Saturday Sales Assistant

St Margaret’s Hospice Care has a fantastic opportunity for a Saturday Sales Assistant to join our Yeovil Bargain Basement store.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being part of a lively, customer-focused shop and providing a helpful, positive experience for customers throughout the day.

• Location: Yeovil
• Salary:  £5,002.95 per annum
• Contract: Permanent, Part time
• Working pattern:  7.5 hours on a Saturday. There will be a need to work additional hours to cover staff leave as required.

As part of our charity retail team, you’ll play a key role in generating vital income that helps us support nearly 5,000 people across Somerset every year.

What can you expect to be doing? 

Joining the team in our Yeovil Bargain Basement Store, you will support the Shop Manager and Deputy in the day-to-day running of the shop, helping to create a friendly and welcoming experience for a steady flow of customers.

Your day to day work will involve:

• Overseeing our busy till and handling customer transactions with a smile, providing a welcome atmosphere that keeps our customers coming back!
• Sorting and lifting donated goods
• Merchandising and creating eye-catching shop displays
• Following till and cash handling procedures 
• Helping to support and motivate a team of shop volunteers
• Promoting the services and fundraising activities of St Margaret’s Hospice.

If you're looking for a rewarding role, where you can really make a difference, this could be the job for you.

What can you expect to be good at?

Previous experience in a retail environment is desirable but not essential as a full induction and training programme will be provided. However, it will really help if you have:

• Demonstrable high standards of customer service
• Good communication skills.

So, whether you are looking to take your first step into a Retail role or already have experience, we would love to hear from you.

This role is a physically demanding position within a busy retail environment which includes the lifting of donated goods.

Our Values

At St Margaret’s Hospice, our values guide everything we do. We are:

• Compassionate: Kindness and care for everyone, every day
• Collaborative: One team, working together for one goal
• Ambitious: Striving for better, now and into the future.

If these values resonate with you, we’d love to hear from you.

Inclusive recruitment
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. If your experience broadly matches the role and you’re motivated to make a difference, we encourage you to apply.

If you need adjustments during recruitment, please contact recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk.

Why join St Margaret’s Hospice?

You won’t just be joining a fantastic team - you’ll become part of a welcoming, community-minded charity making a real difference every day.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment alongside a range of benefits including:

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays, increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

• NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
• Non-NHS employees will receive 6% employer and 5% employee contribution.

Employee Assistance Programme

Including:

• 24/7 GP consultations
• Wellbeing and health support
• Confidential counselling
• Legal, financial and medical advice
• Expert case management support for employees and families

Additional benefits

• Life assurance cover (2x salary)
• Health Cash Plans
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Enhanced maternity leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Opportunities to volunteer and support fundraising initiatives

*Eligibility criteria applies

Want to apply?

If you want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying, we'd love to hear from you. Just pop into our Bargain Basement store to find out more.

If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can't wait to hear from you!

Application Closing Date: 17/06/2026

Unfortunately, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time.