Pets Retail Assistant Temporary Position - Notcutts Oxford Garden Centre

Notcutts; Woodbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A family-owned garden centre in the UK is seeking a motivated Pets Retail Assistant for its Oxford location. The role is part-time, requiring flexibility, including weekends and bank holidays. Responsibilities include caring for animals, maintaining pet department displays, and providing excellent customer service. Ideal candidates will have a qualification in animal welfare and experience with pets. This temporary position offers a competitive salary and various benefits including employee discounts.

Benefits

Competitive rate of pay

Uniform

On-site parking

Employee assistance programme

Employee discount

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for household pets and aquatic animals in a retail environment.
• Enjoy working with animals and people.
• Flexibility to work weekends and bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for day to day running of the Pet Department.
• Care for animals and maintain stock displays.
• Adhere to all animal compliance and provide excellent customer service.

Skills

Customer service

Animal care

Merchandising

Education

Qualification in animal welfare

Job description

Pets Retail Assistant Temporary Position - Notcutts Oxford Garden Centre

Part time - 20 hours per week

This position will also include working every other weekend and some bank holidays. An element of flexibility will be required

Salary: Up to £12.31 per hour

This is a temporary fixed term contract to finish 31st March 2026.

Notcutts are a family owned Garden Centre Group in the UK. Our Pet Department is an important part of our Garden Centre and a significant reason for customers to visit us. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Pets Retail Assistant to join our existing team at our Oxford Garden Centre.

As a Pets Retail Assistant you will join the team in taking responsibility of the day to day running of the Pet Department, including caring for animals, maintaining stock displays, adhering to all animal compliance, merchandising and customer service. Experience in caring for household pets and aquatic animals in a retail environment would be beneficial.

Ideally we are looking for a candidate with a qualification in animal welfare and experience of working and caring for animals. However, full training is given. So if you enjoy working with animals and people (in that order!) whilst ensuring that you provide our customers with an excellent customer experience, then we want to hear from you.

Benefits of working for Notcutts :

• Competitive rate of pay
• Uniform
• On-site parking
• Employee assistance programme
• Employee discount

Please forward your CV to apply. We regret that due to the volume of applications, it is only practical to contact candidates who have been successful in their application.