Volunteer Charity Shop Assistant - Burnham & Chesham shops

Joining our friendly and dedicated team, you would work with the shop manager and 1-2 other volunteers to help raise vital funds for animal welfare.

In this role you will:

• Support a worthwhile cause and help improve animal welfare.
• Enjoy a fun and fulfilling role at the heart of the local community.
• Experience training and development opportunities, including induction and ongoing support.
• Learn excellent new skills to add to your CV, such as customer service, multi-tasking, merchandising, and many more.
• Meet new people whilst volunteering in a fun environment.
• Access to the RSPCA Learning Hub with a wide range of training materials.
• Reimbursed for reasonable costs.

Your role:

• Helping customers in the shop find what they need.
• Accepting donations of items and money from the public.
• Processing sales through the till and card machine, including Gift Aid.
• Sorting through donated items to determine what we can sell.
• Preparing donated items for sale by steaming and hanging items.
• Merchandising stock on the shop floor.
• Creating attractive shop window displays.

We are looking for:

• Friendly volunteers who are confident talking to people.
• Retail experience would be ideal but is not necessary as full training will be given.
• We would ideally like someone who is flexible and can offer an ongoing commitment of 8 hours or more per week.
• Good communication and numeracy skills.
• You will need to be aged 16 or over.

Our voluntary roles are subject to:

• An informal interview and trial period.
• Submission of two referees’ contact details.
• Completion of relevant training and assessments for the role, including a simple online Health and Safety course