Job Description

Job Overview

We are looking for new Accessories volunteers to join our team at Oxfam Darlington!

Our Accessories department sells quality donated and new hats, bags, shoes, scarves and all other types of fashion accessories, for men, women and children, and we need new volunteers to help us with this very popular department!

The volunteer will work as part of a team to ensure that we are selling good quality items for the right price, and keeping our second best performing category at the top of it's game!

This voluntary role involves:

- Identifying any valuable, premium or designer branded accessories for research;

- Quality checking each item and cleaning where necessary;

- Pricing items within the shop pricing guidelines;

- Merchandising and displaying stock on the shop floor;

- Culling unsold items after a suitable length of time.

The ideal candidate will:

- Have an interest in homewares and collectables;

- Demonstrate a willingness to learn;

- Be reliable and able to work as part of a team;

- Have the ability to work within agreed shop guidelines;

- Have or be willing to learn basic IT skills in order to do online research;

- Be available to work a minimum of one, preferably two 4 hour shifts per week.

We can offer our volunteers valuable work experience in a retail environment, and the opportunity to directly contribute to Oxfam's mission to achieve a just world without poverty. We can provide references for our team, and we can provide travel costs in accordance with our expenses policy.

Job Type: Volunteer

Benefits:

Casual dress Free or subsidised travel
Work Location: In person