Volunteer Retail Assistant Cheadle, North West England, England
Job description
About this role
Our Cats Protection shops play a key part in raising the funds needed to help thousands of cats and kittens each year. Our shop assistant volunteers help with all aspects of the day to day running of one of our fantastic shops. They serve customers, help with stock rotation, create displays - and everything in between! They are part of a passionate retail team that make sure our shops are enjoyable places for customers to visit, leading to repeat custom and vital funds being raised to help our feline friends in need.
What you would be doing?
Serving customers
Arranging and replenishing stock
Helping make changes to the shop layout, pricing and stock rotation
Promoting the work of the Cats Protection.
No experience or knowledge of cats is required as full training will be given
The Benefits
You will develop new skills, expand your knowledge and make a significant contribution to improving the lives of cats and kittens by contributing to the smooth running of a Cats Protection shop and helping raise the funds needed to help cats and kittens in need. You will also meet new people, make new friends and be part of a dedicated team of volunteers
We are looking for someone with
A friendly and outgoing personality
Good communication skills
Willingness to be part of a supportive and inclusive team
Experience in retail (would be an advantage, but isn’t essential)
Time expectation:Our volunteer shop assistants usually spend 1 to 2 hours per week in this role on a fixed day per week, however we can also accommodate school hours, term time only etc and can be very flexible
At Cats Protection we believe our volunteers should be happy and confident in their roles. To make sure this is the case, we provide support and guidance both remotely from our National Cat Centre and face to face through our regional and local volunteer groups and teams. We also offer varied online and face to face training and have wide-ranging policies covering all aspects of volunteering. We hope the support we provide will ensure our volunteers have a great experience with Cats Protection.
Job Type: Volunteer
Salary: £0.01-£0.02 per year
Benefits:
- Store discount
COVID-19 considerations:
We are fully COVID compliant and provide PPE
Work Location: In person
