💙 Volunteer to change lives. Yours included.

This volunteer opportunity will help to maintain the steady flow of stock to our Retail Shops which is essential to providing customers the products they are looking for.

A high turnover of donated stock is critical for financing the Lifeline Queensland Crisis phone lines. Assist the driver to collect goods from donation bins and donors, including furniture, and deliver to the distribution centre, customers or Lifeline Shops, loading and unloading as required.

This opportunity would be ideal for someone who enjoys being part of a team of fellow volunteers to achieve goals while following through on carrying out all tasks safely.

✅ What you’ll be doing:

• Collect donations at Lifeline donation points

• Assist with the delivery of sorted items

• Use the supplied lifting and moving equipment, such as pallet jacks, trolleys or lifting aids appropriately to safely transfer heavy items as required as per the Safe Work Practices (SWP);

• This role involves heavy lifting.

🎁 What’s in it for you?

• Improve mental health and personal well being

• To meet mutual obligations, student placement hours or other requirements

• Do something new and different

☑️ Skills and experience important for this role include:

• Average physical fitness and strength is important for this hands on role

• Previous experience in a logistics environment would be an advantage but is not essential.

• A general understanding of transporting fragile items would be helpful.

🚗 Transport & Parking Options:

▪ Onsite parking and/or free public parking is available

♿ This role is accessible for people using:

• This facility is not accessible

UnitingCare values diversity in our organisation and we have some principles in place that will help to promote both inclusion and access. If you have any other accessibility requirements, please discuss these at the time of the interview.

💙 Lifeline - Keeping Queenslanders safe. Lifeline is committed to bringing hope to Australians doing it tough. A trusted national charity, we’re driven by the belief that Australian lives lost to suicide can be prevented. In Queensland we deliver our 24-hour 13 11 14 Lifeline Crisis Support line through 10 Lifeline centres – providing suicide prevention services with a non-judgemental and compassionate listening ear. Backed by more than 6000 volunteers, our network of 130 Lifeline retail shops sell new, donated and pre-loved goods to help fund our crisis support services. We also export to overseas communities, sell rags to industry and run our Lifeline Bookfest and other events to further support our services and help save lives.