Retail Store Assistant

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Job summary

Cancer Research UK in Glasgow is looking for a motivated Retail Store Assistant to join the Trading team at Glasgow Queen Street. This part-time role focuses on delivering excellent customer service, supporting fundraising targets and representing the charity with warmth and professionalism.

The role is 15 hours per week on a permanent contract, based at Glasgow Queen Street. You will be part of a lively team, with training provided and opportunities to develop retail and community skills while

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service experience
• Experience in busy customer service environment
• Ability to manage your own workload and work independently
• Ability to work well in a team
• Excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer and supporter service.
• Work as an integral part of the shop team to achieve ambitious sales and fundraising targets.
• Assist with maintaining shop standards including visual presentation, safeguarding compliance and health and safety.
• Create relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
• Support fundraising events for your store to achieve fundraising targets.
• Take keyholder responsibility as required (training provided)

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Communication

Independent work

Time management

Job description

Retail Store Assistant (Glasgow, Queen street)

locations: Glasgow Queen Street Shop

time type: Part time

posted on: Posted Yesterday

job requisition id: R034302

£12.71 per hour

Reports to: Shop manager

Department: Trading

Location: Glasgow Queen street

Contract: Permanent

Working hours: Part time 15 hours per week

Closing date: 20th September 2026

**The internal title for this role is Shop Assistant.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.

We're looking for a motivated store assistant to join Cancer Research UK's trading team. You'll be acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK. Your shop will be a place where your community gets to meet our people, understand our brand, and see some of the great things we do.

In a lively, vibrant working environment, you'll discover something new every day, whether it's a new high street trend, a new community network or a talent you never knew you had.

You'll also be surrounded by people who are as dedicated to beating cancer as you are.

What will I be doing?

• Providing excellent customer and supporter service.
• Working as an integral part of the shop team to achieve ambitious sales and fundraising targets.
• Assisting with maintaining shop standards including visual presentation, safeguarding compliance and health and safety.
• Creating relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
• Supporting fundraising events for your store to achieve fundraising targets.
• Taking keyholder responsibility as required (training provided)

What skills are you looking for?

• An understanding of what makes great customer service.
• Experience of working in a busy customer service environment.
• The ability to manage your own workload and work independently when required.
• The ability to work well in a team.
• Excellent communication skills.

And ideally

• An understanding or an interest in fashion.
• Retail experience

Our retail teams cover the needs of their stores by working on a rota basis. Whilst a level of flexibility is needed to meet the needs of the business, we don't forget that you have a life outside of work too.

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What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact [e-mail] or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.