Temporary Sales Assistant (viewed27 times)

CompanyName: Scope

JobLocation: Northampton

JobStatus: Fixed Term

JobDescription

Sales Assistant

Fixed term for 3 months, 35 hours a week

Starting full-time salary £24,479 a year (£13.45 an hour)

Northampton - NN1 2AW

Join Our Community

Would you like to work at the heart of your local community? Are you motivated to inspire and support a team of volunteers? Do you have retail experience and are ready for the next step in your career?

If so, this could be the opportunity for you.

The role

Fixed term for 3 months, 35 hours a week

Scope's Northampton shop – 55 to 57 Abington Street, Northampton, NN1 2AW

Please note that successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We welcome all applications by 11:59pm GMT on Wednesday 30 September 2026.

We are looking for a Temporary Sales Assistant to join the friendly team at Scope's Northampton shop. In this role, you'll work alongside our dedicated retail team, using your creativity, enthusiasm, and customer service skills to help create a welcoming shopping experience and support the success of the store.

You will

- Complete cash handling, banking and associated administration, ensuring that all till operations are in accordance with Scope’s policies and procedures and the Shop Operating Manual.
- Maintain a high standard of merchandising of products both in the window and inside the shop.
- Assist the Shop Manager and Assistant Shop Manager to manage all aspects of stock collection and preparation; ensuring that stock processing levels are sufficient to achieve required shop floor density, encouraging stock donations at all times.
- Demonstrate excellent customer service, internally and externally, always promoting good practice within the shop.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Proven experience in a retail or customer service environment.
- Good written and numerical skills to carry out a variety of administrative tasks.
- Clear, confident communication skills.
- Friendly, efficient and professional customer service that delivers a excellent in‑shop experience for every customer.




- Proactive approach to generating ideas and solutions that help increase sales and support stock generation.
- Proven organisational and prioritising skills.
- Be flexible, respond positively to change, and work effectively under pressure and deal with conflicting priorities.

Please make sure you explain in your application, with examples, how you can meet these important skills.

We ask you to show an appreciation of Scope’s values and our ambition of creating equal futures with disabled people.

Working in Our Shops

Our shops are the face of our retail brand, run by dedicated, creative, and passionate teams. We focus on sustainable fashion, engage with local communities, and lead volunteers to deliver a great experience for colleagues and customers. Funds raised support Scope’s mission of achieving equality for disabled people and their families.

Shop Hours

Scope shops are open every day. Some weekend and Bank Holiday cover is needed.

Full-time: 35 hours per week, five days out of seven

Part-time: Weekly hours on a seven-day rota.

Job Requirements

In line with UK legislation, we are only able to accept applications from individuals aged 18 or over. This is because the role may involve working alone in the shop without other staff present.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Scope is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Anonymised applications: We use an anonymised shortlisting process as part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. All advertised vacancies require a CV and the completion of a short application form.

Our values

Pioneering, Courageous, Connected, Open, Fair.

We trust each other and give colleagues freedom to be creative, push boundaries, and change minds.

Our promise to disabled people

We are proud to be a charity that stands for disability equality.



We welcome applications from disabled people and anyone with an impairment, condition, or access need. We want our team to reflect the communities we serve.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we promise to offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential requirements for the job. To do this, tick the box in your application to say you are applying under the Offer an Interview Scheme (this used to be called the Guaranteed Interview Scheme).

If you need any changes or support during the recruitment process, please email us via our website.

Important to know

You must meet all the essential requirements listed in the job description.

If lots of people apply, we may need to limit interviews to a fair number of disabled applicants who best meet the criteria.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

EDI is a priority at Scope. We welcome applications from people of colour and other underrepresented communities. We aim to create a culture where everyone feels they belong, treating all with dignity and respect. As a disability equality charity, accessibility and inclusion come first. We listen, learn and continuously improve.

You can find out more about our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion on the Scope website.

Scope benefits

We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition. We offer a wide range of benefits including:

- 35 days annual leave
- flexible working (where we can)
- company pension
- excellent training and career development
- strong colleague networks across disability, LGBTQ+, race equality, carers, women and young colleagues
- Wellbeing incentives like a discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, and much more

One in four of us in the UK are disabled and we are a diverse, proud, and vibrant community. We’re here to create an equal future with all disabled people. We campaign to transform attitudes to disability, tackle injustice and inspire action. We are creating a powerful movement of disabled people, allies, organisations and businesses.

Together we will be unstoppable.

Address

Scope
Scope
Northampton
NN Northampton
NN1 2AW

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