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Job Title: Seasonal Retail Assistant

Hours: 15 hours/week (weekends)

Location: Bicester

Salary: £13.16 per hour

Are you looking for a varied role? Want to work for a charity? Interested in recycling and the circular economy?

We are looking for a weekend Seasonal Retail Assistant, who will support the store management team with the day-to-day operations during the busy festive period on a fixed-term contract.

Contracts to start at the beginning of November and ends on 24th December 2025.

About us:

Sobell House is a hospice based on the Churchill Hospital site and is part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It is jointly funded by the NHS and Sobell House Hospice Charity. We offer specialist palliative care to those facing life threatening illness, death and bereavement in Oxfordshire. This encompasses physical, psychological, social and spiritual care and includes supporting their families and those close to them. We care for around 3,000 patients and their families every year. The Charity contributes funding towards the care provided at Sobell House and also entirely funds the transport service, bereavement support, social work team and chaplaincy service.

Our team values:

Continuous Improvement: We have a ‘growth mindset’. We embrace feedback and positive change and are continually looking for improved ways of working.

Integrity: We are honest, transparent and accountable for our actions and outcomes.

Collaboration: We believe together is better. Working with colleagues, partners and our community to achieve more.

Impact: We aim to make a positive difference to the lives of others through our work.

Compassion: We treat ourselves and others with kindness, respect, empathy and care.

Other Benefits:

• Holiday entitlement: 36 including 8 Bank Holidays pro rata
• Pension: 7% employer pension contribution
• Sick pay: 6 weeks in any rolling 12 months after probation completed
• Additional Benefits: Employee Assistance Programme, Death in Service, Cycle to Work

Please note: we use application forms, not CVs!

Please review the detailed job Description and complete the Application form here: https://sobellhouse.org/job/seasonal-retail-assistant/

By using application forms, we offer a consistent way for applicants to give us the information we need. Candidates are selected for interview based on the examples and evidence provided in the form, which we match against the person specification in the role job description. The people who assess your application will not see your name, age, gender, or any other information that makes you identifiable.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 2 months

Pay: £13.16 per hour

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site parking

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person