Gift, Clothing

Here at **Mainsgill Farmshop** we are on the search for new retail **Gift, Clothing & Homewares Retail Assistant **to join our growing team.

Located on the A66, 4 miles west of Scotch Corner in Richmond North Yorkshire, we are a family-run, award winning flagship farmshop and tearoom which continues to grow each year. We use our own home-reared meats from the family farm in our tearoom, as well as quality local produce. Our farmshop is brimming with our homemade produce from our artisan kitchen, home-reared meats from the farm, and a vast range of unique food and drinks. We pride ourselves on providing the highest standards of customer service, and all our team working together to go the extra mile for each visitor.

Located on our first floor, our gift and clothing hall hosts a wide range of unique and household brands including Barbour, Joules, Seasalt, White Stuff, Sophie Allport and Wrendale Designs. With our new expansion we now stock many more popular and unique brands; Emma Bridgewater, Hug Rug, Dunoon, Ariat Footwear, Mackenzie & George and Chapter Organics

Attention to detail is key - we create unique retail displays in-house and are continually adding new products each week to the shop floor. Our local customers visit frequently, and love to see our new displays and products throughout the year. Our customers from further afield visit us seasonally throughout the year so they love to see our extravagant festive displays at Christmas, and bright coloured homewares during the summer months. A continual change and impeccable upkeep of displays and stock is a must to ensure the best shopping experience for each customer.

Learning is very hands-on, and our experienced established team members will guide you throughout. Our Gift Hall provides potential to learn, grow and to become a part of the family retail/hospitality business. Our established team is made up of around 50 members, with majority working for ten's of years within the business.

**Main responsibilities include**:

- Working on the checkouts and delivering high standards of customer service
- Maintaining high standards of visual displays
- Maintaining high standards of cleanliness of shop floor
- Keeping work place clear and tidy at all times
- Creating retail displays for both gifts and clothing products
- Dealing with new deliveries, checking items and pricing ready for the shop floor.
- Replenishing stock on the shop floor throughout the working day
- Stock management

**We are looking for individuals who**:

- Can work well with others in a team
- Can communicate well with others
- Can deliver high standards of customer service
- Are reliable
- Enthusiastic
- Enjoy working in a busy environment
- Are highly motivated
- Have a positive can-do attitude

**What Mainsgill Farm offers for our team members**
- Excellent competitive hourly rates of pay
- Sociable daytime hours, 9:00am start - 5:00pm finish
- No split shifts
- No evening work
- To work 3, 4 or 5 days each week. One working day to be either a Saturday or Sunday each week. (Days off are 1x day at the weekend, day(s) off during the week)
- No rota, set days each week (allowing you to plan day-off activities ahead)
- Guaranteed agreed hours week in, week out (no zero-hour contracts)
- Paid lunch break, where lunch is provided
- Free secure parking
- Employee discount (after probation period)
- 28 days annual leave (based on full time schedule)
- Potential to progress within the business
- Potential to learn other aspects of retail and hospitality
- Overtime available during peak-seasons

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift

Work Location: In person