Warehouse Operative
At Barnardo's, every role plays an important part in changing the lives of children and young people across the UK. As a Warehouse Operative, you'll be at the heart of our Retail and Trading operation, helping to ensure that donated stock reaches customers efficiently and safely. Every order you pick, pack and dispatch helps generate vital income that supports Barnardo's life-changing services.
Working within our Ecommerce and Retail team, you will accurately pick customer orders, securely package items for delivery across the UK and worldwide, and help maintain an organised, safe and efficient warehouse environment. You'll support stock movement, stocktaking activities, and high standards of housekeeping while ensuring all orders are processed to quality standards and within agreed deadlines.
We're looking for a reliable, organised and self-motivated individual who enjoys working as part of a team. Whether you already have warehouse experience or are looking to develop your skills in a new environment, you'll be committed to delivering excellent standards, working towards targets, and contributing positively to a supportive team culture.
The role involves regular manual handling and requires a practical approach, attention to detail, and a strong commitment to health and safety. You'll also be comfortable using IT systems and able to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
It will be a requirement to be trained on a PPT
In return, you'll join a values-driven organisation where your contribution has a direct impact on helping children, young people and families build a better future. We welcome applications from individuals who share our commitment to teamwork, inclusion, personal growth and striving for excellence.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
- Reference number:23346
- Job Title:Warehouse Operative
- Location:Online Hub Warehouse
- Contract type:Permanent
- Hours:36.25
- Salary:£25,354
- Closing Date:11 August 2026