Summer Sales Assistant in Tenterden

Every year we recruit over 350 people for our Back to School Summer period. BTS is the single most important trading period for Monkhouse, servicing its customers with the best people and best products to ensure children are ready to go back to school in the new academic year.

We pride ourselves on hiring students as first-time employees and play an important role in allowing them to upskill, learn, and build up their CVs, something they will need for future careers.

Do you see yourself with these attributes:

• Confident
• Enjoy a busy and sometimes intense environment
• Flexible with your working hours
• Enthusiasm to learn
• Enjoy working in a team
• Positive thinking

And would you be comfortable doing these tasks:

• Serving customers by ensuring they have the right sizes, colours, and uniforms for their child.
• Working on the cash till, by taking payment and packaging customer purchases.
• Tidying up the shop and stock room, including hoovering and dusting.
• Checking deliveries and booking stock into our stock control system.
• Unpacking stock from deliveries and restocking products in the shop.
• Answering the telephone with customer queries.

Below are 5 things we want you to build into your day-to-day responsibilities:

• Switch off lights when the space is not being used.
• Switch off computers at the end of every day.
• If possible, avoid bringing in one-use plastic water bottles.
• Only fill up the kettle for the number of cups of hot drinks you are making.
• Dispose of waste responsibly by using our recycling processes.

What are my hours? Our contracts are based on 12 hours per week with the opportunity to increase hours as required by the store, week to week, Monday to Sunday.

What's my location? We are located in Homewood School & Sixth Form, with free parking and Battle training station within a few minutes walking distance.

Our team: Every store has a dedicated manager that you will be reporting to and alongside you, there will be shop sales assistants who have experience but also new assistants who are joining for the first time.

Holidays: Your holiday entitlement is 28 days per annum including bank holidays, pro-rated to your hours of work and pro-rated to your term of employment. These accrued hours will be paid at the end of your contract.

Supporting first job applications: Monkhouse plays a huge part in the community by supplying uniform to the very children that will become part of that community. We want to be the employer of choice for your first job.

Benefits of the job:

• Bi-weekly pay.
• Opportunity to win a cash prize.
• Up skill yourself.
• Build your CV/work experience.
• A company induction and training.

Monkhouse is committed to supporting, developing and promoting equality of opportunity and diversity in all our business activity. We value different perspectives and believe that diversity makes us stronger. We aim to provide an inclusive culture, free from discrimination and based on the values of dignity, courtesy and respect. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated in accordance with these values.

Monkhouse works alongside Banner Ltd which is B-Corp certified, and these values are an essential element of our culture. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the recruitment or interview process, please let us know.

This job description is a tool to help both the Company and the individual understand the main responsibilities of the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive or complete list of all possible tasks. Everyone is expected to be flexible in their approach and to take on tasks as reasonably requested. The Company reserves the right to change the tasks and responsibilities of the role according to business need.

Please submit your application as directed on this website. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role before applying please contact us at recruitment@banner.co.uk.

By submitting your application you agree to the retention of all information submitted through your application including contact details, CV, covering letter and interview notes for a maximum of one year from the date of your application.

Candidates submitted by agencies without express agreement will be regarded as not being represented by that agency and Monkhouse Limited, Banner Limited nor any linked or subsidiary will be liable for any fees associated with future employment of that candidate.