Retail Assistant

UnitingCare Community; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP Salary Packaging

Staff Discounts

Commission program

Recognition & rewards

Parental leave (12 weeks)

Diversity & inclusion leave

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

UnitingCare Community's Lifeline Queensland team is seeking a Retail Associate to deliver excellent customer service in a fast-paced store, supporting the Lifeline mission within a not-for-profit network.

You will manage merchandising, inventory, and assist customers with enquiries and sales, with weekend availability to meet community needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail with strong customer service.
• Able to work weekends and within a team.
• Strong presentation and motivation to contribute to store growth.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product merchandising & store presentation is high quality.
• Complete inventory management & stocktaking.
• Assist customers with enquiries and sales.

Skills

Customer service

Retail sales

Stock management

Merchandising

Communication

Job description

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.

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

Let's make a meaningful difference, together.

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: SalaryPackagingExplained
• Staff Discounts: Participation in our team member purchasing program
• Commission program rewarding high performers
• 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 leav`e 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 opportunitiesto 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

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple- everybody iswelcome 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.

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.

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