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Shop Assistant - Castlebar (Permanent Part Time 20 hours per week - five over six - flexible)

Location: Castlebar, Co. Mayo

Salary range: €15.17 p/hr

Experience: 2 Years retail experience

Closing date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025

Description:

The Role: Shop Assistant Castlebar Co Mayo

We have a great opportunity for a Permanent Part Time Shop Assistant, 20 hours per week, five days over six, who is flexible, to support and work alongside our Shop Manager, volunteers and scheme workers.  This is a great opportunity for a team player, who is creative and passionate about customer service.

St Vincent De Paul retail stores stock a variety of preloved donated items which can include furniture, clothing and bric-a-brac.  We have a centrally located Order fulfilment Centre, which acts as a distribution centre for the shops in the West.

This role is part of a network of shops in SVP Retail Division in the West region.   if you think this might be you and you would like to work with an organisation that makes a difference, please apply. 

Candidate Requirements:

Education

• ​Job holder should ideally be educated to leaving certificate standard
  Experience
• At least 2 years retail experience ideally some of which will have been gained in the community / voluntary sector.

Skills

• ​Experience of working in a customer facing environment, be motivated, have excellent customer care skills, be a confident communicator and have a passion for helping people.
• Excellent organisation skills
• A positive outlook with resilience and persistence in the face of barriers and setbacks.
• An ability to display empathy, patience and a well-developed sense of humour.
• A keen eye for visual merchandising and display Self-motivated and take pride and satisfaction in your own work
• Outgoing and energetic and enjoy working on your own and as part of your wider team
• Excellent numerical skills
• Willingness to work in a flexible manner and provide cover for the Shop Manager when required
  Knowledge
• Knowledge of the Society and of its mission and values.
• Commercially aware
  

SVP is a large, national, voluntary organisation with extensive experience of working with a diverse range of people who experience poverty and exclusion. Through its network volunteers and 700 staff, it is strongly committed to working for social justice and advocates the creation of a more just and caring society. SVP employs people to support volunteers in a variety of settings including housing, community care, shops, administration, and other specialist areas.

Full job description for this role and list of associated benefits can be found here: Job Description - Shop Assistant - Castlebar 2025.pdf

​If you meet these requirements and have the desire to join one of Ireland’s best known, trusted, and respected not-for-profit organisations please click 'Apply for this job'.

​PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for this ​position, please apply as soon as possible as the role may be closed in advance of the date shown above due to high volume of applications.

​SVP is an Equal Opportunities Employer