Retail store assistant (with keyholder responsibility)

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Alnwick; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Cancer Research UK in Alnwick, Narrowgate, is recruiting a Sunday Shop Assistant to run the shop on Sundays and support a team of volunteers. You will manage keyholder duties, help meet fundraising targets and ensure a welcoming environment for customers and supporters.

We value customer service, adaptability and teamwork; you will review donations, assist with stock, and contribute ideas to grow income while upholding safeguarding and health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of what makes great customer service.
• Experience in lively and vibrant environments.
• Adaptability in changing situations, including independence and team work.
• Commercial awareness.
• Ability to create relationships and communicate well.
• Flexibility to meet rota needs.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the running of the shop on a Sunday with keyholder responsibility and supporting a volunteers team.
• Assisting the wider shop team in achieving sales and fundraising targets.
• Reviewing and processing donated goods and new stock.
• Generating ideas to help grow income with guidance from the Shop Manager.
• Using customer service to ensure customers feel welcome and appreciated.
• Maintaining shop standards regarding safeguarding, compliance and health and safety.
• Manual handling and physical activity as part of day-to-day duties.

Skills

Customer service

Adaptability

Commercial awareness

Relationship building

Flexibility

Teamwork

Job description

Sunday Assistant (Alnwick, Narrowgate)

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

Retailstoreassistant(with keyholder responsibility)

£12.71per hourplusbenefits

Reports to:Shop manager

Department:Trading

Contract:Permanent

Hours:6– Sundays only

Location:Alnwick, Narrowgate

Closing date:13th September 202623:55

Interviews: w/c 14/9/2026

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UKis not able tooffer 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 retail assistant to join Cancer Research UK’s trading team. You’ll be acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK and taking responsibility for the shop on a Sunday.

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

What will I be doing?

• Overseeing the running of the shop on a Sunday. This includes taking keyholder responsibility (training provided) and supporting a talented and diverse team of volunteers.

• Assisting the wider shop team in achieving sales and fundraising targets.

• Reviewing and processing donated goods and new stock.

• Coming up with creative ideas to help generate new income, with guidance from the Shop Manager.

• Using your customer service skills to make sure our customers and supporters feel welcome and appreciated.

• Maintaining shop standards regarding safeguarding, compliance and health and safety.

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

Whatare you looking for?

• A working knowledge of what makes great customer service.

• Experience of working in a lively and vibrant environment.

• Adaptability in changing situations, including being able to work effectively independently and as part of a team.

• Commercial awareness.

• The ability to create relationships and communicate well.

• 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 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 retail teams also have access to confidential wellbeing support from the Retail Trust.

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.

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.