Retail Stockroom Assistant

Do enjoy working with interesting merchandise? Do like going that extra mile and have a good eye for detail?

The Science Museum Group is here to inspire futures. We aim to grow visitors ‘science capital’ and engagement with Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. As part of this group, the Science and Industry Museum Retail Team continues the audience journey by providing a seamless experience into one of its varied retail outlets.
Currently we are hosting a range of exciting, engaging exhibitions such as Power Up (the ultimate hands-on, interactive gaming experience) and Turn It Up (Our new major exhibition exploring the science of music's mysterious hold over us) – all which offer some amazing products in our Retail Shop for our visitors to take a little part of the Museum home with them!
About the role
We are looking for part time, Stockroom Assistant to join us for 30 hours per week, working 1 in 2 weekends, on a 2 year fixed term contract. You will help us manage stock ranging from science kits to robotics and gaming merch.

You will help maximise sales through actively replenishing our shops across the museum, highlighting gaps and stock issues and working with the shop floor team to deliver great customer service and housekeeping
You will also assist with deliveries, and processing and organising the stockroom. Given the support you will provide in the Stockroom, there will be a physical element to the role such as working with ladders, and moving, lifting and offloading boxes.

With a keen eye for detail and organisation, you can work with and learn new computer systems and databases.

You have good time management, with the ability to prioritise your work. You enjoy building good relationships and contributing as a part of a team, as well as the ability to conducts tasks with little supervision.

Our Retail Team is committed to developing and investing in your career, we regularly promote within and find that colleagues get the most from their time at the Museum when they are the most engaged versions of themselves. The ability to contribute to a team and show initiative in your own work will help you in this role.

Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group. We understand that work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we offer the perks listed below, as well as support for things that happen in life such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.

Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group’s five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to develop a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to Inspire Futures.