Helen & Douglas House
Sales Assistant
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Hours: 15 hours per week, 2 days over a 7 day trading week (including some weekends)
Location: Henley
Salary: £12.71 per hour
Closing date: 17th August 2026 at 12 noon
Love people? Love beautiful things? Love making a difference?
We’re excited to be recruiting for a new Sales Assistant role at our Henley shop, on a permanent, part-time basis.
You’ll be one of the welcoming faces of the shop, helping to create a warm, boutique shopping experience while supporting the team to keep things running smoothly. A friendly, customer-focused approach is important in this role. Previous experience in hospitality, high street retail or charity retail is desirable, but full training will be provided.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Welcoming customers and creating a positive, inclusive shop environment
- Supporting day-to-day shop operations, including accurate cashiering, banking and donations
- Creating attractive displays and maintaining high standards of presentation for a clean, welcoming shop floor
- Working alongside a brilliant team of staff and volunteers
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What You’ll Bring
- A natural flair for customer service
- A love of retail and a sharp eye for presentation
- A positive, can-do attitude
- A desire to be part of something meaningful
What’s in it for you?
- A team that’s supportive, passionate, and fun
- Flexible hours and a role with real purpose
- The chance to help families create one more moment together
Ready to bring your skills to a role that matters? Apply now
The Henley shop is open 7 days a week and the role will require some weekends on a rota basis (It could be the ideal role for somebody specifically looking for weekend work).
We are committed to getting the best out of our applicants and therefore have made the commitment to sharing interview questions in advance. Interviews will be conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams.
Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.
Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community.
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Please contact recruitment@helenanddouglas.org.uk if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.
Helen & Douglas House is a registered hospice charity based in Oxford, providing palliative, respite, end-of-life and bereavement care to life-limited children and their families.
We foster a climate where team members feel able to openly question, debate and appropriately challenge their own and the practice of others; as such, we welcome new ideas and strive to constantly improve our delivery of care to our patients.
Helen & Douglas House
14A Magdalen Road
Oxford
OX4 1RW
Telephone: 01865 794749
Email: recruitment@helenanddouglas.org.uk
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