Retail Assistant - Part Time

Retail Assistant – Part Time, Early Starts

We are looking to recruit a new retail assistant for our shop in Longsight, Greater Manchester. This is a permanent part‑time position working a variety of shifts, with a minimum of 12 hours worked over 3 days each week, including weekends. Please note that this position will require you to be available for shifts starting early in the morning. It may not be suitable if you are not available for early morning work.

The amount you will earn depends on your age:

• Ages 16‑20: £10.10 per hour
• Ages +: £12.31 per hour

Additional benefits include:

• 6 weeks holiday each year
• Great training and development opportunities
• 15% staff discount on a wide range of food and household essentials
• A smart uniform
• Free life assurance
• A staff benefits package that includes a virtual GP, discounted services and products such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel

• Make all 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

• A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work
• Enjoy being busy as there is always something to do. You’ll jump from putting out deliveries to serving on the till, helping customers on the shop floor, completing important cleaning and stock rotation routines and more!
• 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 off enjoying holidays, 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

Position: PTRA,

Hours:

12, Days: 3

Farmfoods are 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 an old‑fashioned, genuine and friendly customer experience.