Summary
With your love of working with people and enthusiasm to provide a great service, you'll welcome and talk to our visitors to the shop/outlet answering any questions they have.
Salary: £11.50 per hour. Please note that the salary advertised is inclusive of an outer London weighting allowance of £3,315 per annum, pro rata.
Contract/duration: Fixed-term for 3 months.
Hours/working pattern: You'll be working9am-5.15pm (45 mins break) every Monday and Tuesday.
Interviews: w/c 2 September 2024
For this role, you'll need to complete our online assessment instead of using a C.V. or online application form. This will help us understand more about your strengths and give you more information on the role.
What it's like to work here
Reporting to the Retail Manager, you'll join a hardworking and successful team passionate about delivering exceptional customer service to our visitors.
Morden Hall Park Garden Centre is one of the busiest shops in the National Trust. We attract customers all year round. With expanding Summer and Christmas events there is always something to get excited about.
We have the largest plant range in the National Trust and pride ourselves on being able to offer our visitors a broad selection of plants and garden products to take home. The shop has a great selection of local and regional products that link to and tell stories about our property
To find out more about what it's like to work within "Retail" at the National Trust, click here to watch our video.
What you'll be doing As Retail Team Member you'll offer customers help and shopping advice with their purchases. Other duties may include receiving, unpacking, and arranging deliveries, creating shop displays and working with other members of the team to keep the shop floor area clean and organised. This role would suit anyone with a passion for delivering great customer service and an interest in learning about retail.
You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all of the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what's possible in this role.
Who we're looking for
We'd love to hear from you if you are:
- customer focused with positive attitude
- a team player, but also can work by yourself
- well organised and adaptable
- willing to learn new skills
The package The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever' at its heart. We're working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It's important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we're for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
- Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
- Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
- Tax free childcare scheme
- Rental deposit loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Perks at work discounts i.e. gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
- Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria
- Flexible working whenever possible
- Employee assistance programme
- Free parking at most locations
- Independent financial advice
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