Age UK have more than 250 Shops across the UK, which generate essential income for the Charity – join our fantastic Chester team and help us make the UK better place to grow older and help as many people as possible love later life.
A key part of the success of our retail stores is having great stock available at all times. Our Stock Processors provide an essential service, ensuring donated items meet the expected standards and are made available for sale as efficiently as possible.
This is a great role for someone with a good eye for detail, and the ability to recognise stock potential, ensuring income for the shop is maximised.
Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to handle/lift bags of stock (up to 10kgs.)
Please note: These advertised rates will be in effect from the 1st April, 2024
About you
1. Great communication skills with the ability to interact with a wide range of people are essential as you will interact with colleagues and customers daily.
2. You’ll need the ability to recognise quality items to sell in the store
3. You should have good administrative skills and the ability to keep basic records in a busy environment.
4. Previous retail or merchandising experience is beneficial to your application.
What we offer in return
5. A 28 hour working week
6. 25 days holiday (pro-rata) + bank holiday allowance
7. A generous pension – we will contribute 8%
8. Great discounts and rewards through Blue Light Card and BenefitHub
9. Life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan
10. Tickets for Good – Free and discounted tickets for events
Additional Information
To comply with UK legislation, we cannot accept applications from candidates under the age of 18 as the successful candidate will be required to work on their own in the shop without the aid of other staff.
All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.
Is this the job for you? We know that men, of all backgrounds, and men and women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented in our workforce, and we want to change this! So, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants from these groups.