Age UK’s shops are the face of the charity. On high streets up and down the country, our retail teams deliver a great shopping experience to customers while generating much-needed income for the charity, ensuring that we can provide services and support to older people who need it most.
If you want to help us to help others, we have the job for you!
We are recruiting for a Sales Assistant to join our Chester-le-Street team and deliver an excellent retail service, ensuring that every customer has a great shopping experience. As a valued Sales Assistant, you will contribute towards maximising shop sales and profits, as well as the successful day-to-day running of the shop, and deputise for the Shop Manager and Assistant Manager in their absence.
The successful candidate will support with sales, stock rotation, organising displays, and store tidying, whilst representing Age UK professionally and reflecting our core values.
Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to handle/lift bags of stock (up to 10kg).
To ensure the smooth running of our stores, we will be conducting interviews throughout the advertising process. Early applications are advised.
You will have:
* Experience in working in a customer-facing role
* Experience of cash handling
* Ability to lift and carry bags of stock up to 10kg
* The ability to work as part of an effective team
* Be able to lone work when needed
* Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as a commitment to equal opportunities
* A flexible approach to work, with the requirement to work additional days to cover holidays and sickness, or participate in trading outside of normal shop hours and shop events
What we offer in return:
* A 14-hour working week
* 25 days holiday (pro-rata) + bank holiday allowance
* A generous pension – we will contribute 8%
* Great discounts and rewards through Blue Light Card and BenefitHub
* Life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan
* 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 alone in the shop without the aid of other staff.
Supporting statements and anonymisation
Please submit a Word version of your CV, as it will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply. Our system cannot anonymise supporting statements or heavily formatted CVs. Please remove any personal information, including your name, before uploading to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for an interview.
Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from qualified candidates regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme. Due to high application volumes, we may limit the number of interviews and may not interview all eligible disabled applicants.
We are particularly keen to hear from applicants from under-represented groups, including men and ethnic minorities, to promote diversity in our workforce.
Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can request reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the applicant, to best meet their needs. Disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support adjustments. Disclosures will not influence hiring decisions.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults and children from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone working with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged, as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
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