Seasonal Retail Sales Assistant
Fixed Term Contract – ending 31st December 2025. 4‑hour workdays during the peak holiday period.
Opportunity to transition into a permanent role once the festive contract concludes.
Why The Works?
🏆 Ranked 10th Best Big Company to Work For 2024 – ‘Best Companies’.
We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play. Whether you sell paint that turns someone into an artist, a book that unleashes an inner author, or a game that brings families together, you help ignite the spark within people, allowing them to unleash new passions or rekindle fond memories.
Our Perks Are 'The Works'
* 🎅 25 % Colleague Discount
* 🎄 My Works – exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utilities, tech and more
* 🎁 Can‑Do Academy – instant access to courses and training
* ⛄ Stream – early access to 50 % of your wages as you earn them
* 💙 24/7 support from Retail Trust Charity (emotional, financial and physical wellbeing)
About the Role
As a Seasonal Sales Assistant, you will be the heart of our retail store, welcoming customers with a friendly smile and inspiring them to read, learn, create or play. The role is physically demanding; you will manage stairs, heavy stock, deliveries and merchandising, while supporting a team of caring, can‑do colleagues.
Your Festive Mission
* Excite and Delight – spread joy with friendly service and inspire customers to explore our magical products.
* Loyalty Ambassador – help customers create a well‑spent Christmas and show them how they can get more value at The Works.
* Merchandising Marvel – follow planograms for key product areas and use your creativity in non‑planogram‑mandated spaces to attract attention.
* Deliveries – manage heavy deliveries, price & label products, sort items onto shop‑floor displays and keep the stockroom orderly.
* Have fun – be your authentic elf‑self, connect with colleagues and customers, and make the store a twinkling wonderland to visit.
Skills & Behaviours
* Genuine and authentic – positivity, creativity and passion for our brand shine through.
* Resilient champion – handle a fast‑paced retail environment, juggling busy days, heavy deliveries and customers with ease.
* Stock magician – sort, price, merchandise deliveries efficiently.
Our Values
To inspire reading, learning, creativity and play – making lives more fulfilled.
Diversity & Inclusion
We promote diversity, inclusion and provide reasonable adjustments. The Works welcomes all – including ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, carers and LGBTQ+ community members. We support flexible working and reasonable adjustments for interviews.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels able to be themselves. All roles are open to all, and we actively seek a diverse workforce.
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