Job Description

Location

: Chartham Furniture and Fashion Store

Status

: Permanent, part-time, 7 hours a week

Salary

: 4456.40 per annum

Closing date

: 26/11/2025

Interview date

: 06/12/2025


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Would you like to be part of a community based retail team that offers amazing choice and genuine sustainability? Look no further - join us as a Sales Assistant in our New Chartham Furniture/ Fashion & home store.

This is a part time weekend role, working 7 hours on a Saturday , in one of our New Furniture/ Fashion & Home store. The store is fast-paced and trades 6 days a week.


You'll join the team on a permanent contract.

What does this role involve?

As a Sales Assistant you'll be at the very heart of our retail operation. This is not just a standing behind the till or filling shelves type of role, we're looking for someone who will deliver a first class customer service experience. It's a fun, fast-paced environment where no two days are the same and everyone works as a team.


Every day is different in charity retail, as well as working on the till or sorting donations, you can expect to:


Engage with customers, providing exceptional service and promoting our charity's mission Organise and merchandise donated stock creatively to maximise sales potential Collaborate with our E-Commerce team to maximise online sales

About You

To be successful in this role as a Retail Stock Processor you should:


Have a friendly and approachable attitude Be able to work well as part of a team or on your own Have retail sales experience, particularly in a Fashion retailer Be numerate and commercially aware Have an awareness of high street retail fashion

About Us

As an award-winning employer, Pilgrims provides end of life care services to patients and their families across east Kent.


Our commitment is to provide open, compassionate care and expertise for patients and their families - both in the community and in-patient units.

Our Vision

"Of a community where people with a terminal illness and their family and friends are supported and empowered to live well in mind and body until the very last moment of their life".

We recognise that our workforce is integral to the delivery of

our Vision

and our organisational and charitable aims. Pilgrims Hospices continues to create a highly skilled, motivated, engaged and healthy workforce by providing an environment where staff and volunteers feel highly motivated to perform their roles to a consistently high standard, and actively role model our organisational behaviours and values.


To achieve

our Vision

, we have a shared set of values and behaviours that enable us to be the people and the charity that patients and their loved ones need us to be. They form

our CODE

, which guides us in our daily working and decision making:

Compassionate

We treat everyone with compassion and care

Open

We communicate openly, honestly and effectively

Dynamic

We are dynamic, improving and developing our service

Empowered

We empower people to achieve their outcomes

Our Benefits

As an Employer of Choice we are committed supporting our employees and volunteers through both a holistic benefits package, but also through wellbeing and work/life balance.


Our workplaces offer:


Friendly and highly professional working environments alongside people passionate about what we do Opportunities for professional development through a range of extensive learning A workplace pension scheme. Those joining us from the NHS may retain eligibility to membership of the NHS pension scheme A good work-life balance and realistic working hours Financial discounts, provided through the Blue Light Card scheme A sense of achievement in supporting a worthwhile cause A sense of wellbeing
We invest in our employees, which is one of the key things that makes us an award-winning employer of choice!


Salary: 4456.40 per annum

How to apply

To learn more about this role, please download the full job description document as attached and have a look at our Job Pack also.


If you are interested in applying for a Sales Assistant role and wish to join our passionate team, please complete the attached application form.