Charity Retail Shop Assistant

Location: Leitrim

Salary range: €15.17 p/hr

Experience: 2 Years retail experience

Closing date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025

Description:

The Role: Charity Retail Shop Assistant Carrick On Shannon - Leimtrim

We are currently looking to recruit a Retail Shop Assistant to join our vibrant shop at Carrick on Shannon, Leitrim. This is a great opportunity to become part of an amazing team made up of volunteers and community scheme workers in support of the Shop manager.

This is an exciting time to work in Charity Retail, where we have a strong focus on contributing to a sustainable circular economy and helping people in need using donated preloved clothing, furniture and bric-a-brac.

We are looking for a self-starter, who is creative and has experience working in a customer facing environment, who will work closely with the Shop Manager to sort donations with a goal to optimise sales so we can better serve the community. The ideal candidate will have the ability to step up in the managers absence.

Should you be successful you will be part of a network of 11 shops in the Northwest region.

Candidate Requirements:

Education

• Ideally Leaving Certificate standard

Experience

• At least 2 years retail experience ideally some of which will have been gained in the community/voluntary sector.

Skills

• Experience of working in a customer facing environment, be motivated, have excellent customer care skills, be a confident communicator and have a passion for helping people.
• Excellent organisation skills
• A positive outlook with resilience and persistence in the face of barriers and setbacks
• An ability to display empathy, patience and a well developed sense of humour.
• A keen eye for visual merchandising and display
• Self motivated and take pride and satisfaction in your own work
• Outgoing and energetic and enjoy working on your own and as part of your wider team
• Excellent numerical skills
• Willingness to work in a flexible manner and provide cover for the shop manager when required.

Knowledge

• Commercially aware
• Knowledge of the Society and of its missions and values

SVP is a large, national, voluntary organisation with extensive experience of working with a diverse range of people who experience poverty and exclusion. Through its network of volunteers and 700 staff, it is strongly committed to working for social justice and advocates the creation of a more just and caring society. SVP employs people to support volunteers in a variety of settings including housing, community care, shops, administration, and other specialist areas.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for this position, please apply as soon as possible as the role may be closed in advance of the date shown above due to high volume of applications.

SVP is an Equal Opportunities Employer