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WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT – WARRINGTON

£11.44 per hour (£22,308 per annum)

Contract: 12 month FIxed Term Contract

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week, working 7.5 hours per day between hours 8am and 8pm; which could include some weekend working as agreed.

Location: Taylor Business Park, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 6BL

Closing date: 28 May 2024 23:55– This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk as soon as possible.

Recruitment process: Face to Face interview at Warrington RDC Taylor Business Park, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 6BL – this will be a competency based interview + a tour of the warehouse and follow up questions.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.

Cancer Research UK opened our first ever 12,000 sq. ft. Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Warrington in May 2023. This could be your opportunity to work in your local area for one of UK’s most trusted brands with all the benefits that brings. This includes 25 days holiday year + Public Holidays, paid sick leave and opportunities for career progression across the whole organisation

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We’re looking for a proactive Warehouse Assistant to work together to support our shops and stores, drivers. You may have worked as a Warehouse Operative before, or worked in a fast paced Retail Assistant role. You will ensure all work, processing and fulfilment is executed effectively and efficiently. You will support circa. 80 shops and superstores with appropriate end of line and donated items by sorting textile and non textile inbound stock into specific categories and dispatching to shops and superstores as scheduled.

What will I be doing?

• Manually sort, categorise, ticket and process donated and End of Line new stock to meet shops ongoing requirement

• Assist in maintaining stock levels for supply and inform RDC Supervisor of stock availability.

• Prepare customer orders for dispatch – this includes lifting and moving stock of different weight and sizes where appropriate

• Picking, packing, and sorting sold items with the dispatch department

• Working to daily dispatch targets

• Dealing with the deliveries of stock from our retail drivers and dispatching stock from the RDC back to our retail drivers.

• Maintain safe and effective standards of storage and stock movement in the processing area.

• Minimise stock loss through accurate selection of stock for the appropriate shop where we will maximise the value of the item and monitoring of waste items

• Ensure all Health & Safety policies are adhered to.

What skills are we looking for?

• A background within warehousing & logistics is desirable, but not essential, preferably within a retail or a fast-paced commercial environment.

• Ability to work under pressure with accuracy

• Ability to build collaborative and effective relationships with internal teams

• Proven ability to work on own initiative and assess priorities

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a team

• Able and willing to go above and beyond this position description to ensure success, with flexibility and willingness to perform other tasks as needed

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies, and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively. There are also a few application questions we would like you to answer.

For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us at recruitment@cancer.org.uk .

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Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 0 20 3469 8400 as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.