Retail Assistant – Part Time, Early Starts

Company: Farmfoods Ltd
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Retail Assistant – Part Time, Early Starts

  • Hours: 16 hours across 4 days per week.
  • Pay: £10.95-£12.81 per hour.
  • Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and more.

We are looking to recruit a new retail assistant for our shop in Hartlepool, Durham. We offer a permanent part time position working a variety of shifts, with a minimum of 16 hours worked over 4 days from 7 each week, including weekends.

Please note that this position will require you to be available for shifts starting early in the morning. This position may not be suitable for you if you are not available for early morning work.

Pay & Benefits

The amount that 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 great range of food and household essentials.
  • A smart uniform.
  • Free life assurance.
  • A staff benefits package which includes a virtual GP as well as discounted services and products such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

Responsibilities

  • Make all customers feel welcome with a friendly smile and simple hello.
  • Help customers find the items they are looking for.
  • Give a fast and friendly service at the tills, always 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 our freezers and onto our shelves ready for customers to buy.
  • Work with the rest of the team to complete the daily and weekly routines that keep shops safe, clean and tidy.

Qualifications

  • A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
  • Enjoy being busy and able to jump from putting out deliveries to serving on the till, helping customers on the floor, completing cleaning and stock rotation routines.
  • Be reliable – an important part of a small team, dependable on each shift.
  • A bit of flexibility with shifts; rota’s are planned three weeks in advance, respect commitments outside work.
  • Complete an Employment Verification check if successful and offered.

More Than Just a Job

This role is suitable for students or those with additional commitments, with opportunities for a career at Farmfoods. Training programmes and promotion to Shop and Area Manager positions from within is possible.

Contract Information

Position: PTRA, Hours: 16, Days: 4

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Posted: June 1st, 2026