Seasonal Temporary Selling Assistant

Seasonal Temporary Selling Assistant, Full Time

Job Type : Selling - Non Management

Region : East England

Location : Cambridge

Preferred Hours : Full Time

Partnership Level : 10

Closing Date : 28/10/2018

Vacancy Type : Short Term Temporary (13 weeks or less)

Salary : Up to £10.41. This is dependent on relevant skills and experience.

Salary Frequency : per hour

Hours of Work

Various hours of work across seven days to include early starts, late finishes, evenings and weekends. 

We request that you only apply for this position if you can fully commit to the advertised working hours, or we will be unable to proceed with your application.

There may be the opportunity to increase your hours, particularly in the weeks leading up to Christmas and your contracted hours may change to accommodate this.

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.

Duties & Responsibilities

Be part of the festive magic at John Lewis this season, assisting customers to purchase that special gift. We have been providing market beating Customer Service for the last 150 years, and we need you to continue the legacy. You'll be the face of John Lewis, acting as an ambassador for the brand, providing the level of customer service which makes us unrivalled in the marketplace.

Job Requirements

We need people to help us at our busiest time of the year. The festive season is fast paced and our Seasonal Selling Partners will need to bring a passion for selling, a desire to help customers, and an ability to deliver excellent customer service. Your day will be varied, from delivering service with a smile at the till to assisting customers with their online orders. You'll proactively engage with customers on the shop floor to help them find and fall in love with our products. Partners will need to have to have a flexible approach as there will be times when you will be supporting other areas of the branch to meet the business needs.
Permanent positions may become available.

Required essential experience skills and qualifications

This is a seasonal temporary position, the earliest start date you could be required in this role is 29/10/2018 with a potential end date of 19/01/2019. We could offer you a shorter contract within these dates.

Group assessments will take place on various dates from the 17/09/2018. You will need to be available for an assessment from this time. 

PLEASE NOTE, at the assessment you may be considered for other Seasonal Temporary roles at the branch, so you will not need to apply multiple times.

Required desirable experience skills and qualifications

You may have had previous experience in Retail as a Retail Assistant, Customer Assistant or Sales Assistant. But if not, don't worry, we've got all the tools, training and support of our friendly Partners to get you up to speed and delivering excellent service in no time at all.