Sunday Sales Assistant

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

• Location: Street, Somerset
• Salary: £4,335.88 per annum 
• Contract: Permanent, Part time
• Working pattern: 6.5 hours on a Sunday. There will also be a need to work additional hours to cover staff leave as required.

By joining us, you’ll become part of a Retail Team that we are proud to say consists of over 700 dedicated staff 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.

In this role, you will:

• Delivering friendly and approachable customer service
• 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?

Retail experience is helpful but not essential, as full training will be provided.

However, it will really help if you have:

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

Whether you’re looking for your first retail role or already have experience, we’d 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 or find out more?

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 Street store for a chat.

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

Closing date: Sunday 31st May 2026

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