Fixed Term Contract
Ending on 31st December 2025. There is potential for seasonal colleagues to become permanent after the initial festive contract.
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. So with your passion, and our products, you will help ignite the spark within people, allowing them to unleash their creativity, find new passions, hobbies, or rekindle fond memories. The unseen possibilities are limitless, and it all starts with you.
Perks
* 25% Colleague Discount - Helping you save money for those presents!
* My Works - Exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utility deals, tech and more!
* Can-Do Academy - Take control of your development with instant access to courses and training in areas that interest you.
* Wage/Paystream - Stream early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them – for when life happens!
* 24/7 support for you and your family - Through our partnership with Retail Trust Charity, who provide an Employee Assistance Programme from Emotional Support to Financial Health and Physical Wellbeing.
Seasonal Role
Become a Seasonal Retail Sales Assistant. You’ll join our merry crew and help make this holiday season the best one yet. You’ll support our busy peak period, welcoming customers with a friendly smile and inspiring them to read, learn, create, or play. The role involves managing deliveries and seasonal stock; it can be physically demanding and involves stairs and heavy stock. Our team will be there to lend a hand. Joining during this period is a great way to benefit from the 25% colleague discount.
Your Festive Mission
* Excite and Delight: Spread joy with friendly service and inspire customers to read, learn, create, or play with our products.
* Loyalty Ambassador: Help customers craft a Christmas well spent and show they can get more value at The Works.
* Merchandising Marvel: Follow planograms for key product areas and be creative in non-planogrammed spaces.
* Deliveries: Manage heavy deliveries, price and label products, sort items onto shop floor displays, keep the stockroom organized.
* Have fun: Be authentic and connect with our brand, colleagues, and customers.
Skills/Behaviours
* Genuine and authentic: Positivity, creativity, and passion for our brand; communicating with customers and providing helpful recommendations.
* Resilient champion: Thrive in a fast-paced retail environment; handle busy days, heavy deliveries, and customers with ease.
* Stock magician: Sort, price, and merchandise deliveries; manage stock with confidence.
Our Values
To inspire reading, learning, creativity and play - making lives more fulfilled.
We are Crafty | Caring | Can-do
Diversity & Inclusion
Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Applying Reasonable Adjustments. We are proud of an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves. Roles are open to all, including under-represented groups. We support flexible working and reasonable adjustments for interviews on request.
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