Retail Store Assistant Kirkstall Superstore

Cancer Research UK; Leeds; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in England is seeking a motivated store assistant to join its trading team. The role involves achieving sales and fundraising targets, supporting community engagement, and ensuring shop standards are maintained. Ideal candidates will have experience in customer service, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. The position offers a generous salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including a retirement plan, flexible leave allowance, and discounts on various services.

Benefits

Generous salary and benefits package

Flexible leave allowance

Discounts on travel, technology, and gym memberships

Confidential wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience working in a busy customer service environment.
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
• Flexibility to work on a rota basis as needed.

Responsibilities

• Achieve sales and fundraising targets as part of the shop team.
• Maintain shop standards in presentation and safety.
• Create relationships with the local community.
• Support fundraising events to reach targets.
• Take keyholder responsibility (training provided).

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to manage own workload

Experience in customer service

Teamwork

Flexibility

Job description

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.

Role & Responsibilities

• 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 (training provided).
• There will be a varied amount of manual handling and physical activity within the day-to-day duties of the role.
  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 .
• 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.
  At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

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.