Warehouse Assistant

British Heart Foundation; Kingston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A charitable organization is seeking a part-time team member for its store in Kingston. The role involves collaborating with the store team and volunteers, handling deliveries, and ensuring product quality. Experience in retail or service is preferred. This position requires 15 hours of work per week, specifically on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and offers generous staff benefits including annual leave and discounts.

Benefits

38 days annual leave

25% staff discount

Health cash plan

Pension with employer contribution up to 10%

Life assurance

Discount options for gym membership

Discounts with a range of retailers

Qualifications

• Experience in the retail or service sector.
• Ability to work collaboratively with team members.
• Comfortable with physically demanding tasks involving furniture and electrical goods.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the store team to ensure the efficient running of the store.
• Handle and move deliveries of furniture and appliances.
• Ensure products meet quality standards.

Job description

Overview

Are you looking to make a difference while working in a dynamic and fulfilling role? Are you passionate about customer-service and sustainability?

This is a part-time role working 15 hours per week. This role requires Thursday, Saturday & Sunday working.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with the store team and volunteers to ensure the efficient running of the store and the warehouse.
• Handle and move deliveries of furniture and appliances coming into the store from the vans.
• Ensure all products meet the company’s quality standards.
• Work with the Warehouse Supervisor to ensure the shop floor is well stocked and comply with safety regulations, promoting safety and wellbeing.
• Enjoy a role with autonomy and continually build your knowledge of the BHF.

This position is described as part-time with 15 hours per week and requires Thursday, Saturday & Sunday shifts.

About you

You may have experience in the retail or service sector and will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. You will be motivated by the knowledge that your hard work makes a life-saving difference, be proactive, driven and customer focused. You will have the ability to work collaboratively with others and be comfortable guiding the activity of volunteer team members. This can be a physically demanding role and you need to be comfortable working with furniture and electrical goods.

About Us

We have over 700 stores all over the UK and our home stores are a firm fixture on UK high streets. We are visited by over 30 million customers each year, who come to us to buy their beds, sofas, chairs and electrical goods through our omni-channel offering. With donations from the public, we’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.

Why join the BHF?

We have a strong culture of internal progression and will actively support you to develop your career.

Our generous staff benefits include:

• 38 days annual leave
• 25% staff discount
• Health cash plan
• Pension with employer contribution up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Discount options for gym membership
• Discounts with a range of retailers