Trading Work Experience

St Catherine’s Hospice Ltd.; Crawley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A local charity organization is offering work experience placements for students aged 14-18 in Crawley. This customer-facing role within the Trading team encourages learning valuable skills in a busy charity shop environment. No prior experience is necessary; just bring a positive attitude! Responsibilities include greeting customers, restocking shelves, and learning about pricing. Placements are offered in June and July on a first-come, first-serve basis, providing students with the chance to gain essential retail experience.

Qualifications

• Positive attitude and willingness to learn.
• No prior experience required.
• Passion for customer service.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers in the shop.
• Restock shelves and organize displays.
• Learn about appropriate pricing.

Job description

Are youa friendly, customer focused, team player that is wanting to learn, adapt and get stuck in! This is a hands on experience, to join our Trading team, assisting in one of our diverse Charity Shops in your local area.

If you have a passion for customer service, enjoy varied responsibilities, organisation or you would like to gain experience in working in a shop, then this placement could be for you!

You do not need prior experience, just a positive attitude and willingness to learn!

Why the Trading Team?

This is an exciting opportunity to work in one of 13 Charity shops across Surreyand Sussex. Learning valuable customer service skills and understanding the different responsibilities required to operate and run a successful shop.

You will work alongside our small but busy Trading team, made up of staff and volunteers, learning all the aspects of running a smooth service.

Our various shop locations:

• Hassocks - Haywards Heath
• Horley - Horsham
• Oxted - Redhill - Reigate

Whether you have an eye for shop design, enjoy sorting through various donations, or stocking shelves, this customer facing role will offer you a vast experience.

Key Tasks:

• Greeting customers
• Restock shelves and organise displays
• Learn about appropriate pricing

Additional Information:

This placement is aimed at students aged 14-18 in full/part-time education looking to gain experience in a fast paced People Team.

Please attach a covering letter as to why you are interested in work experience at St Catherine's Hospice, within the Trading Team, as well as answering the pre application questions.

Please specify the dates you would like to attend work experience, please note we can only accommodate placements in June and July.

Our placements will be arranged on a first come first serve basis, therefore this advertisement may close at any time.

You will be based at one of our various St Catherine's Hospice shops.

If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this further, please give us a call on 01293 447353.