' homes to collect furniture, whitegoods, TVs and household items

- Safely carry and manoeuvre bulky items from homes to the truck

- Load, secure and unload furniture and appliances

- Drive our collection truck around Sydney (drivers only)

- Help assess whether donated items are suitable for reuse

- Assist with cleaning and preparing furniture and household goods

- Record collection details and item information using a phone or tablet

- Occasionally assist our House to Home team with deliveries and setting up furniture in clients' homes

- Work together to complete the day's collections safely and efficiently





About you

We're looking for people who are:

- Hardworking, reliable and punctual

- Physically capable and comfortable with regular lifting and moving of furniture and appliances

- Calm, patient and respectful when working in people's homes

- Practical, safety-conscious and good at solving problems

- Team players who are happy to help wherever needed

- Proactive – people who see what needs doing and get stuck in

- Comfortable using a phone or tablet for basic record keeping

Previous experience in removals, furniture delivery, logistics, warehousing or similar physical work would be highly regarded.

Requirements

For drivers:

- Full Australian driver's licence and good driving record

- Experience confidently driving and manoeuvring a truck, large van or similar vehicle

For offsiders:

- No driver's licence required

- Experience moving furniture or other bulky goods is desirable

For both roles:

- Availability for a minimum of three shifts per week

- Working with Children Check, or willingness to obtain one

- Satisfactory National Police Check, or willingness to obtain one

- Ability to safely perform the physical requirements of the role

Hours and pay

Casual positions – minimum availability of 3 shifts per week

Standard shifts: 7:30am–3:30pm

Each shift comprises 7.5 paid hours with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break.

$36.79 per hour + super (above-Award rate)

Additional shifts may be available depending on operational requirements.

Interested?

If you're practical, hardworking, valuable with people and enjoy being part of a team, we'd love to hear from you.

You don't need to have worked in the charity sector before. Attitude, reliability and a willingness to get stuck in matter most.

To apply, send us your CV and a short introduction telling us:

- Whether you're applying as a Driver, Offsider or both

- Your relevant experience

- Your availability

- Why you'd like to join The Bower

Join a team that's keeping good furniture out of landfill and putting it back to work in the community.

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