School Shop Sales Assistant (Prep)
Millfield Preparatory School
Somerset
- £6,837.82 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- £6,837.82 per annum (inclusive of holiday pay)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 21 June 2024
Job overview
Millfield Preparatory School is seeking a School Shop Sales Assistant to work at our campus in Glastonbury. As a vital team member, you will handle sales to pupils, parents, staff, and school departments.
Your diverse activities will include presenting merchandise in an appealing manner, ensuring accurate pricing, and providing assistance with lost property. The role will actively involve you in tasks such as stock checks, facilitating pupil uniform kit outs, and engaging in negotiations with suppliers regarding product ranges and pricing.
We are seeking an individual with a flexible, proactive, and professional approach. While prior experience in a retail environment is desirable, we value a friendly demeanour and exceptional customer service skills. The ideal candidate should be a flexible team player capable of working independently.
The hours of work are 7.45am to 1.15pm Monday and Friday and 7.45am to 12.15pm for ten Saturdays during term time. You will also be expected to work an average of 136 hours during non-term time; 118.5 of these hours will be included in your salary of £6,837.82 per annum (inclusive of holiday pay), with the remaining submitted on a timesheet at the rate of £11.44 per hour.
About us
Millfield Prep offers an exceptional, all-round educational experience that puts the individual at the centre in order to develop and discover their brilliance. Nestled in the beautiful Somerset countryside beneath Glastonbury Tor, Millfield Prep is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 2–13, founded in 1945. We pride ourselves on providing an exceptional, all-round education where every child can discover their passions. We have outstanding sports facilities and a vibrant multisport environment.
If you are interested, an application form and further details are available from our website.
Closing date: Noon on 21st June 2024.
Millfield School is committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all. We are a community that celebrates diversity, supporting our pupils and employees to be brilliant as individuals.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Specific safeguarding responsibilities for this position are outlined in the job description. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory safeguarding checks including, but not limited to, Enhanced DBS clearance. All positions within the school are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Be kind, be individual, be brilliant. Millfield School, where being an individual is recognised as the key to brilliance.
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About Millfield Preparatory School
Millfield Prep offers an exceptional, all-round educational experience that puts the individual at the centre, in order to develop and discover their brilliance. Nestled in the beautiful Somerset countryside, Millfield Prep is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 2-13, founded in 1945. We provide the ideal environment in which to grow up, foster a love of learning and create lifelong childhood memories. We pride ourselves on providing an exceptional, all-round education where every child can discover their brilliance. Our fundamental belief is that every child is unique and that they all have their own special talents which they enjoy and excel at and which we celebrate.
The school’s facilities are unrivalled and our teaching provision immerses pupils in limitless opportunities so that wherever their passions lie, they will excel in academics, arts, music and sport, all in one place. Our focus is teaching pupils a broad, balanced and individually tailored programme, with academically challenging opportunities for our most able and support for those who need it. We promote confidence, health and wellbeing through involvement in sport and physical activity. We have around 150 full time boarders, many of whom are UK-based children but also children from 27 other nationalities, living in 5 boarding houses, and 250 day pupils.
We believe that all our pupils are brilliant at something and it is our job to help them find what that is. They gain a real sense of achievement from the variety of co-curricular activities on offer, the wide range of clubs include Kit Car Club, Programming & Coding Club to Soft-Toy Making and Skateboarding. Millfield Prep’s outstanding facilities across 200 acres, allow pupils to excel. Whether it’s swimming in our 25-metre indoor swimming pool, playing golf on our 9- or 18-hole golf courses, playing on our numerous sports pitches or horse riding in our fantastic equestrian centre which features over 120 acres of hacking trails and a British Eventing (BE) cross-country course.
The teaching staff at MPS are hugely committed and, in turn, the School supports them fully in their own professional development. A warm, friendly staff room that embodies a positive, can-do attitude makes MPS a fantastic place to work.
Head
Dan Thornburn
Values and Vision
Our Purpose: To break the mould as an activist educator and provide an education and an experience that honours the individual.
Our Vision: To be the world leader for the development of children.
Our Mission:
- Discover brilliance in every child
- Be the world’s best at immersing students in limitless academic, artistic and sporting opportunities
- Be the market leader in providing transformational bursaries
Our values are Be Brilliant, Be Curious, Be Kind, Be Challengers, Be You.
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