Store Community Assistant Washington, North East England, England
Job description
To be employed in this role you must be over the age of 18 and pass an enhanced safeguarding check.
Do you enjoy working with people and really making a difference in the community?
What's in it for you?
Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a great range of other benefits too. You'll receive a discount card for yourself and a second card for your nominated user, giving you 10% off your shopping and you'll also receive a company pension. On the ‘Our Asda' benefits site, you will have access to a wide range of discounts across various activities and services, anything from airport parking to theme parks and pet insurance to car tyres – whatever you're into there's something to suit everyone!
About the Role
Our operation runs operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, with that brings a wide variety of shift patterns – if you're looking for flexible working to fit around your lifestyle, then look no further! We'll work with you on your shifts, but weekend working is a requirement of the role, and we may need to be flexible with your work pattern.
Customers tell us that their local community really matters to them, that's why our Store Community Assistant role brings stores and colleagues closer to their local communities.
As an Asda Community Assistant, you will support local charities and good causes, through your work and with the Asda Foundation. We're passionate about our national partnerships with Tickled Pink and Children in Need, and you'll be responsible in getting the whole store behind fundraising activities for both campaigns.
You'll also be responsible for:
- Providing great levels of service in and outside of the store as you'll become an ambassador for Asda within the local community
- Build and manage external relationships within our local communities
- Communicate store activity to your local community through local press, radio and newsletters
- Drive engagement of community activities and fundraising with our customers and colleagues including sharing stories about the work you're doing on our internal communication channels
- Oversee budgets and donation requests, delivering legal compliance accurately and on time
We'll work with you on your shifts, but the chances are you'll have to work some evenings and weekends and we may need to be flexible with your work pattern – there's something to suit everyone.
About You
You'll be naturally friendly and want to get stuck in, working with your team to deliver great results. You care about the community and working with local schools, governments and local charities. As you'll be out and about and interacting with the local community including vulnerable groups, you'll need be over the age of 18 and able to pass an enhanced level safeguarding check.
