PRESTON Recycling Centre Shop Supporters’ required

PRESTON Recycling Centre Shop Supporters’ required

Would you like to volunteer with us in our recycling shop in Preston?

This is a customer facing opportunity  so we’re looking for volunteers who have excellent communication skills to help support in our shop where our volunteering team help sort, process, and sell items saved from the waste stream.

If you’re able to recognise that one person’s unwanted clutter is another person’s treasure, you can help make a big difference in decreasing the amount of items that end up in landfill.

What’s in it for you

• Making friends
• Supporting a worthwhile cause at the heart of your community
• Learning and developing new skills (retail, customer service and communication skills)
• Building confidence
• Volunteering as part of a team
• Enhancing your CV and gaining experience in retail operations
• A full induction when you start

If you have any other skills and experiences that you feel may be beneficial to our Reuse Shop, please get in touch!

Tasks:

• Greeting customers
• Checking all items donated by customers or segregated by the Household Waste Recycling Centre staff for potential Reuse
• Assisting with the preparation and processing of reusable items for sale
• Using creative and practical skills to maximise sales of stock through displays, repairs, testing and upcycling
• Assisting with sales and contributing to a welcoming and productive retail environment
• Promoting the shop and all the benefits of the Reuse shop to customers

Required Qualities:

• Self-motivated and a positive, can do attitude
• Able to listen and take instruction
• be a team player
• To be relatively fit and active
• Practical and creative skills are welcome but not essential