Shop Assistant

We are excited to be looking for a Shop Assistant for our Godmanchester store, working 22.5 hours per week on a 6 month fixed term contract. We are looking for a passionate and motivated person to help our store reach full potential. We want someone who can use their initiative and is excited about charity retail and fashion. As a Shop Assistant you will: - Help promote donations and sales to maximise profits - Be representing Mencap as an efficient and charitable organisation by ensuring that your actions reinforce the Mencap aims and values - Strive to ensure stock is generated from the local area and donors - Sign up donors to the Gift Aid scheme and ensure maximum income is achieved through Gift Aid - Be responsible for helping to achieve profit targets by ensuring sales are maximised and the cost are effectively managed - Maintain the store to a high standard of presentation throughout. - Build an effective volunteer team and provide training, development, work reviews and appraisals to paid staff and volunteers - Be responsible for all financial and cash handling and health and safety. To be a successful Shop Assistant, you will be - Able to have a flexible approach to working hours and days including working weekend and Bank Holidays as appropriate. - Willing to travel to occasional team meetings, training events and in the initial growth of the new retail train assisting with setting up other new stores. - Passionate about the Mencap values and will strive to ensure our Retail brand is successful.

Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people's lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees. - 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme - Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed - Pension contributions into NEST Scheme on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings - Death in service life cover for a nominated beneficiary under our life assurance scheme - Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras - Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc. - Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support

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About Mencap We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential. Our work includes