About the role
As a Partner on our service counters, you’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge and passion for food while feeling proud of how it is ethically sourced and recommend recipes for customers to try. You’ll actively bring our ethos – passionate Partners serving food lovers – to life. Use your enthusiasm and friendliness to build lasting relationships with your customers. You’ll make all the difference to the impression they have about the Waitrose brand and keep them returning again and again by earning their trust and loyalty for a lifetime. All the while helping to maximise on sales and profit. In addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 22:00 – 06:00 will attract Night Premium at a rate of £3.75 per hour. This also applies to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements.
Key Responsibilities
- Take responsibility for your own food counter ensuring the highest presentation and hygiene standards at all times.
- Stay on top of stock levels, ensuring the products our customers love are there when needed.
- Take great care while working with open food and ensure all due diligence and health & safety protocols are followed, helping to reduce food wastage.
- Maintain your knowledge of new products and have a good understanding of Waitrose’s food values (e.g. animal welfare).
- Support the wider shop team when required with general shopkeeping tasks.
Essential skills/experience
- Communication skills to enable you to work effectively as part of a team and with our customers.
Desirable skills/experience
- Experience of working in a customer facing role is welcomed.
- Experience of working in a catering / hospitality environment.
- Up-to-date knowledge and strong interest in food and drink trends.
- Flexible approach to ensure the support of the whole branch.
Closing Date
July 6, 2026
Pay
£13.00 (£13.25 after 90 days)
Contract Type
Temporary
Hours of Work
Varied hours of part time work (12 hours) across seven days to include early starts, late finishes, evenings and weekends between the hours of 06:00 – 22:00.
Job Level
Partnership Level 10
Location
Cirencester (Waitrose & Partners), Sheep Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1SZ
Important points to note
- Some roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates).
- If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays.
- Financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.
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