Weekend Sales Assistant, Margate Discount Store

Do you want to develop your sales skills, and be part of a friendly team that make money for a worthwhile cause?

Pilgrims Hospices is looking for a Retail Sales Assistant to join the team in our Margate Discount Store on the weekend, helping to support our retail managers, staff and volunteers with their day-to-day duties. 

About us

As an award-winning employer, Pilgrims provides end-of-life care services to patients and their families across east Kent.

Our commitment is to provide open, compassionate care and expertise for patients and their families – both in the community and in-patient units.

The Role

As the Retail Sales Assistant you will assist the retail operations and ensure that they are a successful source of income generation whilst maintaining a good rapport with the wider retail team. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Meeting agreed financial targets.
• Ensuring highest standards of merchandising on the shop floor.
• Receive, sort, prepare, price and maintain stock of donations for sale both in store & online.
• Follow Pilgrims Hospices policies for the control, reconciliation and banking of daily takings and monthly returns to the finance department, ensuring security of data.
• Provide a courteous and helpful service to the public.

The post holder must ensure that services are provided to a high standard. For a more extensive list of responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description document.

About You

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Experience working in a target-driven retail environment.
• Entrepreneurial and commercial mind.
• A good standard of Numeracy and English
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, personable and able to relate to volunteers
• A flexible and positive attitude
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, personable and able to relate to volunteers

Working Arrangements

This is a part-time role (7 hrs per week) and is based at Pilgrims Hospices’ Margate Discount Store. Working days will be Saturday or Sunday, allocated via a monthly rota, although you should be flexible.

Other benefits

As an Employer of Choice, our commitment to supporting our employees and volunteers is a key priority.

Our Health and Wellbeing Strategy is an important step in ensuring the sustainability of our workforce, and clearly outlines our strategic intentions to improve employee capability, resilience, and engagement, to adapt to and embrace change as the health sector continues to develop.

Our hospices offer:

• Modern, friendly and highly professional working environments
• Opportunities for professional development through a range of extensive learning
• Alignment with NHS pay rates and continuity in membership of the NHS pension scheme
• A sense of achievement in supporting a worthwhile cause
• A sense of wellbeing
• A good work-life balance
• Locations across well-populated areas of east Kent – all providing very good road and rail links
• NHS and financial discounts i.e. Blue Light Card
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Free hospice parking

We invest in our employees, which is one of the key things that makes us an award-winning employer of choice.

Location: Margate Discount Store

Status: Permanent, Part Time (7 hours p/w)

Salary: £4,175 per annum (£20,877 pro-rata)

Closing date: 20/10/2024