Retail Assistant

Retail Assistant
Erdington, Birmingham B23
Part-time 25 hours per week
Tuesday to Saturday
Starting salary GBP12.00 per hour

If you love to work with people, have a sunny disposition and generally enjoy life we may be looking for you!

Who are you?

The perfect person is someone with a flexible, relaxed and warm attitude towards work and people! You are reliable, confident, motivate yourself and you enjoy encouraging those around you. You have previous experience as a Retail Assistant, enjoy face-to-face customer service, and want something a bit more challenging than simply ringing things through the till.

You are a practical and capable person; hands-on, creative and have an eye for detail.

You communicate well and clearly.

Skills wise you have worked as a Retail Assistant, or in a customer service role previously. Possibly in a jewellery trade, or buy-back store, and can confidently handle and count cash, use computers and are comfortable negotiating.

You relish a challenge and don t mind multitasking. You can follow a process but think on your feet when you need to.

You are happy cleaning & pricing stock and building displays.

What will you have to do as a Retail Assistant?

You will have to work 25 hours per week between Tuesday to Saturday, 9:00 till 17:30. We are closed on Mondays. You will work most Saturdays.

Rota days are worked out every 3 months.

There are weeks in the year where you will be needed to work full time Tuesday to Saturday to cover holidays although we will consider part-time (3 days per week) for somebody with extensive experience and a mature attitude.

You will negotiate prices, buy, research, test, clean, merchandise, serve, tidy, sell, hit targets, make friends, make tea, laugh, pay attention and be open to learning.

You are competent using social media platforms and are happy selling online & dealing with online queries.

What will you get in return?

• You will get a permanent, secure job, in a lovely place with interesting, nice people.
• 28 Days holiday every year.
• Our time and effort in teaching you all we know about pretty much everything, from testing gold to testing computers, customer service, sales and negotiating.
• Money: GBP12 per hour to start; plus pension contributions.

Apply now to avoid disappointment.