Retail Store Assistant

Cancer Research UK; Stevenage; Presencial; GBP 14 000 - 21 000; Tempo parcial

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Benefits package

Resumo da oferta

Cancer Research UK is hiring a part-time Retail Store Assistant at the Stevenage Superstore. You will join the Trading team to deliver excellent customer service, support fundraising targets, and maintain shop standards.

The role reports to the Shop Manager and requires flexibility to cover a 22.5-hour week across three days. The position offers a meaningful role in our mission to beat cancer, with a generous benefits package and opportunities for development.

Qualificações

• Understanding of what makes great customer service.
• Experience in a busy customer service environment.
• Ability to manage own workload and work independently when required.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Flexibility to cover rota needs and balance life outside work.

Responsabilidades

• Provide excellent customer and supporter service.
• Work as part of the shop team to achieve sales and fundraising targets.
• Maintain shop standards including visual presentation and health and safety compliance.
• Build relationships with local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
• Support fundraising events to hit targets.
• Take keyholder responsibility as needed (training provided).

Conhecimentos

Customer service

Busy environment

Workload management

Teamwork

Communication skills

Flexibility

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Retail Store Assistant Stevenage

Millions of bargain-hunters. Endless pre-loved items. One meaningful purpose.

Retail Store Assistant

£12.71 per hour plus benefits

Reports to: Shop manager

Department: Trading

Location: Stevenage Superstore

Contract: Permanent

Working hours: Part time 22.5 hours per week over 3 flexible days

Closing date: Sunday 25th October 2026 23:55

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

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

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.

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).


• There will be a varied amount of manual handling and physical activity required within the day-to-day duties of the role.

What 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.


• Flexibility, 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.

What will I gain?

We make sure you are supported by a generous salary and 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 retail teams also have access to confidential wellbeing support from the Retail Trust.

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.