Boots Beauty Specialist

Job Reference: 191314BR

West Thurrock, Lakeside Shopping Centre

Fixed Term

Part-time

**The hourly rate for this role is £10.30 plus product allowance and ongoing training from our amazing brands and beauty experts**

Beauty halls at Boots have changed We’ve re-imagined the Boots shopping experience to create a beauty playground where customers can get hands on with products and receive personalised, expert advice on all of our beauty and skincare brands from our Boots Beauty Specialists.

**About the opportunity**

As a Boots Beauty Specialist, your role will be to provide impartial, tailored expert advice, and guide customers to select the right products for them across a range of premium brands in our Beauty Halls. You will work amongst iconic brands including Fenty, Huda Beauty, MAC Cosmetics, Clinique and The Ordinary with many more exciting brands to come. You’ll receive immersive training, get to experiment with the latest products and work with beauty experts to develop your skills further. You’ll work as part of a passionate and likeminded beauty team, and whilst you’ll still have targets, your focus as a Beauty Specialist is to provide each individual customer with the right beauty and skincare products for them regardless of brand.

**About you**

We’re looking for Beauty Specialists who really understand beauty retail - creative individuals who’ve perfected their beauty skills and want to inspire others. You’ll be obsessed with the latest make-up trends, empathetic and approachable, knowledgeable about the benefits of skincare routines and passionate about making others feel amazing.

**You will be able to**:

- Encourage customers to explore the Beauty Hall
- Assist customers in finding the right products for them, with honest and impartial advice
- Deliver personal sales targets by delivering an exceptional customer experience
- Be up-to-date with beauty trends and share knowledge with customers to enhance their shopping experience

**Our Benefits**
- Generous staff discount
- Competitive rates of pay
- Access to discounts and offers across a variety of top brands, services and activities
- Competitive holiday allowance (with the option to buy more days)
- Boots Retirement Savings Plan pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus scheme
- Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption leave pay
- £100 gift card for colleagues expecting/adopting a baby
- Flexible benefits scheme (via salary sacrifice) including financial wellbeing support, gym membership, holiday buying, dental cover, life assurance, restaurant discount cards, activity passes and much more (exclusions may apply, eligible roles only)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme offering free, independent and confidential counselling and support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Generous staff discount (with enhanced discounts for Boots brands, Boot Opticians and Boots Hearingcare)
- Access to corporate third-party discounts, including retail, cinema, holidays and more (UK only)
- Access to the Boots Benevolent Fund, a registered charity that offers support to eligible current and former colleagues in the UK, as well as their immediate relatives, at times of financial hardship.
- Access to discounts and offers across a variety of top brands, services and activities

**Why Boots**

We are the UK’s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer. With over 2,200 stores, our purpose is to help our customers look and feel better than they thought possible. For over 170 years, we have used our expertise to help improve the health and wellbeing of local communities.
- Diversity and inclusion is at the centre of everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We offer a variety of flexible working patterns to support our colleagues to achieve a good work life balance.**What’s next?**
- Hear from our Boots Beauty Specialists to see what they love about their role