Retail Assistant - Part Time

We are looking to recruit a new retail assistant for our shop in Bodmin, Cornwall. We offer a permanent part‑time position working a variety of shifts, with a minimum of 12 hours over 3 days per week, including weekends.

Please note that this position will require you to be available for shifts starting early in the morning.

The amount you will earn depends on your age:

• Ages 16‑20 = £10.95 per hour
• Ages 21+ = £12.81 per hour

In addition to your pay, you will also benefit from:

• 6 weeks holiday each year
• Great training and development opportunities
• 15 % staff discount to use in any of our 300+ shops on a wide range of food and household essentials
• A smart uniform
• Free life assurance
• A staff benefits package that includes a virtual GP as well as 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 they are looking for.
• Provide fast and friendly service at the tills, 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 the freezers and onto shelves ready for customers to buy.
• Work with the rest of your team to complete daily and weekly routines that keep the shop safe, clean and tidy.

• A friendly, positive, hard‑working approach to work.
• Enjoy being busy as there is always something to do – jumping 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 – you will be an important part of a small team; colleagues and customers will depend on you to do your best on each shift and not let the team down.
• Show a bit of flexibility when it comes to your shifts – when other members of your team are off, we may need you to work slightly different hours to cover. Rota is planned three weeks in advance and your commitments outside of work will always be taken into consideration when planning your shifts.
• Complete an Employment Verification check if successful and offered the advertised position.

Many people come to us for a part‑time job to earn a bit of money while studying or raising a family. If you decide to stick around, there are many opportunities for a career  have great training programmes and always look to promote to Shop and Area Manager positions from within. Management and central services positions at Farmfoods started their careers in our shops.

Farmfoods is a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering 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.

Position: PTRA,

Hours:

12, Days: 3