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Play a Key Role Behind the Scenes: Become a Stock Processor Volunteer! Do you enjoy organising and have a passion for pets? As a Stock Processor Volunteer, you’ll be essential in supporting our shops and ensuring everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. Your efforts are crucial to our success, and we’d be thrilled to welcome you as a volunteer to see the difference you can make.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for sorting and preparing donations, ensuring each item is ready for sale in our shop. You'll keep our stockroom well-organised and efficient, making it easy to find and manage items.

We’re looking for someone with strong sorting skills to categorise and prepare donations, attention to detail to uphold high standards, and the ability to handle lifting and carrying items comfortably. A friendly and cooperative spirit is essential for working well with others and positively impacting our team environment.

Volunteering with us offers you a chance to support pet welfare by helping raise vital funds for their care. You’ll develop valuable skills in organisation and time management while being part of a dedicated team. Gain hands-on experience in retail operations and stock management and feel proud knowing your efforts contribute to a meaningful cause. Comprehensive training will be provided to ensure you succeed in your role.

If you’re excited about playing a key role behind the scenes and joining a passionate team, apply now to start your rewarding journey as a Stock Processor Volunteer and make a positive impact in our community!

Stock Processor Volunteer

Shop Manager

Shop

Enjoy organising and have a passion for pets? Become a Stock Processor Volunteer and play a vital role in supporting our shops. Your efforts behind the scenes are essential for our success. We’d love to welcome you as a volunteer and see the difference you could make.

• Sort Donations: Sort all donations for sale carefully selecting only the best pre-loved items to make it to the shop floor
• Prepare Donations: Make sure all our donated goods are clean and tidy, check everything is intact and works as it should
• Price Donations: Use our pricing system to ensure everything has a clear price ready to be sold
• Organise Stockroom: Keep our stockroom well-organised and efficient, making it easy to find and manage items

• Sorting skills, helping us by categorising and preparing donations so they’re ready for our shop
• Attention to detail, handling tasks carefully to help maintain high standards in our store
• Be comfortable with lifting and carrying items
• A friendly and cooperative spirit to support others and contribute to a great team environment

• Be a Hero for Pets, make a direct impact on the lives of pets in need
• Gain experience, volunteering is a real asset for your CV and could lead to a whole new career
• Join a Supportive Community and become part of a team dedicated to pet welfare
• Discover Personal Satisfaction, feel good about contributing to a cause you care about
• Support Sustainability, help reduce waste by giving donated items a new life
• Keep active, nobody who volunteers in a charity shop ever needs a gym membership!
• And we’ll pay your out-of-pocket expenses in line with our Volunteer Expenses Policy

This role can be flexible to suit your time commitments. We believe that every pet should enjoy a healthy life in a happy home, and we always seek to involve the best people who share our values and commitment so we can continue to help and support pet owners across the UK to achieve this. At Blue Cross, we want you to feel that you belong, without the need to hide any part of who you are. Diversity and inclusion at Blue Cross means creating an organisation where all people, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, nation or country of origin, disability, age, and socioeconomic backgrounds are welcomed, respected, supported, and have access to equal opportunities. We are working hard to reflect the world we live in and the communities we serve at every level of our organisation. As much as we have made positive advances, we consider diversity and inclusion to be a work in progress – a continual commitment that remains a priority for all of us. If you would like to talk to us about any accessibility needs that we can support with in terms of our volunteer recruitment processes, then please do get in touch. You can email volunteering@bluecross.org.uk and we can organise for the right team member to get in touch with you for a discussion.

138 High Street, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1DN, United Kingdom