Donated Stock Support Volunteer

About the Donated Stock Team

The Donated Stock Team is responsible for driving stock donations across the whole of retail and stimulating partnerships that will lead to stock donations. We also work on for brand awareness through social media to encourage more people to donate stock.

The team is incredibly passionate about the work they do and are proud of their achievements, including increasing stock donations by +50% year-to-date and winning the Sense Team Award for Professional excellence. This role provides our team the support to help raise income through our shops with a focus on helping us coordinate our stock and by providing administrative support.

Key duties

· Answering queries from the Sense shops.

· Supporting with Donated Stock campaigns.

· Carry out activities to promote stock generation.

· Data administration tasks.

· Promote volunteering and fundraising opportunities within local communities.

Skills & qualities

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

· Passionate about Sense’s mission and the positive impact recycling and reusing pre-loved clothing can have on our world.

· Able to engage with people from all backgrounds.

· Able to create and maintain and accurate records.

· Self-motivated and supportive of other team members.

· Organised and able to prioritise effectively.

· Creative, able to innovate to find new ways to generate stock.

· Good level of IT literacy.

· Experience of working/volunteering in a similar environment is helpful, but not essential.

What Sense offers

· A full induction with ongoing support and guidance from the Donated Stock team.

· The chance to be involved in a wide range of exciting activities and events.

· The opportunity to make an invaluable contribution to Sense and the people we support.

· A reference for other paid or voluntary work (available on request).

· A way to put your skills and experience to practice, helping reduce waste to landfill and helping Sense achieve our mission.

· Our site has free parking available to our volunteers.

Our values

Everything we do is underpinned by five core values. These values shape the way we work as we pursue our vision of a world where no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, is isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

· We include

· We collaborate

· We find a way

· We challenge

· We celebrate