AddressHours: 24 per week
Contract Type: Fixed term – 01/05/2024 - 31/10/2024
Service Area: Sustainable Communities
Department: Heritage Services
We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Retail Team as a Sales Assistant, at the prestigious Roman Baths in Bath. We are looking for enthusiastic and experienced Sales Assistants, with a passion for delivering outstanding customer service and encouraging sales in a fast passed and truly unique environment.
You will be working in a dynamic and busy environment with a wide range of merchandise. Duties include providing excellent customer sales service by employing active selling techniques, tidying and stock replenishment.
Applicants must have a very friendly manner and excellent customer care. A high standard of personal presentation with strong communication and active-selling skills. Experience of operating tills is essential; you will be expected to be familiar with processing cash and credit card sales. Experience of working in a busy customer-facing role would be helpful as would an interest in history. Some carrying of stock is required, candidates should be aware that an element of manual handling is a part of the role.
Full training and a uniform will be provided.
Benefits include:
- EPOS till training
- Site related training
- Staff discount
See our website for the film “24 hours in Heritage Services” www.romanbaths.co.uk/job-opportunities
Interested to find out more?
If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Christopher Simmonds, Retail Floor Manager, 01225394383, Christopher_Simmonds@BATHNES.GOV.UK
To apply
Please use the online application facility.
For further information on applying please see “Application Form Help” page on the Jobs website.
Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be Bold, Empowered, Supportive and Transparent.
Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.
We are unable to sponsor candidates for this role under the Home Office Tier 2 points-based system (skilled worker route), therefore you must be able to obtain and provide your own right to work in the UK’. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable. Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to bring your right to work documents with you to your interview so they can be copied and verified at that stage.
As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.
Closing Date: 05/04/2024 at Midday
Interview Date: Week Commencing 15/04/2024
Safeguarding Statement:
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.
Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.
