Retail Warehouse Assistant - Part Time

Blue Cross; Charlton; On-site; GBP 4,500 - 4,800; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Wellbeing support

GP access

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Blue Cross in Hartlebury is recruiting a part-time Retail Warehouse Assistant to support our charity shops and online retail. You’ll unpack, sort, and quality-check deliveries, prepare items for dispatch, and help load delivery vans, keeping operations efficient.

This active role requires a reliable, practical candidate with a can-do attitude who can follow procedures and work well with volunteers and staff to support pets and people in our care.

Qualifications

• Follow written instructions and processes accurately.
• Strong attention to detail with stock discrepancies.
• Practical warehouse duties including safe stock handling.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Reliable and well-organised with routine tasks.
• Demonstrates Blue Cross values and behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Unpack and sort incoming deliveries.
• Quality check stock and prepare items for dispatch.
• Pack stock orders and assist with loading delivery vans.

Skills

Follow instructions

Attention to detail

Warehouse duties

Team player

Reliability

Blue Cross values

Tools

Stock control systems

Warehouse equipment

Health & safety knowledge

Job description

Description

Contract: 7 hours per week

Salary: £4,663 (£23,311 FTE)

Location: Hartlebury DY10 4JB

Closing date: Thursday 5th November 2026

Interview date: Thursday 12th November 2026

Are you an energetic, hands‑on person looking for a part time role, who loves staying active on the job and wants your day’s work to make a genuine difference?

We are recruiting for a Retail Warehouse Assistant to join our friendly logistics and retail hub. You’ll be right at the heart of our operations, helping pick and pack our new goods that fund our vital animal welfare work across the UK.

More about the role

In this role, you’ll be an essential part our new goods warehouse operation that keeps our charity shops and online retail channels thriving. You will be the person ensuring everything moves smoothly from arrival to dispatch.

On a day to day basis, you’ll be unpacking and safely sorting incoming deliveries, quality checking stock, and helping prepare items so they reach our shop network or ecommerce team in great condition. It’s an active, physical job involving lifting, shifting, and organizing good, pallets and storage bays to keep the workspace safe, organized, and running like clockwork. You’ll report into the New Goods Buyer and work closely with volunteer colleagues, packing stock orders and helping load our delivery vans ready to hit the road.

This is a part time role working 7 hours a week, and this can be worked over one or two days, within the hours of 8:30am to 5pm.

About you

You’re someone who thrives when you’re on the go and loves being on your feet rather than stuck behind a desk all day. Practical, dependable, and naturally well‑organised, you take pride in doing a thorough job, whether that’s keeping an aisle tidy, safely handling stock, or making sure the right order gets out of the door on time.

You don’t necessarily need years of warehouse experience to do well here; what really matters is your positive, can‑do attitude, your reliability, and your willingness to get stuck in alongside a dedicated team. You communicate well, look out for the safety and wellbeing of those around you, and bring a warm, approachable attitude to work each morning. Most of all, you’ll care about our mission and love knowing that every box you pack and pallet you move directly supports pets and the people who love them.

Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Ability to follow written instructions, stock information and agreed processes accurately.
• Good attention to detail, with the ability to identify and report stock discrepancies or damaged goods.
• Ability to undertake practical warehouse duties, including the safe movement and handling of stock.
• Ability to work independently and contribute effectively as part of a team.
• Reliable and organised approach to completing routine tasks.
• Ability to demonstrate, understand and apply Blue Cross values and behaviours.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Experience working in a warehouse, stockroom, retail or similar operational environment.
• Experience of stock replenishment, picking, packing or stock control.
• Understanding of health and safety and manual handling requirements in a warehouse or similar environment. Experience using warehouse equipment or stock control systems.

Using AI in your application We’re happy for you to use AI tools to help you prepare your application, for example to organise your thoughts, improve clarity or check spelling and grammar. However, your application must be an honest reflection of your own skills, experience and achievements, and AI should not be used to write your application for you or create examples that aren’t your own.

Please read our guidance on using AI when applying to Blue Cross before submitting your application.

Blue Cross benefits

Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.

In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.

Our generous benefits package includes:

• Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)
• Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
• Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family
• Health cash plan
• Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
• Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support.
• Life assurance
• 20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Recognition scheme
• Annual volunteer days
• Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the why work for us page on our website.

If you’d like to learn more about Blue Cross, our mission, and the work we do to support animals and people, take a look at our About Us page