Retail Assistant - Part Time, Early Starts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Retail Assistant – Part Time, Early Starts

Hours: 16 hours across 4 days per week.

Pay: £10.10 – £12.31 per hour.

Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and more!

We are looking to recruit a new retail assistant for our shop on Stamfordham Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. This is a permanent part‑time position with a minimum of 16 hours worked in 4 days each week, including weekends.

Note that this role requires you to be available for early‑morning shifts. If you are not able to work early mornings, this position may not be suitable for you.

Pay & Benefits

The amount you will earn depends on your age:

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

Additional benefits include:

• 6 weeks holiday each year
• Great training and development opportunities
• 15% staff discount to use in any of our 300+ shops
• A smart uniform
• Free life assurance
• A staff benefits package which includes a virtual GP and discounted services such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel

As one of our retail assistants you will:

• Make all of our customers feel welcome with a friendly smile and simple hello.
• Help customers find the items that they are looking for.
• Give a fast and friendly service at the tills, always 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 our shelves ready for our customers to buy.
• Work with the rest of your team to complete the daily and weekly routines that keep our shops safe, clean and tidy.

You will need:

• A friendly, positive, hard‑working approach to work.
• To enjoy being busy as there is always something to do – jumping from delivering to serving on the till, helping customers on the shop floor, completing cleaning and stock rotation routines and more!
• To be reliable as you will be an important part of a small team. Your colleagues and customers will depend upon you to do your best on each shift and not let the team down.
• A bit of flexibility when it comes to your shifts. When other members of your team are on holiday, we may need you to work slightly different hours to cover for them. Rota’s are planned three weeks in advance and your commitments outside of work will always be taken into consideration when planning your shifts.

More than just a job

Many people come to us for a part‑time job to earn a bit of money while studying at school, college or university, or to fit around other commitments such as raising a family. If you decide to stick around, there are many opportunities for a career at Farmfoods. We have great training programmes and always look to promote to Shop and Area Manager positions from within. Many people in management and central services at Farmfoods started their careers in our shops, so this could be the start of a rewarding career for you.

A bit about us

Farmfoods is a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering our customers great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail. We aim to deliver a sensational value to customers on a great range of everyday family‑oriented goods, backed up by an ‘old‑fashioned’, genuine and friendly customer experience.

Contract information

Position: PTRA, Hours: 16, Days: 4