Driver Academy for Women

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Work type: Permanent - Full Time, Permanent - Part time
Location: VIC

• Geelong & Ballarat, VIC
• Start date April 2024
• Program tailored for Women, female identifying and non-binary persons
• Multiple positions available, job share and flexibility available
• No heavy vehicle driving experience required
• No previous work experience required
• Paid training and coaching provided
• Must hold current unrestricted drivers licence for a minimum of 12 months
• Retention bonus (conditions apply)

Do you want a career rather than just a job?
Cleanaway is Australia's largest waste management organisation and we have been around in Australia for over 50 years, delivering solutions that offer extraordinary benefits not just for our customers, but for our communities and environment we live in.
You have probably seen us around in our Blue Trucks, collecting your rubbish, but we do so much more than that!
We are looking for 10 people to join our team, we offer part-time and full-time roles so talk to us about your flexibility needs when you apply. We value diversity (having over 80 nationalities) and recognise the benefit inclusion brings both to us as a company, as well to our individual employees within Cleanaway.
What is in it for you?
As part of closing the gender gap of drivers in the waste management industry, Cleanaway is running a Women's Driver Academy to address substantive equality for female identifying or non-binary persons in the industry by removing some of the barriers preventing them from getting involved. Cleanaway is seeking 10 women, Female identifying or non-binary persons to participate in an intensive training program which includes licencing and other training required to set you up to be a Municipal collections driver or a rear lift driver for the Container Deposit Scheme, followed by ongoing learning for the next 12 months.
Paid training program will include:

• Obtain Heavy Vehicle Licence (HR)
• Induction to Cleanaway
• Training program to become a driver
• In cab coaching
• Solo driving time
• Ongoing buddy program
• Eligible for retention bonus (conditions apply)

We are open to and welcome discussions on flexibility and job share arrangements so please include this on your resume if this is of interest.
What's On Offer

• Multiple positions available
• All training provided
• Mentor program during the first 12 months
• Great team environment
• Overtime rates apply
• Work with a company that invests in their people
• Employee share program
• Work with a leader in sustainable waste management solutions
• Great staff benefits program including novated car leasing and salary sacrificing on work-related purchases, discounts on private health insurance and more

What skills can I bring to Cleanaway?

• Hold a current unrestricted drivers licence for a minimum of 12 months
• Driving History Check with a minimum of 8 demerit points
• No heavy vehicle driving experience required
• Passionate about working as a team
• Excellent customer service ethic
• Commitment to safety and willingness to learn and work as part of a team
• Resilient attitude

Here is how you can join us:
Cleanaway is an employer of equal opportunity and encourages and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. If this sounds like it could be you're the next step in your career, then upload your CV and Cover Letter by clicking the Apply button below:
The Women's Operator Academy strives to achieve substantive equality and is considered a special measure under section 7D of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) and under section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (VIC). The Women's Driver Academy is undertaken by Cleanaway to address underrepresentation of women, female-identifying and non-binary persons as heavy vehicle drivers in municipal collections operations.
Advertised: 27 Feb 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 10 Mar 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time