Store Associate (23780)

Barnardo's; Yaxley; On-site; GBP 3,400 - 3,800; Part time

Job summary

Barnardo's in Peterborough is seeking a Store Associate to join a friendly team. You will assist the Store Manager and volunteers in running a busy shop, delivering excellent customer service and maintaining visual merchandising standards.

This part-time, permanent role offers an opportunity to learn and develop within a caring charity environment, supporting donations, gift aid, and stock rotation while maintaining high standards of cleanliness and organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience in a retail setting is preferred.
• Cash handling experience is desirable.
• Customer service experience in a retail environment.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Comfort with fashion items in a charity shop context.
• Basic IT skills for stock and checkout tasks.

Responsibilities

• Excellent Customer Service.
• Visual Merchandising.
• Organising Stock, Pricing and Steaming stock before going on the shop floor.
• Ensuring Stock is generated over the door by members of the public and ensuring donors sign up for gift aid.
• Implement any promotion in the store as directed by Head Office or your Area Business Manager or your Store Manager.
• Achieve and maintain high standards of housekeeping, organisation and cleanliness throughout the Store, including the sales floor and stockroom areas.
• Actively encourage the public to donate saleable stock.
• Rotate stock on a daily basis so that no garment remains on the shop floor for any longer than the agreed time limits.

Skills

Customer service

Visual merchandising

Stock management

Cash handling

Initiative

Fashion knowledge

IT skills

Tools

POS system

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Store Associate to join our friendly team in Peterborough

This will be a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate, motivated, and keen to help raise funds to support the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK.

As a Store Associate you will support the Store Manager, other Store Associates, and volunteers to help run a busy store, you will have the opportunity to develop and learn within the store.

Store Location: Unit 13, The Broadway, Yaxley, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3JL

Hours: 7 hours

Permanent – Part time

Some of the Key Responsibilities

• Excellent Customer Service
• Visual Merchandising
• Organising Stock, Pricing and Steaming stock before going on the shop floor.
• Ensuring Stock is generated over the door by members of the public and ensuring donors sign up for gift aid.
• Implement any promotion in the store as directed by Head Office or your Area Business Manager or your Store Manager.
• Achieve and maintain high standards of housekeeping, organisation and cleanliness throughout the Store, including the sales floor and stockroom areas.
• Actively encourage the public to donate saleable stock.
• Rotate stock on a daily basis so that no garment remains on the shop floor for any longer than the agreed time limits.

Ideal candidates should have

• Experience of working in a retail environment due to the nature of the store.
• Experience of cash handling
• Working in a customer service environment
• Experience of working on own initiative
• Knowledge of working in a fashion environment
• Basic IT skills

The Retail section consists of more than 700 Barnardo's shops across the UK. These high-street stores are reliant on donations from the public and corporate supporters, and generate funds from the sale of these donated items. There are a wide range of shops, from traditional charity stores to book shops and furniture. The Trading division produces and sells a range of products, including cards

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

Our basis and values