Performer - Elves

**Job Ref**:DO12858

**Branch**:Dobbies York

**Location**:Dobbies York, York

**Contract type**:Temporary/Seasonal

**Hours**:Part Time

**Shift pattern**:Flexible shifts throughout the week including weekends

**Hours per week**:8 - 30 hours per week

**Posted date**:11/09/2024

**Closing date**:13/10/2024

Our Elf Performers play an essential role in delivering customer experience across our stores - delivering the magic of Christmas to customers and creating memorable grotto visits for families.

**Responsibilities**
- Deliver memorable grotto visits by preparing and helping children meet Santa
- Entertain families at Santa's Breakfast in our restaurant
- Spread Christmas joy and fulfil the imagination of children at all ages
- Create an exciting atmosphere for families and help them celebrate Christmas

**Who we are looking for**
- You will have a confident, kind and jolly nature - with lots of enthusiasm
- You can engage with and build a rapport with people of all ages
- You work well within a team, build relationships, and have fun, whilst celebrating success
- You show up to work on time, well presented and bring your can for and hard working attitude with along with you
- Can demonstrate our values at all times - we're one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers.

**What we offer**
- Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required
- Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls
- Access to Wagestream - support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial advice
- Access to Retail Trust - seek confidential support, access to a virtual GP, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platform
- Access to Dobbies Academy - continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes
- Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers

**About us**

At Dobbies, we’re proud to have history dating back to 1865. Founded by James Dobbie, we’re the UK’s largest garden centre retailer, with 3,800 colleagues and 77 stores, including six Little Dobbies, and a Central Support Office near Edinburgh.

Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We have something for every season, occasion and style of garden, outside and in.

Many of our stores also feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

At Dobbies, we champion garden living all-year-round and offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together.

We’re committed to being a great place to work. We’re one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.