Retail Support Volunteer

1 month ago


Eighton Banks Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom Marie Curie Full time

As a Retail Support Volunteer, you will play a crucial role in enhancing our store's atmosphere, ensuring a delightful experience for our customers.
Discover more about the daily responsibilities, overall duties, and necessary qualifications for this role by continuing to read below.

Why contribute your time in our retail environment?

Acquire valuable retail skills. Connect with new individuals. Assist your local community. Share your expertise and talents. Join a welcoming team.

Volunteers engage in a variety of tasks and daily functions that facilitate the operation of each store for a minimum of two hours weekly.

On the sales floor, you may be involved in delivering outstanding customer service, handling transactions at the cash register, restocking merchandise, and creating attractive displays to draw in customers.

Behind the scenes, volunteers participate in store maintenance and administrative tasks, sorting through donations to uncover valuable items and preparing products for sale by organizing, steaming, and pricing goods.

Do you possess specific retail expertise to share? We are also seeking volunteers with skills and insights related to visual merchandising, identifying stock sourcing opportunities, and promoting awareness of our charity shops. Utilizing your local insights, you could help to enhance the shop's success.

Your responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following tasks:

- Sort through donations to discover valuable items
- Prepare products for sale
- Maintain the sales floor and deliver exceptional customer service to our patrons
- Operate the cash register
- Assist with basic store upkeep

Young Volunteers

Please be aware: A signed consent form is required for all volunteers aged 14-17 years.



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