Logistics Operative (Part-Time)

As an essential part of the team, you’ll play a dynamic role in supporting our mission and keeping things running smoothly. You’ll take the wheel in driving and maintaining a fleet of vehicles, performing routine checks to ensure everything is in top shape. Your work will be diverse and impactful, transporting everything from materials and animal food to waste and even the animals themselves.

You’ll be on the move across key areas, including stores, post room, animal food storage, and the warehouse, and play a key role in facilitating seamless transport between Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo. Every day will offer new challenges and exciting opportunities to make a real difference. 

• Drive a variety of vehicles including cars, vans, and C1 vehicles, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the site.
• Perform manual handling duties, including lifting heavy items and delivering or collecting goods between internal and external locations, including between Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo, as well as loading and unloading lorries.
• Maintain excellent site presentation by regularly litter picking, emptying bins, and cleaning various items and areas to meet business needs.
• Assist with setting up events or functions, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently.
• Conduct regular vehicle washing, cleaning, and safety checks to ensure all vehicles are in optimal condition.
• Manage deliveries, including receiving goods, preparing orders for dispatch, storing items, moving stock, and conducting quality control checks while accurately recording stock figures.

• Full clean driving licence, including the C1 category, with the ability to safely operate a variety of vehicles.
• Comfortable working in all weather conditions, ensuring tasks are completed regardless of the elements.
• A solid standard of literacy and numeracy, essential for carrying out day-to-day tasks accurately.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage and interact with a wide range of people.
• Flexibility to work on weekends and bank holidays as required, ensuring continued support and operations.

This role is subject to standard pre-employment checks, including the candidate's right to work in the UK.

We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the value of having a team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. We are committed to ensuring our teams can bring their authentic selves to work without fear of discrimination. ZSL has active equality networks for our staff with lived experience and those who provide active allyship in Race and Culture, Team Pride, Disability Network, and Menopause Network, complemented by our strategic EDI Steering Group.  

We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Through our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos (London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo), the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.  

What do we offer?  

At ZSL, we are proud of our approach to employee benefits. Our benefits include:  

• Our vision and purpose - you’ll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help us to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct  
• Pension scheme - we offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension
• Flexible working – talk to us about your flexible working requirements and we will do everything we can to make sure you work in a way that suits you  
• Holidays – 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays  
• Wellbeing – access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme  
• Life assurance – eligible employees will be enrolled in ZSL’s life assurance scheme from their first day 
• Complimentary tickets – annual allocation of Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops  
• Family friendly policies – we offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages