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Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Store Associate to join our friendly Store in Armagh. This will be a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate, motivated, and keen to help raise funds to support the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK. As a Store Associate you will support the Store Manager, other Store Associates, and volunteers to help run a busy store, you will have the opportunity to develop and learn within the store. Weekend work will be a key part of the role.

Responsibilities

• An awareness of fashion and retail trends and how to relate these to capitalise on income.
• Ensuring stock is generated over the door by members of the public and ensure donors sign up to the Gift Aid scheme.
• Maintain a high standard of presentation, both in the windows and the interior of the shop.
• Actively encourage the public to donate saleable stock.
• Achieve and maintain high standards of housekeeping, organisation and cleanliness throughout the Store, including the sales floor and stockroom areas.
• Organising Stock, Pricing and Steaming stock before going on the shop floor.
• Excellent Customer Service.
• Visual Merchandising.
• Implement any promotion in the store as directed by Head Office or your Area Business Manager or your Store Manager.
• Achieve and maintain high standards of housekeeping, organisation and cleanliness throughout the Store, including the sales floor and stockroom areas.
• Actively encourage the public to donate saleable stock.
• Rotate stock on a daily basis so that no garment remains on the shop floor for any longer than the agreed time limits.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• An awareness of fashion and retail trends and how to relate these to capitalise on income.
• Working within retail or service industry with particular regard to customer service and contact, working in a team environment, basic administration, filing and simple analysis.
• Able to take responsibility for your own and team’s development and learning.
• Able to handle cash and reconcile accurately.
• Able to initiate, develop and accept new ideas to generate income within short time frame.

Further Information

Store Location: 21-26 Scotch Street, Armagh, Northern Ireland, BT61 7BY. Hours: 7 Per Week (Permanent). As part of Barnardo's ongoing commitment to safeguarding, our retail recruitment process requires that successful candidates are asked to consent to a Basic criminal records check. Interview Date: Where an interview date has been given in the advert, this will be the only date available. Please check this before proceeding with your application. Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible The Retail section consists of more than 700 Barnardo's shops across the UK. These high-street stores are reliant on donations from the public and corporate supporters and generate funds from the sale of these donated items. There are a wide range of shops, from traditional charity stores to book shops and furniture. The Trading division produces and sells a range of products, including cards and gifts. About Barnardos: At Barnardo's we believe in children no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them.