Services Assistant

Job description

This position is for the new store in Brightlingsea due to open May 2025, with interviews being held at the nearby Colchester Store.

Please Read and Be Aware of The Following Before Applying:

• Only apply for ONE vacancy at this store, as your application will be considered for all positions available, only one interview will be required. Additional applications will be withdrawn.
• There is limited public transport available in the local area. Please check that you are able to attend all shift times advertised before applying for the role, as the earliest bus arrives at Brightlingsea at 7am and the latest bus at 10pm. 
• Flexibility of hours is important. Confirmation of actual hours could be different to those advertised within the advert.
• Training will be completed at a different site so travel to and from training locations are essential.

Love food and preparing great quality products for customers? As a Food Services Assistant you’ll be doing exactly that as you prepare a range of great tasting products for our customers, including breads, pastries, sweet treats and seasonal items. You’ll ensure the products are beautifully displayed so that they are enticing for our customers and be tuned in to what they want to ensure sure they’re receiving an experience that will keep them coming back to shop with us.  

You don’t need to bring any previous food or retail experience because we’ll teach you everything you need to know.  What matters is that you have a passion for food and delivering exceptional customer service. Whilst not essential, an understanding of technology and sales will help get customers excited about our products.

We aim to make everyone who joins us be the best they can be and are committed to being a fully inclusive retailer where our customers love to shop, and our colleagues love to work! 

 If the shifts for this role cover hours earlier than 6am or later than 11pm, you will need to be at least 18 years of age.

 Sainsbury's will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age.  To find out the school leavers age for your country please visit: https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school

 Alongside a market leading rate of pay, we also offer a great range of benefits for all our colleagues:

• Discount card – 10% discount off on your shopping at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu and Habitat after four weeks.  This increases to 15% discount off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday, and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
• Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores.
• Generous holiday entitlement - based on the hours you work.
• Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more. 
• Family leave – generous maternity and paternity leave. 
• Pension – Sainsbury’s will match between 4-7% of your pension contributions.
• Sainsbury’s share schemes – allowing you to buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices and the option to buy shares monthly from your gross salary to build up an investment. 
• Wellbeing support – including free access to our Employee Assistance Programme which is a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues.