Job Description

The Volunteer roles:

Book Specialist

Do you enjoy music, film and games? Have you heard of The Sims, The Flintstones or the Rolling Stones? Do you know what these are? If you do, we need your help. We are looking for knowledgeable people to support our team and help sort, price, research and display our donations of games, DVDs and music.

Sort Room Assistant

Are you an organised person who likes things to be neat and tidy? Would you enjoy shifting through our donations to uncover hidden gems and sorting into different categories? Whether you\xe2\x80\x99re a lover of vintage clothing, stunning jewellery or enjoy reading and gaming, this is the role for you.

Sales Assistant

Are you an enthusiastic outgoing individual? Do you like chatting to people? If this is you, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our team. Our Volunteer Sales Assistants are welcoming and helpful with a can-do attitude, making customers feel welcome and supported to find the things they\xe2\x80\x99re looking for, as well as assisting them to purchase their items at the cash desk. They also keep the sales floor looking inspiring and support donors with their donations.

Social Media Specialist

Are you interested in social media? Do you use outlets such as twitter, Facebook, Snapchat etc ?

If so, we would love your support and expertise to change the world with us by reinventing charity for our generation and come join our team of passionate world changing visionaries! You could be creating a shop profile and pages on linked in , YouTube , Facebook, twitter, etc. \xe2\x80\x93 writing and posting blogs, tweets, updates and much, much more.

Fundraiser/Recruiter

Are you looking to get involved in your local community? Or are you interested in supporting your local shop at a garden fete or Recruitment event? Have you thought about volunteering just as a one off? Then this could be the role for you. We are looking for volunteers to call on just as and when we may need some extra support at a fundraising event or recruitment drive.

Accessories Specialist

Do you love your accessories? Are you always looking for that perfect piece of jewellery or the matching bag and shoes or changing the look of an outfit by adding a scarf? Would you enjoy creating exciting eye-catching displays in shop windows? If so, we would love your expertise and support in our shops to select price and display our lovely selection of accessories.

Bric a Brac Specialist

Are you interested in unusual items and antiques? Do you enjoy creating eye catching displays? If this sounds interesting to you pop along and support our team and help us to select, price and create displays of our wonderful and unusual donated items.

Stock Generator

Are you a confident chatty person that likes getting out and about in your local community? Do you have a friendly telephone manner and enjoy building relations?

Would you like to raise awareness of our local shop stock requirements with local businesses and organisations; contacting them for surplus stock, building a data base of donors , arranging collections and sending out thank you cards. If so, we would love your help.

Driver

Do you own your own car and like getting out and about in the local community?

We need volunteers to collect bags of donations from customers\xe2\x80\x99 homes and deliver back to the shop. You may also be asked to move stock from shop to shop or even take unsellable goods to the local tip.

Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd is the trading arm of The Salvation Army in the UK and Republic of Ireland. We were established in 1991 to help fund The Salvation Army\xe2\x80\x99s vital work with vulnerable people in the UK, and today we raise money and encourage reuse and recycling through over 240 charity shops and donation centres, and a nationwide network of around 8,000 clothing banks.

We are at the forefront of textile reuse and recycling, and we work closely with our key partners, including some of the biggest retail and online brands. Our work extends to different markets through other divisions, supporting our parent church and charity and music interests in the UK and internationally. With the support of the British public, we have raised over \xc2\xa380 million over the past 10 years to help the work of The Salvation Army.

Our core purpose is \xe2\x80\x98enabling mission and providing resource to help the work of The Salvation Army\xe2\x80\x99 which we do following our values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Equality.

Registered Company no. 2605817

The Salvation Army registered charity 214779 and in Scotland no. SC009359

Salvation Army Trading Company