Retail Store Assistant

3 months ago


Watford, United Kingdom Cancer Research UK Full time

Millions of bargain-hunters. Endless pre-loved items. One meaningful purpose.
- Retail Store Assistant (Watford)

£10.80 per hour
- Reports to: Shop manager
- Department: Trading

Location: Watford
- Contract: Permanent

Working hours: Part time 22.5 hours per week

**The internal title for this role is Shop Assistant.

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 store assistant to join Cancer Research UK’s trading team. You’ll be acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK. Your shop will be a place where your community gets to meet our people, understand our brand, and see some of the great things we do.
- In a lively, vibrant working environment, you’ll discover something new every day, whether it’s a new high street trend, a new community network or a talent you never knew you had.
- You’ll also be surrounded by people who are as dedicated to beating cancer as you are.

What will I be doing?- Providing excellent customer and supporter service.-
- Working as an integral part of the shop team to achieve ambitious sales and fundraising targets.-
- Assisting with maintaining shop standards including visual presentation, safeguarding compliance and health and safety.-
- Creating relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.-
- Supporting fundraising events for your store to achieve fundraising targets.-
- Taking keyholder responsibility as required (training provided)What skills will I need?- An understanding of what makes great customer service.-
- Experience of working in a busy customer service environment.-
- The ability to manage your own workload and work independently when required.-
- The ability to work well in a team.-
- Excellent communication skills.And ideally- An understanding or an interest in fashion.-
- Retail experienceOur 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.
- For the full job description and more information about working with us please contact

What will I gain?
- Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.
- In return, 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 work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

You can learn more about our fantastic retail teams on our
- website
- For more information on this career opportunity please
- visit our website
or contact us at



There’s a place for everyone at Cancer Research UK. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.


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.


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