Store Assistant (Edinburgh, Morningside)

Cancer Research UK (CRUK); Morningside; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Generous leave

Discounts

Gym membership

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is seeking a part-time Retail Store Assistant with keyholder responsibilities at the Morningside Shop in Edinburgh. You will help run the shop on Sundays, manage a small team of volunteers, and support fundraising targets while delivering excellent customer service.

The role offers £12.71 per hour plus benefits, flexible hours totaling 13.5 per week, and training. You must be eligible to work in the UK, and CRUK emphasizes safeguarding and a positive, inclusive

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills.
• Experience in a lively retail environment.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Commercial awareness.
• Good relationship-building and communication.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the shop on Sundays, including keyholder duties.
• Support a team of volunteers to achieve fundraising targets.
• Review donated goods and stock and assist with sales.
• Provide excellent customer service and welcome customers.
• Support safeguarding and health and safety in-store.

Job description

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

Retail store assistant (with keyholder responsibility)

£12.71 per hour plus benefits

Reports to: Shop manager

Department: Trading

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time 13.5 hours (including Sundays and 1 other day in the week)

Location: Edinburgh, Morningside Shop

Closing date: 4th October 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.

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.

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.

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.