Join Our Team

We are looking for a Full Time Permanent General Assistant to join the team in our Houghton Hall Garden Centre.

Our competitive rates of pay range is dependent on age.

The hours for this position are 41.5 hours per week over 5 days including regular weekend shifts so flexibility is a must.

The Role

As a General Assistant, you have a responsibility to provide excellent customer service, creating an exceptional shopping experience for our customers helping them to make informed purchases within mainly the outdoor areas.

What you will be doing as a General Retail Assistant?

• Till operation and serving customer
• Stock replenishment and merchandising across the outdoor department.
• Creating and maintaining fabulous product displays
• Assisting our customer across the Centre taking every opportunity to WOW.
• Carry out cleaning and housekeeping tasks as needed
• Assisting customers with carrying purchases to their cars
• Collecting trolleys and shopping baskets

What makes you our perfect General Retail Assistant?

• Friendly, with an engaging personality and a genuine love for customer service.

• Knowledge of Garden Centre products preferred but not essential as full training will be given
• Strong customer service skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Great teamwork.
• Hardworking
• Shift flexibility including weekends.
• The ability to work well and efficiently under pressure.

The benefits!

• Competitive rates of pay
• Healthy work/life balance with no evening work
• Access to 100s of retail and lifestyle experiences and discounts
• Health Cash Plans
• Generous staff discounts
• 6 weeks Annual Leave per year
• Free Parking

Sound Interesting?

If you think you’ve got what it takes and would like to join our team as a General Retail Assistant, please click 'Apply’ now.