Retail & Deli Assistant
This seasonal role within our small yet well-stocked grocery store is varied and centred on providing a quality customer experience and assisting the team in the efficient operational running of the department. Our team culture is collaborative, communicative, dynamic and hard-working.
We have roles across all our departments and double or twin rooms available. Share our opportunities with your partner or best friend and let them join your island adventure.
Department: Tresco Stores
Salary: Competitive, from £12.25 per hour
Hours: Full Time, with 2 days off per week
Contract Length: Seasonal, March to October
Duties Include
- Providing an excellent standard of customer service, handling customer queries with a polite and genuine manner
- Stock management including quality control checks, handling incoming deliveries and merchandising
- Light food handling duties – serving on the deli counter, cutting cheese, baking breads and pastries, abiding by food hygiene guidelines and maintaining a high standard of cleanliness
- Accurately handling cash and processing customer transactions, sometimes at speed / under pressure
- Assisting with daily cleaning procedures at the end of each shift
- Working constructively within a team, taking direction from the management team, as well as managing own time and completing tasks to deadlines
Our Ideal Candidate
- Ideally some experience in a customer-facing role would be useful
- Happy to work as part of a team, comfortable and willing to take direction, with great communication skills
- Adaptable and able to work flexibly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment. Capable of multitasking with a high standard of delivery.
- Personable, patient, and comfortable with frequent interpersonal interaction
- Capable of working accurately under pressure, and able to manage own time
- Self-motivated, driven, and able to take the initiative where required
- Comfortable with performing physical tasks such as lifting heavy boxes, stocking floor-level shelves
- Strong attention to detail and great presentation both personally and in the standard of work produced
- Holder of a Food Hygeiene certificate or willing to obtain one
About Tresco Island
At the heart of the Isles of Scilly archipelago, 28 miles from the Cornish coast, Tresco Island is a family‐run business comprising the whole island of Tresco and the Hell Bay Hotel on the neighbouring island of Bryher.
With timeshare and rental cottages, a 16-bedroom inn, two restaurants, a world-famous garden, a spa, an art gallery, a shop and a working farm, Tresco is a subtropical island known for its deserted bays, aquamarine seas and exceptional guest experiences.
Just across the water on the neighbouring island of Bryher, Hell Bay Hotel stands as Scilly’s highest-rated hotel and restaurant. Our boutique hotel offers 25 suites, a 3AA Rosette restaurant, a Crab Shack and wellness facilities - a haven of calm amidst the wild seascape of Bryher's west coast.
Working & Living Here
If the opportunity to live and work on a subtropical island isn't enough, there's a range of great benefits and perks, including:
- On-island accommodation, minutes from the beach
- Paid travel to and from the island at the start and end of your time with us
- Competitive pay and the opportunity for gratuities with many roles
- Many roles include delicious on-duty meals
- 20% off in our restaurants, pub, spa and shops
- Free scheduled boating and camping kit hire, and discounted watersports equipment hire, to help you explore
- And many more...
