Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
Stores Assistant
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Job Title
Stores Assistant
Salary Range
SSA Sc6 - Sc4 £32,841-£38,637
Employment Type
Permanent, Full Time
Location
Wandsworth, Frogmore Depo
Objective of Role
To provide an efficient, reliable and customer-focused stores service that supports operational teams by ensuring materials, plant and equipment are available, correctly issued, accurately recorded and safely stored. The role contributes to effective service delivery across Richmond and Wandsworth by maintaining stock control, supporting purchasing and deliveries, keeping stores areas clean, secure and organised, and complying with health and safety requirements.
About The Role
The role is responsible for ensuring that highways and building materials, plant and equipment are available, safely stored, accurately issued and properly recorded to support operational teams across Richmond and Wandsworth.
The post holder will assist with receiving deliveries, loading and unloading vehicles, maintaining stock levels, updating stores systems, supporting purchasing activity and keeping the stores and depot areas clean, secure and well organised. The role requires a practical, flexible and customer-focused approach, with the ability to work safely, manage competing demands and contribute to an efficient and responsive service.
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Essential Qualifications, Skills And Experience
- Training: Willingness to undertake training for a counterbalance forklift truck and JCB/loading shovel licence.
- Experience: Experience of working in a stores, warehouse, depot, logistics, building materials, highways or similar operational environment.
- Literacy and Numeracy Skills: Basic literacy and numeracy skills sufficient to record stock, complete paperwork and use stores systems accurately.
- Conflicting Deadlines: The ability to work to deadlines and manage a carried daily workload.
- Health & Safety: Experience of working safely around vehicles, plant, machinery, materials or equipment.
- Stakeholder Relationships: Experience of dealing with suppliers, operatives, contractors or internal customers.
- Stock Taking: Experience receiving, checking, issuing and recording stock or materials.
Important Dates
- Closing Date: 4th September 2026
- Shortlisting Date: W/C 7th September 2026
- Interview Date: W/C 14th September 2026
We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Commitment to Equality and Diversity
Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.
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We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
Attached Documents
- Anonymised Application Guide for Candidates.pdf
- Job Profile
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