Retail Assistants (Student)

The University of Nottingham Students Union

Student recruitment opportunity

The University of Nottingham Students’ Union are recruiting:

Retail Assistants (Student)

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for students at the University of Nottingham to join our student staff team within the Students’ Union retail outlets to work across our four stores:

• SPAR Portland (Portland Building, University Park)
• SPAR Jubilee (The Exchange, Jubilee Campus)
• Portland Clothing Co. (Portland Building, University Park)
• SUstainable (Portland Building, University Park)

This role is heavily customer service orientated. You will be expected to work to high standards and observe departmental procedures at all times.

The ideal candidates will have experience in a customer-facing role, preferably from a retail background. You will also be able to work as part of a large team within a fast-paced environment, be positive, reliable, well-motivated and able to deliver excellent customer service.

Full training will be given to the successful candidates.

How to apply

If you are a current student of the University of Nottingham or will be in September 2024 and wish to apply, please send your CV and supporting statement of no more than 1 A4 page demonstrating how you meet the criteria in the Person Specification section of the Job Description to Kristian Bennett, Retail Manager, via suretailoutlets@nottingham.ac.uk. Please include ‘Retail Assistant (Student)’ within the subject line of the email.

For a full job description and person specification please visit the Student’s Union website https://su.nottingham.ac.uk/about/work-for-us

Closing Date: Midnight Monday 6th May 2024

Interviews: w/c13th May 2024

Please note we will only be able to contact those candidates successful for interview. If you do not receive an email, we thank you for your interest but please consider that you have not been successfully shortlisted on this occasion.

Hourly rate: £10.90 plus holiday pay calculated at 12.07%

Our People Offer

When you come to work @UoNSU you bring your skills, experience, talent, commitment, and a desire to do a great job. Our Students’ Union prides itself on being inclusive, working collaboratively and empowering individuals to be the best they can. In return we want to be an employer where every member of the staff team feels valued, trusted, inspired, and able to grow and to have fun. We welcome people from different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs – this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. We value diversity, promote equity and challenge discrimination. We are on a journey to increase the diversity of our staff team and we would like to encourage applications from disabled, LGBT+ and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds to better reflect the diverse community we serve.