Summer Sales Assistant

Retail experience or no retail experience.

First job or not your first job.

Student or not a student.

It doesn't matter; we are happy to talk!

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.

We want you to be a part of our dynamic team and below are the attributes you will need to apply.

Do you see yourself as someone with these qualities?

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

Now let's take you through what you will be doing. We will give you full training on each and every job and buddy you up with an experienced colleague to support you throughout your time with us.

• Serving customers by ensuring they have the right sizes, colours, and uniforms required 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.

Social Environmental Responsibility (SER)

We take our sustainability responsibility extremely seriously, and it is only with the full cooperation of each and every one of us, that will ensure we deliver on our sustainability objectives.

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 range from 12 hours per week and store opening times are as follows:

Monday 3rd June to Friday 19th July

Monday - 08.30 to 10.30 am

Tuesday - 1.15 to 2.15 pm

Wednesday - 1.15 to 2.15 pm

Thursday - 3.00 to 4.45 pm

Friday - Closed

Monday 22nd July to Friday 26th July

Monday - 08.00 to 1.00 pm

Tuesday - 08.00 to 1.00 pm

Wednesday - 08.00 to 1.00 pm

Thursday - 08.00 to 1.00 pm

Friday - 08.00 to 1.00 pm

Monday 12th August to Friday 30th August

Monday - 08.00 to 1.00 pm

Tuesday - 08.00 to 1.00 pm

Wednesday - 08.00 to 1.00 pm

Thursday - 08.00 to 1.00 pm

Friday - 08.00 to 1.00 pm

What's my location? We are located in Christ The King College, Chelmsford, Essex, with good public transport links and free parking within the school grounds.

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. Working for us will give you the opportunity to learn new skills, build up your CV and get insights and opportunities into a future career within the business of wholesale and retail schoolwear and sportswear.

What can you look forward to?

• Bi-weekly pay
• Opportunity to return in 2025
• Upskill yourself
• Build your CV/work experience
• A company induction and training