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Are you excited about fashion? Do you have experience in retail? Yes, then great as we may have the role for you....

We are excited to be looking for a Shop Assistant for our Thetford store on a part time (22.5 hours per week) 3 month contract.

We are looking for a passionate and motivated person to help our store reach full potential. We are an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation and we particularly welcome and encourage disabled applicants and those from the Black and Asian communities to apply for the role as they are under-represented within the workforce.

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

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.

If you are looking for an exciting new challenge and want to work for an organisation that strives for excellence, we want to hear from you!

Vacancy ID: 32460

Benefits

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to peoples 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
T&C's apply based on contract

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;

providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
providing advice through our help lines and web sites

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