Sales Assistant

3 days ago

ChesterleStreet, United Kingdom Age UK Full time

SHOP NAME

**Chester Le Street**

CONTRACT TYPE

**Permanent**

APPLY BY

**25-Aug-2025**

SALARY

**£12.21**

JOB CATEGORY

**Retail**

WORKING PATTERN

**2 days out of 7**

WEEKLY HOURS

**14 hours**

Age UK’s shops are the face of the charity. On high streets up and down the country our retail teams deliver a great shopping experience to customers while generating much needed income for the charity, ensuring that we can provide services and support to older people who need it most.

If you want to help us to help others, we have the job for you

We are recruiting for a** Sales Assistant** to join our wonderful **Chester-le-Street** team and deliver an excellent retail service, ensuring that every customer has a great shopping experience. As a valued Sales Assistant you will contribute towards maximising shop sales and profits as well as the successful day to day running of the shop and deputise for the Shop Manager and Assistant Manager in their absence.

Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to handle/lift bags of stock (up to 10kgs.)

You will have:

- Experience in working in a customer facing role
- Experience of cash handling
- Ability to lift and carry bags of stock up to 10kg’s
- The ability to work as part of an effective team.
- Be able to lone work when needed
- Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as commitment to equal opportunities
- A flexible approach to work with requirement to work additional days to cover holidays and sickness or participate in trading outside of normal shop hours e.g. shop events

What we offer in return:

- A 14 hour working week
- 25 days holiday (pro-rata) + bank holiday allowance
- A generous pension - we will contribute 8%
- Great discounts and rewards through Blue Light Card and BenefitHub
- Life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan
- Tickets for Good - Free and discounted tickets for events

Additional Information

**Supporting statements and anonymisation**

**Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme**

Is this the job for you? We know that men, of all backgrounds, and men and women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented in our workforce, and we want to change this So, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants from these groups.

**Reasonable adjustments**

Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

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