Retail Assistant

Retail Assistant Lifeline

• Employment Term: Casual

• Location: Capalaba

• Remuneration: $ 32.07 per hour Super NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

Make a meaningful difference with Lifeline

Lifeline Queensland is part of a national network bringing hope to Australians doing it tough. Around 750 lives are lost to suicide every year in Queensland. Through our state-wide footprint of crisis support training and retail services and the compassionate offer of support we can save lives.

As a Retail Assistant youll be encouraged to grow develop and feel empowered contributing to the meaningful work of Queenslands leading charity retail brand. Everyday our 120 stores across Queensland sell donated goods giving pre-loved items a second life and bringing in profit to support our Crisis Support Line and suicide prevention services.

Lets make a meaningful difference together.

Your part in our Lifeline team

Along with your passion for your local community and providing great customer service in a retail environment you will:

• Ensure product merchandising and store presentation are of a high standard

• Complete inventory management and stocktaking

• Assist Customers with enquiries and sales

What makes a difference for us

To be successful for this role you will need to be/have:

• Passion for retail and a genuine desire to enjoy a fast paced ever-changing environment

• Passion for your local community and building relationships to understand local needs

• The ability to recognise potential and promote store growth

• Be self-motivated and show initiative

• Have a positive attitude and good personal presentation

• Be able to provide first class customer service

• Be able to work independently as well as within a team

• Be available to work multiple shifts Monday - Sunday

What makes a difference for you

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15900) and meal entertainment (up to $2650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: SalaryPackagingExplained

• A recognition and rewards platform providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers including everyday expenses holidays health insurance annual awards celebration wellbeing and employee assistance programs

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave available after 6 months service in addition to the government scheme

• Diversity and inclusive leave offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year Diwali Ramadan NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

• Career development opportunitiesto challenge yourself grow and make a meaningful difference

• A positive and inclusive team based on respect shared standards strong values and a commitment to serving others

Wed love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS team youll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer were a proud not-for-profit with more than 16500 staff and 9000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare Lifeline ARRCS The Wesley Hospital Buderim Private Hospital St Stephens Hospital and St Andrews War Memorial Hospital and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming safe and nurturing services for children

• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare diversity is at the core of our who we are our mission and our are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex race culture sexual orientation disability or gender our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children young people and the elderly safe from harm within our services workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.