Retail Assistant
Cover Retail Assistant
Bradford District – Allerton, Queensbury and Keighley
Part time - 28 hours or 14 hours per week
Minimum 6 months fixed term contract
Age UK Bradford District’s mission is to enable, empower and support people to live well as active, engaged and influential members of their communities. We work to ensure that everyone’s contribution is valued and that individuals and their communities provide mutual support which promotes independence, inclusion, choice and control.
Our Community Hubs are warm welcoming spaces where people can get the information, help, support or advice they need for their situation; come in to volunteer their time or pick up a bargain in the retail section. Each of our six Community Hubs is working towards delivering a range of functions including Information, Help and Support, Advice and Casework, Community Activities and Events alongside Fundraising.
We are currently looking to recruit a Cover Retail Assistant to work as part of our team, providing support across 3 of our 6 hubs: Allerton, Queensbury and Keighley. This role will be a minimum of 6 months contract and is for 28 hours per week working over 4 days. However, we would also consider creating 2 roles of 14 hours per week. As with all our roles, there is the expectation of some flexibility required to cover staff holidays.
The key elements of the role are providing an excellent service to customers, sorting and managing donations and supporting volunteers. There will also be Hub opening and closing responsibilities, together with operating the till and banking.
Retail experience is preferred, along with a positive attitude and excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
Annual Salary £23,492.04 (FTE), £17,777.76 (Actual - 28 hours per week) or £8,888.88 (Actual - 14 hours per week)
5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays pro rata
For a full job description and to apply for this post, please download an application pack from our website:
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/bradforddistrict/get-involved/work-for-us2/
Retail Assistant Application Form
Retail Assistant Job Description
Equality & Diversity Monitoring form
Please note on your application whether you are interested in a 28 hours per week role or a 14 hours per week role
Closing date for applications: 23rd April 2025
Interviews to be held via Microsoft Teams week commencing: 28th April 2025
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Age UK Bradford District. We are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities and also welcome applications from LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.