Service and Selling Coach

jlp; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

John Lewis in Chelmsford is seeking a Service & Selling Coach to train Partners in delivering exceptional service and selling skills on the shop floor. You will lead coaching sessions, provide feedback and tailor sessions to different learning styles.

The role includes inductions, technical training for headsets, devices and new learning platforms, and staying current with service standards across the brand.

Qualifications

• Confident in delivering coaching and training in different styles including group or individual sessions.
• Good computer skills enabling training on multiple systems.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Experience in a customer-facing selling/retail environment.
• Ability to plan and prioritise own time and workload.

Responsibilities

• Conduct engaging training/coaching sessions for Partners in groups or individually to improve service and selling skills.
• Provide Partners with constructive feedback for development.
• Deliver training creatively to suit different learning styles.
• Plan and deliver inductions for new Partners.
• Deliver and support technical training for shopfloor tools and platforms (headsets, devices, apps, new learning platforms).
• Stay up to date with personal learning to champion John Lewis service standards.

Skills

Coaching sessions

Computer skills

Customer service

Retail experience

Time management

Tools

Workday

One Place Learning

PDW

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Service & Selling Coach in one of our John Lewis shops, you'll be helping to deliver a real difference to our customers through service they wouldn't find anywhere else.

You'll be using your expert knowledge to train and coach Partners so that they have all of the tools they need to provide the very best service John Lewis is known for. Ensuring customers return time and time again, earning their trust and loyalty for a lifetime.

In addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract Night Premium at a rate of £4.25 per hour. This will also apply to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements.

Due to working time regulations, applicants must be 18 years or over to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting engaging training/coaching sessions for Partners both as groups or individually to improve their service and selling skills.
• Providing Partners with constructive feedback to help their personal development.
• Being creative in the way you deliver training to cater for different learning styles.
• Planning and delivering inductions for new Partners.
• Delivering and supporting technical training which will be needed while working on the shopfloor (for example; headsets,devices, apps, new learning platforms, etc.).
• Staying up to date with your own learning and developing so you can champion the very best service associated with the John Lewis brand.

Essential skills/experience you'll need

• Confident in delivering coaching and training in different styles including as a group or individually and giving peer-to-peer feedback.
• Good computer skills enabling you to facilitate and produce training on different systems.
• Great customer service skills.
• Experience of working in a customer-facing selling/retail environment.
• Ability to plan and prioritise own time and workload.

Desirable skills/experience you may have

• Previous experience working as part of a team.
• Understanding and experience of learning platforms such as Workday, One Place Learning, and PDW.
• Stakeholder management to build relationships with colleagues and subject matter experts.

Closing Date: October 20, 2026

Pay: £28,400.00 - £34,400.00 Annual

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours of Work: Varied hours of part time work (19.49 hours) across 3 days to include early starts, late finishes, evenings and every Sunday.

Job Level: Partnership Level 9

Where You'll Be Working: Chelmsford (John Lewis & Partners), 50 Bond Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1GH

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

We're the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We're not just employees, we're Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there's never been a more exciting time to join us.

We're ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we're free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It's important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you'll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.