Seasonal Retail Assistants - England

Location: Colindale
Company Name: Chester Zoo

Our Seasonal Retail Assistants work in all areas of Retail at the zoo – you could be working in our gift shop, our kiosks or our busy warehouse. Duties will include delivering the highest standards of customer service, sales, visual merchandising of products, upselling, welcoming guests, unit cleaning, cash handling, stock control and replenishment.

The ideal candidates will:

• Have previous experience of working in a fast-paced retail or visitor attraction environment.
• Be passionate about excellent customer service and be a strong communicator.
• Be confident, flexible and approachable with a “can do” attitude.
• Enjoy exceeding targets and up selling.
• Be comfortable and able to work outside for long periods in all weathers.

Flexibility in these roles is key so candidates must have one of the following availabilities and we are looking for a mixture of both:

Either;

• be able to work up to 5 days out of 7 every week which will include weekends and bank holidays (days to be set by us)

Or;

• be able to work weekends (including Bank Holidays) and work up to 5 days out of 7 in school holidays (days to be set by us)
  

Contracts will be offered on a minimum 8 hour per week basis (2 x 4 hour shifts), but hours of work may be significantly more during busy periods.

Candidates must be aged 16 or over and have completed their Year 11 studies at the proposed start date.

The rate of pay for this role will be £8.67 per hour and in addition we offer a range of amazing benefits which can be found at www.chesterzoo.org/work-with-us/staff-benefits/ .

To apply for our Seasonal Retail Artist position, please provide your current CV and complete the application form. Please clearly state what days you are available to work during term time and school holidays.

Closing date for applications is 9th February 2020.

If successfully shortlisted, you will need to be available to attend an assessment centre on week commencing 17th & 24th February, with the positions due to start on 21st March 2020.

The departmental induction will be taking place on 21st March & the company induction will be taking place on 22nd March, you will need to be available to attend.