Shop Assistant

• Location: Cairns

• Employment Term: Casual 

• Remuneration: $32.07 per hour + 11.5% super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging

Make a meaningful difference with Lifeline

We are currently seeking a casual Shop Assistant to join our Cairns Lifeline Team.

Along with your passion for retail and providing great customer service you'll:

• Assist Customers with enquiries

• Achieve sales targets 

• Ensure product merchandising & store presentation is of a high standard

• Complete inventory management & stocktaking

To be successful for this role you will need to be/have:

• Availability to work shifts Monday - Saturday

• Previous retail experience preferably in furniture, bedding and homewares

• Passion for retail and a genuine desire to enjoy a fast paced, ever-changing environment

• 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

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.