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Retail Assistant
Stoke-on-Trent ST4
£9 an hour – Part-time, Permanent
Overview
You’ll be at the core of Screwfix, making sure our customers are the heart of everything we do. You’ll take your time to really get to know them whilst delivering genuinely great service. Our Retail Assistants are vital to the running of a store, so you’ll always be kept busy. And with the help of our excellent training programmes, you’ll be on the right track for a promising career with us!
Key responsibilities
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A RETAIL ASSISTANT?
- Host – you’ll welcome customers into your store, understand what they need, guide them to the right products, and make it super easy for them
- Warehouse standards – you’ll assist with deliveries, maintaining product stock, collecting customer orders, and keeping standards high
- Part of the team – you’ll join a team who take pride in their store, work together and have lots of fun along the way!
Want to know more? Check out a day in the life of a Trade Counter video
Required skills & experience
YOU ARE…
- Amazing at giving great service, with a positive can-do, no-nonsense approach
- Prepared to work hard and make the most of our training
- A great communicator who loves to help people
- Willing to learn, you don’t need retail experience to succeed
- Friendly, flexible, reliable, honest, and enthusiastic!
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
Joining Screwfix means joining a growing team – full of support, opportunities, and fun! We offer a competitive salary, 28 days’ holiday, an award-winning company pension scheme – up to 14% Kingfisher contribution, life cover, 20% discount with Screwfix and B&Q, discounted healthcare and company share save schemes. With excellent training and ongoing development, we’ll also help you be the best you can be.
About Screwfix
We’re Screwfix and we’re proud of it. We’re proud of where we’ve come from, what we’ve achieved and our ambitions for the future. But more than that – we’re proud of who we are. We’re 12,000 people each with our own stories to tell. We don’t have a type and we like it that way.
If you join us, you’ll be joining a true market leader and one of the fastest growing retailers in the UK and Ireland with over 700 stores. Your growth will also be critical to us, and we’ll support you to reach your potential and achieve your ambitions, no matter what they are.
We’re also a true leader in the E-Commerce industry, and part of the 77,000 people strong Kingfisher PLC Group alongside big names such as B&Q, Castorama and Brico Depot. Join our team and become a part of #LifeAtScrewfix!
- Find out more about us at screwfixcareers.com or email careers@screwfix.com for any queries
- Follow us and find out more on our LinkedIn, Instagram & Twitter page
- Apply – Upload your CV and complete your application
Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
- Our hourly rates may include a location allowance which is reviewed annually and may change.
Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or disability.
Apply below
https://jobs.screwfix.com/job/2021-11962
Customer Advisor
Stoke-on-Trent
Part-time, Contract
The importance of your role.
This is your chance to be part of something a bit different. You’ll be working closely with the most important part of our business – our customers. Giving them fantastic customer care and making them feel good, and we think that’s a great opportunity.
You’ll really get to know our customers and what they’re looking for; it’s everything from helping them find the perfect product, working deliveries and stocking the shelves, to getting behind our in-store promotion.
What you’ll be doing day to day.
Listen to our customers, it’s the first step to providing a great experience and we love how passionate our customers are about our brand.
Put our customers at ease. You’ll get to know our fantastic products, recommending items that they hadn’t considered. You’re really personable approach will keep our customers coming back.
Provide a great shopping environment for our customers ensuring our stores are clean, tidy and presentable and provide a store we can be really proud of.
Inspire the in-store team with your really personable customer care, helping them any way you can.
How will you do it?
Make our customers feel really good – it’s more than just answering their questions, it’s about giving our customers a really great experience. Even if it’s just offering them a basket when you notice their hands are full. You’ll let them know you’re here to help – it’s the little things that make a real difference.
Get to know our in-store promotions and schemes, and promote them – the more info we can give our customers the better.
Know our customers, find more about them, what they like and what they don’t – it can make such a difference to the way we do things.
What you’ll need to have.
We’re looking for really great people, with a friendly personality. It’s all about working together as one great team – after all it’s our people that are at the heart of our business. You never know it could lead to another role with us. It would be great if you had experience of dealing with customers. But it isn’t just about experience, it’s personality that really counts, we’re interested in seeing a bit more, the real you – and that makes us all feel good.
Apply below
Scheme Assistant
Stoke-on-Trent ST4
£9.50 an hour – Part-time, Permanent
The Role
Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a real difference to the communities that we support? We now have a fantastic opportunity for part time Scheme Assistant, working 20 hours per week, joining our St Dominic’s Court scheme in Stoke-on-Trent.
As a Scheme Assistant you will assist with mealtimes by taking orders, serving and cleaning alongside the kitchen staff. You will ensure that a safe environment and ensuring high standards of cleanliness is maintained. You will also be involved in ordering, monitoring and rotation of cleaning materials to ensure all communal areas are cleaned to a high standard and supporting the Housing Manager.
This role will include working on a rota basis across the week, including every other weekend and bank holidays.
Our Ideal Candidate? We are looking for individuals with:
- Minimum of Food Safety Level 2 qualification or must be obtained within the first 6 months of employment.
- Basic health and safety training and knowledge of using domestic cleaning equipment.
- The ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently, and communicate in a pleasant manner with a diverse range of people confidently is vital in this role.
Who are Midland Heart? We’re a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we’re here to develop your potential.
Apply below
https://jobs.midlandheart.org.uk/vacancies/3775/scheme_assistant/
Dog Groomer / Trainee
Stoke-on-Trent ST1
£9.06 an hour
We have a fantastic opportunity to come and work for a company voted 5th in the Great Place to Work (Best Large Workplaces) awards 2018, and Number 15 in Europe in 2017! We have over 450 stores and over 310 Groom Rooms and are the UK’s number one pet care business. Our business is fast-paced, innovative and fun and it’s our people that make the difference.
We have an opportunity available for either a Stylist (qualified Dog Groomer) or an Assistant Stylist (Dog Grooming Trainee).
We offer various in-house training courses which are designed to provide our Stylists with a broader skillset and keep you up to date with the latest trends, including cat grooming, first aid and breed-specific courses.
Reporting into the Salon Manager, your responsibilities will be as follows.
The roles.
As Dog Groomer you will be responsible for all aspects of pet grooming, and you’ll deliver the very highest standard of pet grooming.
- You will exceed our customers’ expectations by delivering Pawsitively Outrageous Service within the salon.
- Your excellent communication skills will be fully utilised as you will be dealing with customers and their pets daily.
- You will assist in ensuring excellent salon presentation is maintained and high standards are kept through cleanliness, safety, and good standards of housekeeping.
- As Dog Groomer you will assist with the training and development of other salon colleagues.
- Our salons offer a great service every day of the week and so you will work 39 hours over 5 days out of 7.
About you.
- You’ll have experience of working within a grooming environment, and ideally, you’ll have experience in a similar, fast-paced environment where you’ve taken a hands-on approach.
- It is essential that you can complete a groom from start to finish on the majority of breeds to a high standard (please note that grooming your own pet does not qualify as professional experience).
- Having a grooming related qualification would also be beneficial.
- You’ll have a proven track record of delivering high standards!
- You’ll be a people person, have a real passion for pets as well as being a great team player.
- You’ll be hungry to be part of a successful salon and you’ll be proactive in your approach.
As a Trainee Dog Groomer, you’ll deliver the very highest standard of pet care. Your main responsibility will be the prepping and bathing of pets, as well as clipping their nails in preparation for the Dog Groomer/Salon Manager to carry out the required groom.
- You will exceed our customers’ expectations by delivering Pawsitively Outrageous Service.
- Your excellent communication skills will be fully utilised as you will be dealing with customers and their pets daily.
- You will assist in ensuring excellent salon presentation is maintained and high standards are kept through cleanliness, safety and good standards of housekeeping.
- Our salons offer a great service every day of the week and so you will work 39 hours over 5 days out of 7.
About you;
- You’ll be a people person, have a real passion for pets as well as being a great team player.
- You’ll be hungry to be part of a successful salon and you’ll be proactive in your approach.
- Ideally you will have experience of working with or handling pets in a professional grooming or pet care environment (please note that bathing and prepping your own pet does not qualify as professional experience).
- Having a grooming or pet care related qualification would also be beneficial.
The Benefits.
- Competitive rate of pay – £9.06 per hour for Assistant Stylist (Trainee Dog Groomer) and £10.01 per hour for qualified Stylist (Dog Groomer), plus bonus.
- 28 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Birthday Leave – 1-day extra leave to celebrate your Birthday!
- An extra day’s holiday when you become a new pet parent (Dog/Cat/Horse)
- An extra day’s holiday when you move home
- Half a day holiday for your little one’s first day at school
- Pension Scheme
- Colleague Discount – 20% discount for you (plus one family member). This can be used in Pets at Home stores, Groom Rooms, Companion Care Veterinary Services and Pet Plan Insurance!
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- Caring4Colleagues (grants, savings, and loans)
- Celebrating Special Occasions? You’ll get 1 extra week off and a gift to celebrate your wedding or civil partnership, and a gift from us if you are expecting or adopting a baby!
- Team reward vouchers
- “Treats” benefits – an online range of offers and discounts which are available exclusively to Pets at Home Colleagues.
- Charity Leave – You are entitled to have one paid day leave each year to work for your favourite animal related charity.
- Values Awards
- Colleague of the Month Awards
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Apply below
Health Care Assistant
Central Advertising – General Practitioners
Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5
£10 an hour – Permanent
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Lyme Valley Practice is looking for someone with commitment and passion to provide a first-class service to our patients and to work within our friendly clinical team as a Health Care Assistant. This is a full time post of 37.5 hours to be worked over 4.5 days.
- Monday 8:00am 5:00pm (1 hour lunch)
- Tuesday 8:00am 5:00pm (working lunch, CGM day)
- Wednesday 11:00am 8:00pm (1 hour lunch)
- Thursday 8:00am 5:00pm (1 hour lunch)
- Friday 8:00am 12:30pm
Interviews will be held end of August.
https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/direct_apply/?vac_ref=916655074
Kitchen Assistant/Porter
Stoke-on-Trent ST2
£3,849 Part-time, Permanent
Position description
Category / Position
CATERING & HOSPITALITY – Kitchen Assistant/Porter
Job title
Kitchen Assistant/Porter
Contract type
Permanent
Contractual hours
Part-time
Shift pattern
11.30-1.30
Salary
£3,849.12
Rate type
Per annum
Working environment
Working in a lovely school setting, serving children, preparing food and cleaning.
10 hours a week
Job description
Your key responsibilities as the Kitchen Assistant/Kitchen Porter will consist of:
- Ensure full area of responsibility is clean, appropriately presented and always stocked
- Ensure thorough and up to date knowledge and understanding of menu and special offers to provide relevant information to customers and clients
- Be responsible for smooth operation of relevant equipment reporting any maintenance issues in line with procedures
- Operate the till point as required throughout service, ensuring correct procedures are used
- Ensure all complaint handling is dealt with professionally and in line with procedures
- Ensure that COSHH, Food Safety and Health & Safety regulations are adhered to and any incidents are reported in line with procedures
- Ad-hoc duties to support the catering team and services
Skills & Experience
The experience and knowledge we are looking for from the future Kitchen Assistant/Kitchen Porter include:
- Genuine interest in customer service excellence
- A great team player
- Catering experience desirable but not essential
Benefits
Salary: £3,849.12. Term time only
Why it’s great to work for us
Elior UK has been recognised for a variety of awards such as CSR and chef development programmes which demonstrate the passion and creativity of our great team.
For all our colleagues we offer a range of discounts such as EE mobile contracts, Nissan vehicles, and lots more offers on leisure and entertainment, gyms and restaurants.
We focus on our colleagues and hold an annual Elior Award event, issue rewards for recognition every month plus deliver a varied portfolio of development programmes. We offer additional leave for charity work and provide a Colleague Support Programme for health & wellbeing advice.
Elior foster and believe in a diverse workplace, free from discrimination, which leads to an enjoyable and supportive environment.
Elior UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and requires all of its colleagues to demonstrate this commitment in every aspect of their work.
Interested?
All you need is an updated CV and cover letter, we’ll do the rest.
#TheJobThatIWant #TeamElior #EliorCareers #EliorFoodie
Twitter: @elioruk Facebook: Elior Careers Instagram: elior_uk
Any internal colleagues applying for this role, please be advised that new terms and conditions will apply.
Job location
England, Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent
Town & Post code
Hanley, ST2 8DD
Candidate criteria
Minimum level of experience required
More than 2 years
General information
Division/ Dept
89% of our colleagues enjoy doing their job each day.
Here at Elior UK we have lots of opportunity for progression and personal development within our business and work with a diverse range of clients.
Elior is a multi-award-winning global player in the contract catering sector, with operations in over 6 countries, over 105,000 employees and 4 million guests served every day. We are one of the largest contract caterers in the industry with our Group headquarters in Paris. Here in the UK, we have approximately 10,000 colleagues helping us deliver our promise in achieving excellence in everything that makes up the customer experience across over 1,200 sites.
We’re driven by the knowledge that young people deserve – and need – the best food for their wellbeing
We’re dedicated at Taylor Shaw to bringing all our resources together to provide high quality nutritious food that our young customers will enjoy while at school and in further education. And to ensuring it is served by caring, well trained and skilled people.
Apply below
https://elior-uk.talent-soft.com/job/job-kitchen-assistant-porter_37002.aspx?idOrigine=1892
Care Worker
Stoke-on-Trent ST4
£9.01 – £10.21 an hour – Full-time, Permanent
Radis Community Care have an exciting opportunity for a Care Worker to join our team based in the following areas of Stoke-on-Trent:
- Stoke City center
- Longton
- Weston Coyney
- Burslem
About Radis
Established in 2001, Radis Community Care has grown to become a leading provider of community based social care and support for thousands of vulnerable adults and children in England and Wales, focused on supporting people to live independently in their own homes and part of their local communities.
We care for a range of service users including the elderly and for people with physical and/or learning disabilities. Tailored to meet our service user’s individual needs, our care ranges from brief daily visits to 24-hour live-in care and can either be short or long-term.
About the role
As a Community Care Worker, you will provide care to service users living independently in their own homes, that is flexible and responsive to their needs. This can include assisting them with daily living tasks, personal care and hygiene, light meal preparation and domestic tasks and medication.
We are recruiting for both full-time and part-time roles.
Benefits for the Role
- Mileage Allowance for Cars & Bikes
- Full or Part time hours available
- NEST Pension
- Free uniform and PPE
- Excellent career progression
- Fully structured support for all new starters available
- Full Out of Hours support
- full training, working towards Care Certificate, Dementia, End of life and other training courses.
- In-depth online & Office based training
- Paid Shadowing in the field
- You get paid by BACS every 4 weeks
- Refer a friend payment (Unlimited Payments) Subject to conditions
- We will pay for mandatory refresher training
Radis Community Care is an Equal Opportunities Employer that welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Apply below
https://jobs.radis.co.uk/radis/search/vacancy/all/1/4241181?FeedID=894
Apprenticeships
Chef
Stoke-on-Trent ST1
£8.91 – £10.00 an hour
Our Chefs are the artists behind the dishes we serve our guests. Our Chefs are passionate about all things food and take great pride in only serving the tastiest plates.
What makes a great Chef?
Make it Magic: You deliver great looking food at pace, serving dishes that delight our guests and keep them coming back for more.
Keep it Fresh: You’re always looking for ways to make service and operations better, coming up with new ideas that help the business grow.
Be Sharp: You’re an expert on all things policy, process and specs, maintaining a kitchen that meets the highest levels of safety and hygiene standards.
Own it: You understand the key performance indicators your restaurant is measured against and work hard to positively influence these whilst on shift.
Do it Together: You’re fun to be around and easy to work with, always helping a colleague in need.
What you’ll receive…
- 28 days paid annual leave
- Team incentives
- 3% pension contribution
- Participation in our annual Share Save Scheme
- 30% discount across all The Restaurant Group brands
- Membership to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Free meal on shift
- Great training and apprenticeship programmes that set you up for success
- Plenty of career progression opportunities
Apply below
https://chiquito.ats.emea1.fourth.com/vacancies?id=3571&cid=56
Business Administration Apprenticeship
OCIUSNET UK LTD
Stoke-on-Trent ST3
Apprenticeship
We are seeking a friendly and reliable Business Administration Apprentice to work as part of a busy team. We are a business that is growing, and you have the chance to grow with us. We are looking for someone who can support in all areas of the business.
Closing date: 16 Aug 2021
Apprenticeship summary
- Weekly wage
£172.00
Wages explained
Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that’s part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week).
- Working week
Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5pm.
Total hours per week: 40.00
- Expected duration
18 months
- Possible start date
28 Aug 2021
- Date posted
today
- Distance
133 miles
- Apprenticeship level
Advanced
Level 3 (A level)
- Reference number
VAC001745839
- Positions
1 available
Main responsibilities:
- Communicating with team members
- Data input and creating performance reports
- Raising purchase order requests
- Fuel reporting – logging mileage/registration/operative and spend
- Email queries
- Obtaining safe digging prints for operatives
- Any other ad hoc duties
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills
- Good standards of math’s & English
- Use of Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets and records
Personal qualities
- Be able to work in a busy environment
Desired qualifications
- GCSE (or equivalent) grades 4 (C) and above for English & math’s
Prospects
This may lead to a permanent position with chances to progress within a growing company for the successful applicant.
Apply below
https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/-638032