Age UK have more than 250 Shops across the UK, which generate essential income for the Charity – join our fantastic 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.
Please note this role is a 3 Month Fixed Term Contract
Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to handle/lift bags of stock (up to
To ensure the smooth running of our stores, we will be conducting interviews throughout the advertising process. Early applications are advised.
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. Competitive salary, 25 days annual leave (pro rata for our part-time colleagues)+ bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
6. Wellbeing days– 2 paid days per year (pro rata for our part-time colleagues)
7. Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan and EAP
8. Car Benefit scheme, Cycle to Work scheme
9. Home & Tech - apply to buy any Home & Tech items from 'Currys' & 'IKEA', up to£1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free.
10. Blue Light Card scheme
11. You Did It Awards– recognition awards from£100-250.
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.
Supporting statements and anonymisation
Please submit a Word version of your CV as it will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements and heavily formatted CVs. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.
Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible 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. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
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.
Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works 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.