Retail Store Assistant (Dalkeith)
Retail Store Assistant (Dalkeith)
Apply locations Dalkeith
Job Type: Part time
Posted on: Posted Today
End Date: March 17, 2025 (12 days left to apply)
Job Requisition ID: R030676
Salary: £11.44 per hour plus benefits
Reports to: Shop manager
Department: Trading
Location: Dalkeith, Midlothian Shop
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: Part time 15 hours per week (must be flexible across Mon-Sat)
Closing date: 16th March 2025 23:55. This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications are received or once a suitable candidate is found.
Internal Title: Shop Assistant
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
About Us: At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. We’re looking for a motivated store assistant to join Cancer Research UK’s trading team. You’ll be acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK.
What will I be doing?
1. Providing excellent customer and supporter service.
2. Working as an integral part of the shop team to achieve ambitious sales and fundraising targets.
3. Assisting with maintaining shop standards including visual presentation, safeguarding compliance and health and safety.
4. Creating relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
5. Supporting fundraising events for your store to achieve fundraising targets.
6. Taking keyholder responsibility as required (training provided).
7. Performing manual handling and physical activity as required in day-to-day duties.
What are you looking for?
1. An understanding of what makes great customer service.
2. Experience of working in a busy customer service environment.
3. The ability to manage your own workload and work independently when required.
4. The ability to work well in a team.
5. Excellent communication skills.
6. Flexibility; our retail teams cover the needs of their stores by working on a rota basis.
What will I gain?
We ensure you are supported by a generous salary and benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities, and high-quality tools, policies, and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
Our retail teams also have access to confidential wellbeing support from the Retail Trust.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.
Owing to the nature of this position, any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.
For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us at recruitment@cancer.org.uk.
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We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, particularly those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process, and whilst at work. Please inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, to protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
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