Monkhouse Schoolwear
Sales Assistant Part Time
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About Monkhouse Schoolwear
Monkhouse Schoolwear is a progressive business that is genuinely growing from strength to strength through its strong acquisition plan and one that takes its responsibility to create a better working place for all its employees seriously.
In addition, as the UK's leading supplier of schoolwear, the company has placed enormous focus on 'doing the right thing' by implementing the most ambitious holistic sustainability strategy in the industry.
We hire talented and dedicated individuals to lead our retail teams. We believe in growth and opportunity, providing extensive on-the-job training and experiences that will boost your career.
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
About the Role
Now let's take you through what you will be doing. We will give you full training on every job and buddy you up with an experienced colleague to support you through your first few weeks.
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- You will be a key holder.
- 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.
Roles that involve direct contact with schools will require an enhanced background check (including criminal record history) as part of our standard hiring procedure.
Social Environmental Responsibility (SER)
We take our sustainability responsibility extremely seriously, and it is only with the full cooperation of 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.
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Our Location
We are located in Preston with good public transport links.
Your Working Days and Hours
This is a permanent, 12 hour-a-week contract. Our working days are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. We are looking for you to work two of these 4 days, with actual working days open for discussion.
During our peak season, there is the option to uplift your hours, and we do require some flexibility beyond your standard hours and days of work.
When Can You Start?
26th October 2026
Other Things to Look Forward To
- Company induction and training.
- Gaining retail management skills.
- Opportunity for growth.
- You get a celebration day off!
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