Shop Assistant

at  National Animal Welfare Trust NAWT

Are you a Shop Assistant looking for a great place to reach your full potential within charity retail?
At the National Animal Welfare Trust, we never stop caring for our animals and people. As a rescue and rehoming charity, operating five rehoming centres and three shops across the south of England, we are committed to improving the lives of our communities’ pets, helping around 1,500 animals each year.
We need an enthusiastic Shop Assistant to join our friendly team at our Woburn Sands shop in Bedfordshire and make a difference.

ABOUT YOU:

You will have a positive, can-do attitude, be honest and reliable. You will be good humoured and have the customer and the charity at the heart of everything you do. You will be commercially aware, driven and hands on to maximise profits, helping us to raise valuable funds.
The successful candidate will have previous retail experience (ideally in a Charity Shop environment). An understanding or an interest in fashion will be highly beneficial. You will have good organisation and communication skills and will be provided with the opportunity to use your creativity whilst developing leadership and supervisory skills. A current UK driving license is essential.

As part of our commitment to making NAWT a great place to work, we offer access to the following employee benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays (pro-rated for part time staff).
• Group Life Assurance.
• Contributory pension.
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.

So, if you have retail experience and are the kind of person who enjoys driving sales through great customer service, whilst knowing that the work you do helps our animals in need – this may be the job for you!
To apply please provide your CV with covering letter confirming why you are suitable for the role.
The full Job Description can be viewed on our website: https://www.nawt.org.uk/get-involved/working-with-us/

Experience:

• Retail sales: 1 year (required

ABOUT THE ROLE:

In this varied role, you will work collaboratively with the Shop Manager ensuring targets and objectives are successfully met and will manage the shop on Saturdays in the Shop Manager’s absence. Full of pre-loved clothing, accessories, gifts and more, you will work as a collective with volunteers to ensure excellent customer service.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Using your customer service skills to make sure our customers and supporters feel appreciated and can find what they need.
• Processing sales through the till.
• Overseeing the store and the shop volunteers in the Shop Manager’s absence.
• Preparing large quantities of donated items for sale including the lifting, sorting, steaming and pricing of items to achieve optimum income.
• Using your creativity to help maintain attractive shop window displays.
• Rotating stock between the shop and the storage container, involving daily lifting and moving of stock and transportation of donations.
• To identify higher value items to list on eBay.

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS AND MAY CLOSE THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR THIS ROLE PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE, SO EARLY APPLICATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED.

Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £4,164.16 per year
Expected hours: 7 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

• Every weekend

Experience:

• Retail sales: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 02/07/202