At a Glance
- Tasks: Help organise and display electrical items while ensuring safety and cleanliness.
- Company: Join the British Heart Foundation, a charity dedicated to lifesaving research.
- Benefits: Enjoy discounts, training opportunities, and support while making a difference.
- Other info: Flexible hours, friendly environment, and great for building your CV.
- Why this job: Make an impact in your community by supporting heart health research.
- Qualifications: Enthusiasm for electrical items and attention to detail required.
The predicted salary is between 22000 - 25000 £ per year.
Our charity funds around £100 million of research each year into all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. Heart diseases, stroke, vascular dementia, and diabetes are all connected, and they're all under our microscope. Our volunteers help us fund lifesaving science to improve the lives of families and loved ones living with heart and circulatory disease.
Volunteering with us is easy, flexible, and inclusive. If you can spare a few hours a week, or a couple of hours occasionally, we’d love you to join our volunteer team. Keen on electrical items? We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to organise and display our electrical items, talk to customers in our electrical department, and ensure electrical safety labelling is correct. Your effort will ensure customers can purchase clean, affordable, and safe electrical items from us, helping us to continue to fund lifesaving research. Full training is provided, and attention to detail is a key part of the role.
Just so you know, we are unable to accept volunteers aged under 17 or with unspent criminal convictions. Please note this is an unpaid voluntary position in a friendly charity shop.
Typical tasks include:
- Ensuring donated electrical items are always clean and looking their best ready for sale
- Replenishing the sales floor with tested electrical items from the warehouse
- Making sure all pricing and electrical safety labels are clearly visible
- Helping identify any unusual items for online selling
- Using your creativity with shop displays while adhering to display guidelines
- Engaging with customers on the shop floor, answering queries about electrical items
Volunteering with British Heart Foundation comes with plenty of benefits too:
- A 25% discount on donated goods and 10% discount on new goods in our shops
- Unlimited, free, and confidential support by Retail Trust
- Access to training and development
- Reasonable travel expenses reimbursed
- Refreshments available
- Volunteer certificates, references, and long service awards provided
- Access to discounts with other retailers
This role is available at various times on the following days: Wednesday, Saturday, Monday.
Electrical Department Volunteer (Homestore) in Ipswich employer: Camerontoll
The British Heart Foundation is an exceptional employer for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the community. As a volunteer in our Electrical Department, you will enjoy a supportive and inclusive work culture, with opportunities for personal growth through training and development. Our charity shop environment fosters creativity and engagement, while offering unique benefits such as discounts on goods and reimbursement of travel expenses, making your volunteering experience both rewarding and enjoyable.
