Stores Assistant

Richmond and Wandsworth Council; Greater London; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days annual leave (including Bank)

Flexible working

Generous pension plan

Job summary

Richmond and Wandsworth Council in London seeks a Stores Assistant to ensure materials, plant and equipment are available and properly recorded. You will assist with deliveries, stock control, and updating stores systems, contributing to a safe and efficient depot environment.

The role requires flexible, customer-focused approach and a willingness to undertake training for forklift/JCB licences, with a permanent full-time contract and a competitive salary range.

Qualifications

• Training to obtain counterbalance forklift and JCB licence.
• Experience in stores/warehouse/depot/logistics environment.
• Basic literacy and numeracy to record stock and use stores systems.
• Ability to work to deadlines and manage daily workload.
• Experience working safely around vehicles, plant, machinery, materials or equipment.
• Experience dealing with suppliers, operatives, contractors or internal customers.
• Experience receiving, checking, issuing and recording stock.

Responsibilities

• Assist with receiving deliveries and loading/unloading vehicles.
• Maintain stock levels and update stores systems.
• Support purchasing activity and keep stores and depot clean, secure and well organised.
• Ensure highways and building materials, plant and equipment are available and properly recorded.
• Work safely and contribute to an efficient, responsive service.

Skills

Forklift licence

Warehouse experience

Literacy & Numeracy

Deadline management

Health & Safety

Stakeholder relations

Stock control

Job description

Job Title- Stores Assistant

Salary Range- SSA Sc6 - Sc4 £32,841-£38,637

Permanent, Full Time

Location-Wandsworth, Frogmore Depo

Objective of Role

To provide an efficient, reliable and customer-focused stores service that supports operational teams by ensuring materials, plant and equipment are available, correctly issued, accurately recorded and safely stored. The role contributes to effective service delivery across Richmond and Wandsworth by maintaining stock control, supporting purchasing and deliveries, keeping stores areas clean, secure and organised, and complying with health and safety requirements.

About the Role

The role is responsible for ensuring that highways and building materials, plant and equipment are available, safely stored, accurately issued and properly recorded to support operational teams across Richmond and Wandsworth.

The post holder will assist with receiving deliveries, loading and unloading vehicles, maintaining stock levels, updating stores systems, supporting purchasing activity and keeping the stores and depot areas clean, secure and well organised. The role requires a practical, flexible and customer-focused approach, with the ability to work safely, manage competing demands and contribute to an efficient and responsive service.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Training- Willingness to undertake training for a counterbalance forklift truck and JCB/loading shovel licence.
• Experience of working in a stores, warehouse, depot, logistics, building materials, highways or similar operational environment
• Literacy and Numeracy Skills- Basic literacy and numeracy skills sufficient to record stock, complete paperwork and use stores systems accurately
• Conflicting deadlines- The ability to work to deadlines and manage a caried daily workload.
• Health & Safety- Experience of working safely around vehicles, plant, machinery, materials or equipment
• Stakeholder relationships- Experience of dealing with suppliers, operatives, contractors or internal customers
• Stock taking- experience receiving, checking, issuing and recording stock or materials

Closing Date:

4th September 2026

Shortlisting Date:

W/C 7th September 2026

Interview Date

W/C 14TH September 2026

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received.

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Benefits

• 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)
• flexible working
• generous pension plan