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Driver

Job type; Currently recruiting for a part-time (two days a week) as well as cover drivers.

Location: based at the warehouse of The Community Farm, Denny Lane, Chew Magna BS40 8SZ.  

Pay: £12.00 per hour between 6am and 9pm, with an uplift of £1.20 per hour between 9pm and 6am, and an overtime rate of £14.85 for hours worked over 8 hours in any shift.

Holiday: 28 days a year, rising to 32 days after one years’ service and 33 days after three years’ service (pro rata)

Benefits: Company Pension and Sick Pay, fresh veg, Cycle to Work Scheme

About The Community Farm

The Community Farm is a not-for-profit social enterprise based in the Chew Valley, just outside Bristol and Bath. We are a nature-friendly, organic farm, working with a network of producers who share our ethics, to supply fresh, local and organic food to hundreds of households throughout Bristol, Bath, the Chew Valley, Frome and Weston-Super-Mare. We aim to grow community as much as we grow food. Every year we welcome over 1,000 people onto the land for volunteering sessions, wellbeing courses and events centred around food, farming and connection to the land.

Main Purpose of the Job

The role will cover delivering residential Veg Box scheme orders within about a 15 mile radius of The Farm, covering Bristol, Bath, Weston-Super-Mare, Frome and the surrounding areas and, if covering Wholesale rounds, preparing and delivering orders for these customers. You need to be confident driving a 3 tonne van in both rural and urban areas that contain everything from country lanes to overcrowded city residential streets. Being the face of The Farm to our customers, you need to be an ambassador for The Farm, working to high standards at all times.

Application Process

  • Please complete an application form and return to  or contact us if you would like to discuss your application.

  • Interviews and test drive: Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. We require drivers to be confident driving a 3.5 tonne delivery van.

Read the full job description

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Inclusivity Statement

The Community Farm recognises that the farming and environmental sectors are amongst the least diverse employment sectors. We aim to be an inclusive employer and organisation. Studies have found that women and candidates from minoritised communities do not apply to roles unless they meet 100% of the criteria. We encourage candidates to apply even if they do not meet all the criteria in the person specifications.

Nature-friendly farming

Nature-friendly farming

Healthy food

Healthy food

Local first

Local first

Ethical trading

Ethical trading

Waste not

Waste not

Community hearted

Community hearted