Fixed Term Contract ending on 31 December 2025. There is often potential for seasonal colleagues to transfer to permanent roles after the initial festive contract.
Role
Seasonal Retail Sales Assistant
8 hour contract
Why The Works?
* 🏆 10th Best Big Company to Work For 2024 – Best Companies
* We don’t just sell products. We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play.
* You sell the paint that turns someone into an artist. You provide the book that unleashes an inner author. You supply the games that help bring families together. You give someone the puzzle book that reconnects them with a late family member’s memory.
* You never know who someone will become. With your passion and our products, you will help ignite the spark within people, enabling them to unleash creativity, find new passions or rekindle memories.
* The unseen possibilities are limitless, and it all starts with you.
Our Perks Are The Works
* 🎅 25% Colleague Discount – Helping you save on gifts
* 🎄 My Works – Exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utility deals, tech and more
* 🎁 Can-Do Academy – Instant access to courses and training in areas you’re interested in
* ⛄ Wage/Paystream – Early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them
* 💙 24/7 support for you and your family – Through our partnership with Retail Trust Charity, providing Employee Assistance from emotional support to financial health and wellbeing
Become a Seasonal Retail Sales Assistant
As a Seasonal Sales Assistant, you’ll join our merry crew and help make this holiday season the best one yet. You’ll support our peak period by welcoming customers and inspiring them to read, learn, create or play.
We have deliveries and seasonal stock to manage. The role can be physically demanding and involves heavy stock and stairs, but our supportive team will help you every step of the way. Joining during this period is a great way to enjoy the 25% colleague discount.
Our Culture
The Works is an awesome place to work. Our atmosphere is supportive, friendly and inclusive. A second home-from-home where you can be your best and authentic you. We are one team, with everyone ready to roll up their sleeves to inspire customers and support each other.
Your Festive Mission
* Excite and Delight: Deliver friendly service and inspire customers to read, learn, create or play with our products
* Loyalty Ambassador: Help customers plan a festive visit and show value at The Works
* Merchandising Marvel: Follow planograms for key product areas and bring creativity to non-planogrammed spaces
* Deliveries: Manage heavy deliveries, price and label products, and keep stockrooms tidy
* Have fun: Be authentic, enjoy the role, and help make the store a festive destination
Skills / Behaviours
* Genuine and authentic: Positive, creative, and passionate about our brand; enjoy helping customers
* Resilient champion: Thrive in a fast-paced retail environment; multitask effectively
* Stock magician: Sort, price and merchandise deliveries and manage stock
Remember, you’re not just a colleague – you’re a festive elf spreading cheer and making the season merry and bright.
Our Values
To inspire reading, learning, creativity and play – making lives more fulfilled
We are Crafty | We are Caring | We are Can-do
Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Applying Reasonable Adjustments. We are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels able to be themselves. Our roles are open to all, including under-represented groups such as ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, carers and members of the LGBTQ+ community. We are open to discussions around working hours and flexible working. Where possible, we’ll try to support this. If you need reasonable adjustments for an interview, let us know in your application and we’ll help.
We don’t just sell products. We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play. Because when people spend time doing what they love, it’s Time Well Spent. And with the right passion – It All Starts With You.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Part-time
Job function
* Sales and Business Development
* Retail
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