Retail Sales Assistant, National Slate Museum
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Position Overview & Specifications
What you’ll do…
You will work within a small customer-centric team (line-managed by a Retail Supervisor) to provide our visitors an excellent retail shopping experience that promotes the Museum’s brand values and builds brand affiliation. You will help in maintaining high retail standards, store treatment, and visual merchandising that aligns with the Visual Merchandising Guidelines Manual, maximising sales and KPI targets. As part of the retail team, your role will include some manual handling when processing deliveries, pre retailing new stock and merchandising stock on the shop floor. The role involves long periods of time standing and carrying out a cash and wrap service at our till point.
What you’ll achieve…
- Creating a welcoming, safe and appealing environment for visitors to enjoy and shop. • Becoming an ambassador for the brand and Museum by delivering the very best shopping experience and standards of service for our customers. • Maximising sales through high standards of customer service and experience, delivering attentive, authoritative and enthusiastic levels of engagement with our broad range of visitors. • Compliance with all departmental policies, and with all relevant legislation including adherence to retail and company cash handling procedures at all times. • Maximising sales income through high retail standards, standards of housekeeping, stock availability and high standards of visual merchandising, compliant with the Visual Merchandising Guidelines Manual
Job: Retail Sales Assistant | Museum Wales
Job Types: Permanent, Fixed term contract
Salary: £21,103.44-£21,903.34 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Caernarfon: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location
Application deadline: 17/02/2023
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Culture & Entertainment
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Retail Sales Assistant, National Slate Museum roles across Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Culture & Entertainment.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £21,103 - £21,903 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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