Seasonal Retail Sales Assistant
4‑hour contract. Fixed‑term contract ending 31st December 2025. Potential for permanent role after the festive period.
Why The Works?
🏆 10th Best Big Company to Work For 2024.
Our Perks Are "The Works"
* 🎅 25% Colleague Discount!
* 🎄 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.
* ⛄ Stream – Stream 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, who provide an Employee Assistance Programme from Emotional Support to Financial Health and Physical Wellbeing.
Seasonal Sales Assistant
As a Seasonal Sales Assistant, you’ll join our merry crew and help make this holiday season the best one yet! Supporting our busy peak period leading up to the holiday, you will be the heart of our retail store, welcoming customers with a friendly smile and inspiring them to read, learn, create, or play! We have lots of deliveries and seasonal stock to manage. The role can be physically demanding and hard work – you’ll need to be physically comfortable managing stairs and heavy stock, but our supportive team of crafty, caring, and can‑do colleagues will be there to lend a helping hand!
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. Our environment is always moving and full of energy, yet we still make space to share must‑watch TV recommendations, and our favourite page‑turners. We are one team – you won’t find anyone too proud to roll up their sleeves here, with all hands‑on‑deck to inspire our customers and support each other.
Your Festive Mission
* Excite and Delight – Spread joy with your friendly service and inspire customers to read, learn, create, or play with our magical products!
* Loyalty Ambassador – Jingle all the way as you help customers craft a Christmas well spent and know they can get more bang for their money at The Works – they’ll thank you with bells on!
* Merchandising Marvel – Unwrap your creative flair by following our planograms for key product areas. Let your creativity dance in non‑planogrammed spaces to catch the eye!
* Deliveries – Manage heavy deliveries, price & label products, sort items onto shop floor displays, and keep the stockroom snug as a Christmas stocking!
* Have fun! Be your best, authentic elf‑self and embrace the opportunity to connect with our brand, colleagues, and customers. Have a jolly good time making the store a twinkling wonderland to visit and work!
Skills / Behaviours
* Genuine and authentic – Your positivity, creativity, and passion for our brand and products shine through.
* Resilient champion – You can handle the fast‑paced retail environment, juggling busy days, heavy deliveries, and customers with ease.
* Stock magician – You tackle the puzzle of sorting, pricing, and merchandising deliveries efficiently.
Our Purpose – To inspire reading, learning, creativity and play.
Our Values
We are Crafty – Smart with what we’ve got.
We are Caring – Heart in every action.
We are Can‑do – Energy that gets it done.
Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Applying Reasonable Adjustments. At The Works, we are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. Our roles are open to all, including under‑represented groups such as ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, carers & members of the LGBTQ+ community. We are open to discussions around working hours and flexible working. If you need reasonable adjustments for an interview you might attend with us, let us know in your application and we’ll be happy to 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.
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