Retail Assistant

Family and Disability Services; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 56,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Staff discounts

Commission program

Flexible work options

Job summary

Lifeline Queensland is seeking a Retail Assistant to support multiple stores across the Ipswich region. The role is casual, with a pay rate of $34.76 per hour plus Super, salary packaging, and a commission program for high performers.

You will help ensure store merchandising, manage stock, and assist customers with enquiries and sales, contributing to Lifeline’s crisis support and suicide prevention services. Weekend availability is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in a retail environment preferred.
• Ability to work weekends and flexible hours.
• Demonstrated customer service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product merchandising and store presentation is of a high standard.
• Complete inventory management and stocktaking.
• Assist customers with enquiries and sales.

Skills

Customer service

Merchandising

Inventory management

Sales support

Job description

Retail Assistant | Lifeline Employment Term: Casual Location: Ipswich Region (Must be willing to work across multiple stores from Springfield to Beaudesert) Remuneration: $34.76 p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay) + commission program for high performers

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

Make a meaningful difference with Lifeline Lifeline Queensland is part of a national network bringing hope to Australians doing it tough. Around 750 lives are lost to suicide every year in Queensland. Through our state-wide footprint of crisis support, training and retail services, and the compassionate offer of support, we can save lives. As a Retail Assistant, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered, contributing to the meaningful work of Queensland’s leading charity retail brand.

Everyday our 120 stores across Queensland sell donated goods, giving pre-loved items a second life and bringing in profit to support our Crisis Support Line and suicide prevention services. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.

Your part in our Lifeline team

Along with your passion for your local community and providing great customer service in a retail environment you will:

• Ensure product merchandising & store presentation is of a high standard
• Complete inventory management & stocktaking
• Assist Customers with enquiries and sales

What makes a difference for us?

To be successful for this role you will need to be/have:

• Passion for retail and a genuine desire to enjoy a fast paced, ever-changing environment
• Passion for your local community and building relationships to understand local needs
• The ability to recognise potential and promote store growth
• Be self‑motivated and show initiative
• Have a positive attitude and good personal presentation
• Be able to provide first class customer service
• Be able to work independently as well as within a team
• Be available to work weekends

What makes a difference for you?

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum.
• To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• Staff Discounts: Participation in our team member purchasing program
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our Lifeline, team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple - everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.

When you join the UnitingCare family, you are part of something bigger. We are a proud not-for-profit with a compassionate and inclusive team who are committed to the work we do. People who want to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. For more than 100 years we’ve been inspired by our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities. www.unitingcareqld.com.au We’re on a mission to make a meaningful difference every day, working with thousands of Australians to ensure they live life in all its fullness. We want people who are great as individuals, and even better in a team. People who stand up for what is right. Who are open to new ideas. Who champion innovation. Who lead through learning, and lead by example. So, if you’re looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful difference, to grow, thrive and to be rewarded, it’s time you joined our UnitingCare familiy.

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