Sales Assistant

St Margaret’s Hospice Care is looking for a friendly, motivated Sales Assistant to join our welcoming team.

• Location: Street, Somerset
• Salary: £10,362.09 per annum (pay award pending)
• Contract: Permanent, Part time
• Working pattern: 16 hours across two days a week. There will also be a need to work additional hours to cover staff leave as required.

By joining us you will quickly become part of a great Retail Team that we are proud to say consists of over 700 dedicated individuals and volunteers. The team’s commitment, skills, passion, and energy combine to deliver significant income, enabling our clinical colleagues to deliver their services to nearly 5,000 people across Somerset.

What can you expect to be doing? 

Joining the team in our Street Store, you will support the shop manager and deputy in the running of the shop.

Your day to day work will involve:

• Delivering friendly and approachable customer service
• Sorting and lifting donated goods
• Merchandising and creating eye-catching shop displays
• Following till and cash handling procedures 
• Supporting and motivating 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.

What can we offer you?
You won’t just be joining a fantastic team – you’ll be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. Everyone here contributes and has a part to play towards our goal. If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do. So, if you’re looking for a role where you can really make a difference, working as part of a supportive team, we could be a perfect match.

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

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

Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:

• Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
• Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management
• Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
• Counselling and support
• Legal, financial, and medical information and advice 

And more…

• Life assurance cover – 2x salary
• Health Cash Plans - help with covering the cost of healthcare needs by providing cashback on a range of health benefits
• Blue Light Card – Discounts on retailers and restaurants saving up to 35%
• Enhanced maternity leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
• Volunteering and fundraising opportunities

*Eligibility criteria applies

If you want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying, we’d love to hear from you. Just reach out to Debbie Trevett at Debbie.Trevett@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

We are currently managing the recruitment process in-house and kindly ask that recruitment agencies refrain from contacting us with candidates for this role.

For any questions about our recruitment process, please contact Recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time. 

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact us for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

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

Closing date: 7th April 2026

This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage early submission.