Retail Sunday Assistant (Purley)

Cancer Research UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Substantial retirement plan

Generous leave allowance

Discounts on travel and technology

Gym membership

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is seeking a Retail store assistant (with keyholder responsibility) for the Purley shop. This role covers Sundays only, with keyholder duties and supporting a varied team of volunteers to keep the shop running smoothly.

You will help the wider team achieve sales and fundraising targets, review donated goods and stock, and contribute ideas to generate income under the Shop Manager's guidance. A welcoming, service-focused approach is essential.

Qualifications

• A working knowledge of what makes great customer service.
• Experience of working in a lively and vibrant environment.
• Adaptability in changing situations, including working independently or as part of a team.
• Commercial awareness.
• Ability to create relationships and communicate well.
• Flexibility to meet rota-based needs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the running of the shop on Sundays and take keyholder responsibility with training provided.
• Support a team of volunteers to achieve sales and fundraising targets.
• Review and process donated goods and new stock.
• Generate ideas to create new income with guidance from the Shop Manager.
• Use customer service skills to make customers and supporters feel welcome and valued.
• Maintain shop standards on safeguarding, compliance and health and safety.
• Some manual handling and physical activity required.

Skills

Customer service

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Communication

Organisation

Job description

Retail store assistant (with keyholder responsibility)

£13.08 per hour + benefits

Reports to: Shop manager

Department: Trading

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 6 - Sundays only

Location: Purley shop

External Closing date: 27 September 2026 23:55

Internal: In line with organisational policy this role will remain open for internal applications until: 27 September 2026 23:55

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.

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.

What are 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.

Owing to the nature of this position, any offer of employment for this role will be subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.

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.

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.

We’re the world’s leading cancer charity, dedicated to saving and improving lives with our research.

We work to reduce the impact of cancer on people’s day-to-day lives through our research, influence and information.

We are beating cancer - step by step, day by day.

Our work means that people with cancer live better lives through earlier diagnosis and kinder, more effective treatments.

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