Retail Assistant
Salary £ 12.71 per hour(21+) / National Minimum Wage
Truro, Cornwall
Vacancy listed 27/07/2026
Application deadline 23/08/2026
Details
Tasks & Responsibilities
  • Merchandising & maintaining display stands and shelves
  • Customer sales, providing product details & recommendations
  • Handling cash & processing sales through EPOS
  • Promote positive customer experience, welcoming, assisting and handling enquiries from customers
  • Processing deliveries, maintaining stock control measure and replenishing stock
  • Liaising across all departments, providing continuity for customers

Essential Skills, Capabilities & Knowledge
  • Have craft / dressmaking experience, able to follow patterns and advice on requirements
  • Confident communicator with strong customer facing skills, attentive and able to interpret customer needs to advise on products
  • Desire to delight and exceed customer expectations
  • Comfortable handling cash and using electronic point of sale.
  • Confident handling numbers and measurements, good basic maths skills
  • A team player, able to collaborate with colleagues to deliver shared goals
  • Capable of standing for extended periods and cover retail area over two floors
  • Capable of lifting and manipulating rolls and bolts of fabric, along with sewing machines and deliveries

Desirable Skills, Capabilities & Knowledge
  • Manual handling training
  • First Aid qualification
  • Fire Safety training
Notes

9.00am to 5.30pm, minimum 4 days per week including Saturday

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