Monday 25 November 2013

Job: Bookseller




Branch
LEADENHALL
Salary
£6.37 plus location allowance if applicable
Contracted Hours
20 Hours
Specific Hours
4 hours per day across 5 days. Mostly Mon-Fri, although it will involve occasional weekends. Candidates need to be available to work Christmas Eve or Boxing Day.
Additional Locations
Leadenhall Market, London Wall and Canary Wharf
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Closing Date
26 November 2013

Summary of the role

At Waterstones, our Booksellers are our ambassadors to our customers and a fundamental part of who we are. As a Bookseller your principal task will be sharing your passion for reading with our customers and inspiring and helping them to discover new books and writing. You will work as a team to make sure that your book shop is a pleasure to shop in by creating attractive displays, shelving books and ensuring that you consider how best to do this for your customers. Being a Bookseller is a demanding role and requires energy, enthusiasm and an ability to engage with different people.
What will I be doing?
  • Prioritising our customers above everything else
  • Greeting and engaging in conversation with our customers
  • Answering customer queries, identifying suitable books or other products that meet their needs and sharing your passion for reading
  • Maintaining high standards of presentation throughout the shop, from implementing displays, to making sure books are clearly priced, tidying and shelving books
  • Working with pace and energy in a busy environment
  • Constantly developing and widening your knowledge of books across all genres and sections
Our shops work closely with each other, sharing staff and expertise. You may be required to work in other branches within a reasonable distance/travel time of your designated home branch. Please see "Additional Locations" above to view if this role includes working across more than one branch.
Training and development
At Waterstones we are committed to investing in your development. Our Waterstones Academy will support you to learn everything that you need to in your career as a Bookseller. You may even have the opportunity to complete a qualification in the form of our Certificate in Bookselling.
What about the benefits package?
You will receive a staff discount card. Everyone at Waterstones is entitled to 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays). On top of all this, other benefits include access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Payroll Giving, Long Service Awards, Child care Vouchers, Pension Plan and Interest Free Season Ticket Loans.
We are looking for a number of highly enthusiastic and friendly people to work in our City branches during the busy Christmas period. Successful candidates will have excellent communication and customer service skills, and must be flexible.
Candidates need to be available to start work from Monday 2nd December and will be expected to work throughout December until either Christmas Eve or Boxing Day.
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