Seasonal - Christmas Tree Sales Assistant

Squire's Garden Centres; Hare Hatch; Remote; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount

Holiday Allowance

Company Bonus

Pension Plan

Attendance Bonus

MAD Scheme

Learning & Development

Birthday Benefit

Cycle to Work

Child's First Day

RHS/Membership Benefit

EAP Program

Retirement Transition

Free Parking

Job summary

Squire’s Garden Centres is seeking a Seasonal Christmas Tree Sales Assistant for Floral Mile, Hare Hatch (RG10 9SW). The role runs from 28 November 2026 to 13 December 2026 with a Saturday 10:00–18:00 rota.

Your primary responsibility is to provide professional support to customers and assist the Garden Centre Manager to help the business succeed. Key duties include greeting customers, answering queries, and identifying needs to help them choose trees and decorations.

Qualifications

• Greet customers and offer assistance.
• Handle queries courteously and efficiently.
• Identify customer needs through interaction.
• Maintain fitness for heavy lifting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and offer assistance.
• Assist customers with queries.
• Identify customer needs and take appropriate action.

Skills

Friendly manner

Interpersonal skills

Willing to learn

Heavy lifting

Job description

Seasonal - Christmas Tree Sales Assistant

Location: Floral Mile, Hare Hatch, RG10 9SW

Job Reference: #12708

Seasonal: 28 November 2026 until 13 December 2026

Rota: Every Saturday 10:00-18:00

Your primary responsibility will be to provide professional support to our customers.

Working closely with the Garden Centre Manager to help the business to succeed.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Ensuring all customers are greeted and offered assistance
• Handling customer queries courteously and efficiently
• Identifying customer needs through interaction, and taking appropriate action

To be successful in this role, we are looking for people:

• Good friendly manner
• Good interpersonal skills
• Willing to learn

This role involves heavy lifting, so therefore applicants must be physically fit.

Squire’s is a family-owned group of 17 garden centres based in Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, and Berkshire. Since 1936 the purpose of our business has been the happiness of those who work in it.

We are committed to growing our business and to promoting the highest standards in horticulture, catering, and retail.

We want our staff to enjoy working with us in a friendly, energetic customer focused environment.

Rewards & Benefits:

• Employee Discount– 50% in Restaurants and 20% in Garden Centre on joining, increasing to 25% after 2 years’ service and 30% after 5 years’ service.
• Holiday (including bank holidays)– 5.6 weeks on joining increasing to 6.2 week after 2 years’ service and 6.6 weeks after 5 years’ service.
• Bonus– We reward our employees with a non-contractual bonus at Christmas, based on the profit of the company in any financial year (first year is dependent on start date)
• Pension– We are all aware of how important it is to save for our retirement. We offer a Defined Contribution Pension Plan to new employees. If you pay into the plan and meet the government criteria, the company will too, and these contributions will be invested.
• Attendance– After one years service, if you have worked for a full financial year and have 100% attendance, one day holiday (pro-rata) will be added to your holiday grant as a 'Thank you'.
• Made A Difference Scheme (M.A.D)– A reward scheme for team members who make a difference to our business through outstanding customer service, over and above normal duties or initiatives that have grown / inspired the business. There is a monthly winner. All winners select a gift to receive.
• Learning & Development– You can look forward to a wealth of learning opportunities with us that will enhance and develop you with the skills and confidence you need.
• Birthday–After 6 months service if your birthday falls on your contracted day to work, you can leave work early (holiday policy rules apply). If you have 2 years service on your birthday, you will receive a £25 Squires gift voucher (pro rata for less than 40 hours).
• Cycle2work scheme –After 1 years service, a government initiative which offers a 25% to 39% saving on new cycling equipment. This cost is deducted out of your pay over 12 or 19 months.
• Child's first day at school–After 1 year's service come in late and go home early on your child's first day of school life, so that you can be there to take them and pick them up from school on their first day.
• RHS Membership or a Tree / Shrub–After 1 years service Squire's employees can choose either one tree or shrub to plant each year up to the value of £50 retail on the anniversary of your engagement or £50 towards RHS annual membership.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)-After 2 years service employees are eligible to join an EAP, that gives them access to a range of wellbeing resources, etc.
• Retirement–After 15 years service if you are retiring and have over 15 years service, your contracted hours will be reduced by a fifth but your pay will remain the same for your final 3 months.
• Free Parking– Available to all employees in the designated parking areas on our site.