Retail Assistant - Part Time

We are looking to recruit a new retail assistant for our shop in Ferry Road, City of Edinburgh. This is a permanent part‑time position working a variety of shifts, with a minimum of 12 hours over 3 days each week, including weekends.

• Hours:
  
  12 hours across 3 days per week
• Pay: £10.95 – £12.81 per hour (age dependent)
• Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and free life assurance

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

• 6 weeks holiday each year
• Great training and development opportunities
• 15% staff discount for use in any of our 300+ shops
• A smart uniform
• Free life assurance
• A staff benefits package, including a virtual GP, discounted services and products (cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out, travel)

• Make all customers feel welcome with a friendly smile and simple hello
• Help customers find the items they are looking for
• Provide fast, friendly service at the tills; offer help to pack and leave a positive impression with a thank you and goodbye
• Handle stock with care, work deliveries, and quickly place products into freezers and onto shelves
• Work with the 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 – jump from putting out deliveries to serving on the till, helping customers, completing cleaning and stock rotation routines
• Reliability – be a dependable part of a small team and deliver each shift to the best of your ability
• Flexibility with shifts – be prepared to work slightly different hours to cover for colleagues on holiday; rota is planned three weeks in advance
• Complete an Employment Verification check if successful and offered the position

Many people take our part‑time roles while studying or managing family commitments. If you stay, there are opportunities for career growth within Farmfoods, including promotion to Shop Manager or Area Manager roles from within the company.

Farmfoods is a family‑owned business that prides itself on offering customers great value, quality products, and a friendly retail experience.

Position: PTRA,

Hours:

12, Days: 3