Volunteer Shop Assistant

5 months ago

Bala, United Kingdom Tenovus Cancer Care Full time

As a Retail Assistant you'd gain valuable experience of working in the retail industry. Tenovus Cancer Care would help assist you expand your skills set and give you experience to feature on your CV. Make gaining experience count and help give back to your local community.

Our shops in local communities are crucial to us raising vital funds. We'd love you to volunteer your time and commitment to help us make a difference. As a Retail Assistant you’ll be the friendly face that puts the shop together and looks after our customers.

As a Customer Service Assistant your roles and responsibilities would be:

- Speaking with customers, making them welcome and answering questions
- Serving customers at the till
- Accepting donations from the public
- Putting goods on display in the shop
- Maintaining high levels of shop standards, presentation and cleanliness
- Generating add-on sales and Gift Aid conversion through high levels of customer service
- Completing Gift Aid shop paperwork
- Supporting the Shop Manager in carrying out shop security procedures
- Promoting awareness of the charity and the services that we provide
- Assisting the Shop Manager with activities such as stock take and general clerical duties such as filing and sorting the post.

However you are not limited to these roles.You are encouraged to get involved in different departments of the shop.

What benefits can I expect?
- The satisfaction of knowing you’re making a vital difference to the work of Tenovus Cancer Care, and in particular the people who access our unique services
- The opportunity to be creative and bring new ideas to the shop whilst developing your fundraising and sales skills
- The opportunity to develop new and existing skills
- Access to all internal vacancies
- Access to training
- The enjoyment of meeting new people and being part of our Retail Team
- The chance to gain experience of helping Wales’ leading cancer charity.
- Expenses will reimbursed in line with organisational policy

How much time do I need to give?

How do I apply?

**Inclusivity**:

- Whether you’re a volunteer, supporter, or staff member, we want everyone to feel welcome at Tenovus Cancer Care. We are committed to greater diversity across our people to make sure we have a breadth of experience, skills and perspective that reflects the communities we serve._
- We are working to ensure that Tenovus Cancer Care is a fair and equitable place to volunteer. We strive to ensure everyone is treated fairly, regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sexual orientation, religion, or belief, or because someone is married or in a civil partnership_

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Volunteer
Part-time hours: 3 - 35 per week

**Salary**: Up to £0.01 per year

**Benefits**:

- Free or subsidised travel

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
A Covid risk assessment has been carried out and will be shared with you at your induction.

Work Location: In person

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