Retail Assistant

Retail Assistant | Lifeline- Employment Term: Casual- Location: Carseldine Lifeline Store- Remuneration: $32.07 p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay) + commission program for high performers

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, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered, contributing to the meaningful work of Queensland’s 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.

Let’s 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 & store presentation is of a high standard- Complete inventory management & 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 weekends

What makes a difference for you?
- At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our Family and Child Services team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives._- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance- Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum- 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- A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others- Eligible employees are entitled to 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme; for eligible employees.- 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 opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Our Family and Disability Services team are passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills, resilience and capability to effectively parent and meet their children’s developmental, educational, health and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.
- Child safe, Child friendly_
- UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:_- provide welcoming, safe & 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 is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating 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._