Retail Assistant

Farmfoods; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A grocery retailer based in Nottingham is seeking a Retail Assistant to join the team. This part-time role involves providing excellent customer service, including welcoming customers, assisting with their needs, and handling stock efficiently. You will be required to work a minimum of 8 hours over 2 days each week, including weekends. The position offers competitive pay based on age, along with benefits such as holiday entitlement and staff discounts. This role can lead to further career opportunities within the company.

Benefits

6 weeks holiday each year

15% staff discount

Great training and development opportunities

Free life assurance

Virtual GP and discounted services

Qualifications

• A friendly, positive, hard-working approach to work.
• Reliability to be an important part of a team.
• Willingness to be busy and handle various tasks.

Responsibilities

• Make customers feel welcome with a friendly smile.
• Help customers find items they are looking for.
• Provide fast and friendly service at the tills.
• Handle stock during deliveries and place products onto shelves.
• Complete daily routines to keep shops clean and safe.

Skills

Friendly demeanor

Positive attitude

Reliability

Flexibility with shifts

Job description

Hours & Pay

• Hours: 8 hours across 2 days per week.
• Pay: £10.10 – £12.31 per hour.

We are looking to recruit a new retail assistant for our shop in Castle Retail Park, Nottingham. We offer a permanent part‑time position with a minimum of 8 hours worked over 2 days each week, including weekends.

Pay & Benefits

The amount you will earn depends on your age:

• Ages 16‑20: £10.10 per hour
• Ages 21+: £12.31 per hour

In addition to your pay you will also benefit from:

• 6 weeks holiday each year.
• Great training and development opportunities.
• 15% staff discount at 300+ shops.
• A smart uniform.
• Free life assurance.
• A staff benefits package including a virtual GP, discounted services and products such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

As a Retail Assistant you will:

• Make all customers feel welcome with a friendly smile and simple hello.
• Help customers find the items they are looking for.
• Provide fast and friendly service at the tills, offering help to pack and leaving a good impression with a friendly thank‑you and goodbye.
• Handle stock with care whilst working deliveries, quickly placing products into our freezers and onto shelves ready for customers to buy.
• Work with the team to complete daily and weekly routines that keep our shops safe, clean and tidy.

You will need:

• A friendly, positive, hard‑working approach to work.
• A willingness to be busy – jumping from deliveries to the till, helping customers on the shop floor and completing cleaning and stock rotation routines.
• Reliability – you will be an important part of a small team that depends on your best effort on each shift.
• Some flexibility with shifts – when other team members are on holiday we may need you to cover slightly different hours. Rotas are planned three weeks in advance and your outside commitments are considered.

More than just a job

Many people take this role to earn money while studying or balancing family commitments. If you stay you could progress to Shop or Area Manager positions from within, and many of our management staff started their careers in our shops.

A bit about us

Farmfoods is a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with an old‑fashioned, genuine and friendly customer experience. Our Retail Assistants play a key role by serving hundreds of customers each week and being the face of Farmfoods.

Contract Information

• Position: PTRA
• Hours: 8
• Days: 2