We have an exciting opportunity for a Store Associate to join our friendly Store in Belfast!
This will be a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate, motivated, and keen to help raise funds to support the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK.
As a Store Associate you will support the Store Manager, other Store Associates, and volunteers to help run a busy store, you will have the opportunity to develop and learn within the store. Weekend work will be a key part of the role.
Store Location: Units 18 & 19, Kings Square Shopping Centre, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT5 7EA
Hours: 17 Per Week (Fixed term until 30th August 2026)
Some of the Key Responsibilities include:
1. Excellent Customer Service
2. Visual Merchandising
3. Organising Stock, Pricing and Steaming stock before going on the shop floor.
4. Ensuring Stock is generated over the door by members of the public and ensuring donors sign up for gift aid.
5. Implement any promotion in the store as directed by Head Office or your Area Business Manager or your Store Manager.
6. Achieve and maintain high standards of housekeeping, organisation and cleanliness throughout the Store, including the sales floor and stockroom areas.
7. Actively encourage the public to donate saleable stock.
8. Rotate stock on a daily basis so that no garment remains on the shop floor for any longer than the agreed time limits.
The Ideal candidates should demonstrate in their application:
9. Experience of working in a retail environment
10. Experience of cash handling
11. Experience of working in a customer service environment
12. Experience of working on own initiative
13. Knowledge of working in a fashion environment
14. Basic IT skills
The full Job description and Person profile is linked under the Additional Info section. Please read this before applying to ensure that the job matches your skills and experience.
* As part of Barnardo's ongoing commitment to safeguarding, our retail recruitment process requires that successful candidates are asked to consent to a Basic criminal records check.
Interview Date: Where an interview date has been given in the advert, this will be the only date available. Please check this before proceeding with your application.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible
The Retail section consists of more than 700 Barnardo's shops across the UK. These high-street stores are reliant on donations from the public and corporate supporters and generate funds from the sale of these donated items. There are a wide range of shops, from traditional charity stores to book shops and furniture. The Trading division produces and sells a range of products, including cards and gifts.
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
Benefits
15. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
16. 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
17. The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
18. A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
19. Service related sick pay from day 1
20. Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
21. Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
22. Cycle2work scheme
23. Interest free season ticket loans
24. Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
25. Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
26. Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
27. Access to Barnardo's Corporate University
*T&C's