Shop Assistant (Potter Bar)

Cancer Research UK; Little Heath; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is looking for a motivated Store Assistant to join our trading team. You will be an ambassador for the charity, helping customers, driving sales and supporting fundraising activities in our store.

In a lively environment you will build relationships with your local community, work as part of a team, and deliver excellent service while adhering to store standards and health and safety policies.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a busy customer service environment.
• An understanding of what makes great customer service.
• Excellent communication skills.
• An interest in fashion and retail experience (ideal).

Responsibilities

• Work as an integral part of the shop team to achieve sales and fundraising targets.
• Maintain shop standards, including visual presentation and safeguarding compliance.
• Build relationships with the local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
• Support fundraising events to meet store fundraising targets.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Communication

Independence

Time management

Job description

• 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., Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.
• 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.

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.

And ideally

• An understanding or an interest in fashion.
• Retail experience

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.

In a lively, vibrant working environment, you'll discover something new every day, whether it's a new high street trend, a new community network or a talent you never knew you had.

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

In return, 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 work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.