Stockroom Assistant

Stockroom Assistant
Scale 3 (£21,427 - £21,767 pro rata)
30 hours, Part-Time
Temporary (12 months)
Stockroom, Merseyway

Application Deadline: 29th November 2026, 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 2nd December 2026
Interview Date: 7th December 2026
Interview Type: Face to face, workshop style

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Your Role

Stockroom Assistants provide outstanding customer services to visitors to Stockroom, Stockport's creative and cultural space in the heart of our town centre. They are proactive in engaging with residents, offering a warm welcome and helping people find what they need. Stockroom Assistants support the running of events and activities and help and encourage visitors to get involved in the programme.

About You

You understand how to make people feel welcome and how to offer excellent customer service. You work in a positive and proactive way and are excited about what Stockroom offers residents of our borough. You have good interpersonal skills and can work as part of a team. You can work flexibly in a busy environment and are willing to learn and develop within the role.

About Us

Stockroom is Stockport's creative and cultural centre in the heart of our town centre. At Stockroom, visitors will find a town centre library, a children’s creative learning space, a café bar and Stockport’s historical archives. It’s a spot to work, research or just relax with a good book. We host a year-round programme of creative and cultural events, and we're welcome to anybody and everybody.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Kate Doyle on kate.doyle@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

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