Store Worker

**Job Title**:Store Worker
**PP-SRS-GRD**:W-6914-03
**Location**:RAF Lakenheath
**Vacancy Number**: 584375
**Open Date**:20 September 2024
**Close Date**:27 September 2024
**Work Hour Per Week**:24 hours
**Salary (Per Hour)**:£12.13 - £13.27
- ** Several vacancies may be available - multiple selections can be made from this announcement **_

**The starting salary is £15,138.24 per annum**

**Main Purpose**

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join a premier team of Store Workers at DECA, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom.

The primary purpose of this role is to perform a variety of store worker duties involved in the handling, marking, preparing, and maintaining of stock levels of grocery items. The successful applicant will usually work in an assigned department within the store (e.g., grocery, produce, meat, etc.), but may also perform rotational assignments within all departments. They will assist with unloading incoming shipments, receive supplies and equipment, resale items, verify shipments, report discrepancies, and use proper stock rotation. In addition, they will visually inspect and maintain adequate stock of perishable and non-perishable subsistence items, arrange, and replenish stock as necessary, determining prices and affixing selling price labels.On occasion, they may be required to operate a cash register scanning system which records unit prices in proper amounts and accounts and validate, and process payments including cash, checks, debit and credit card transactions, electronic benefits transfer transactions, and coupons. They may be asked to bag items, hand out flyers and/or coupons, assists patrons in the correct processing of their orders or retrieve carts from the parking lot.

**Knowledge and Experience Required **_**:

- **_**Applicants must demonstrate the following**:

- Skill in preparing, arranging and/or stacking items together for safety and neatness. Skill in rotating stock, recognizing and reporting items of poor and unacceptable quality, and sorting, washing, separating, and packaging quantities of produce and/or package meat products.
- Skill in operating a computer system that marks prices, calculates prices and weights of merchandise, prepares pricing labels, and prepares a variety of recurring reports.
- Skill in operating a manual and/or electric pallet jack in a safe manner to perform assigned duties.
- Knowledge of brand names, sizes of items, kinds and varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables and/or of the various cuts and types

of meat products to ensure proper care and handling when preparing items for display

**Other Significant Facts Pertaining to the Position**
- Work requires continuous walking, standing, bending, and/or stooping and moving of arms to fill shelves, counters, build displays, and pick orders. Frequently lifts or moves heavy boxes or crates weighing up to 50 pounds. Occasionally, with assistance or with the use of pallet jack or other material handling equipment, lifts items weighing over 50 pounds.
- A pre-employment physical is required
- Employee will observe US Federal Holidays in lieu of UK Bank Holidays
- Position is rostered. May include working weekends, evenings and UK Bank Holidays,

**Other Important Information**
- Hours of work: Between 0600-2300. Start & end times may be modified due to mission needs and in accordance with organization’s flexible working policies.
- Will be required to handle and safeguard sensitive information in accordance with applicable US and UK laws, rules, and regulations.
- Must obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance.
- May be required to travel by military and/or civilian aircraft in the performance of official duties or attend necessary training.
- Position may be coded as mission essential.
- A 6-month probationary period will be required.
- May be required to travel overnight to US or other countries in the performance of official duties or attend necessary training.
- May be assigned other duties not included in this position description, but that are appropriate to the grade and skill set of the incumbent.

**Benefits**
- Annual Leave + US Federal Holidays, Annual Leave year-to-year carryover in accordance with program policy
- Paid Sick Leave; year-to-year carryover in accordance with program policy.
- Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Free on-site parking
- Specialized Training provided throughout entire period of employment.
- Development opportunities available
- Time off, cash and honorary awards and recognition available for significant contributions and consistent high performance
- Free access to on-site gym facilities

**Who Can Apply**
- Citizens of the UK, Nationals of European Community (EC) Countries, and Commonwealth Citizens, other Foreign Nationals and Stateless persons provided no restrictions have been imposed as a condition of continued residency in the UK.
- Applicants who have a minimum