TEMPORARY POSITION – SHIPPING DEPARTMENT (with the possibility of the position becoming permanent)
PACKER
Required until 19 December 2025
Full time, 5 days a week (part-time / reduced hours will be considered)
Background
Chiswick Auctions is a busy auction house located in Chiswick, West London. This position is based in Roslin Square, W4 4PH, nearest tube Action Town. The busy in-house shipping department ships items to clients, mainly nationally but some internationally. Items include jewellery, watches, works on paper, books, pictures and silver among others.
We require someone to work alongside our existing packer due to the volume of the work. Work is directed by a Shipping Manager, who has overall responsibility for the function and staff.
It is possible that this position will become permanent
Salary: invoiced weekly or monthly. Permanent position will be an employee.
Key responsibilities
· Follow a process to pack a range of items that have been won in different auctions, using different materials
o Examples of items include watches, jewellery, silver, works on paper, pictures
· Ensure the packaging is suitable for the object e.g. fragile objects, objects with unusual shapes, heavy objects
· Ensure that packing stock is managed and handled correctly
· Maintain records correctly and ensure that the Head of Shipping has any relevant key information
Person specification
* Some work experience of working in a fast-paced environment e.g. FMCG
* First class customer-facing skills
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
* Excellent attention to detail
* IT literate
* Able to lift-and-shift objects and shipping boxes, some of which may be heavy and/or fragile
* Clean UK Driving Licence
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 3 months
Pay: £13.00-£15.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
* Company events
* Company pension
* Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
* London W3 8DH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
* Are you physically fit and able to move large objects such as furniture or sculptures?
* Do you have experience working in the arts industry or with the type of objects that Chiswick Auctions deals with?
Experience:
* shipping: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person