Bookseller (3019) Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
Salary: £11.61 p/h Monday to Friday, £13.02 p/h Saturdays, £13.89 p/h Sundays
Location: Bookshop
Contract: Permanent
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
We are looking for a Bookseller to work in our prestigious city centre Bookshop, promoting and selling our titles to a broad base of customers. In the role of Bookseller you'll work one weekend day per week, following a rota, with other ad hoc work during the week. It's important to have availability both during the week and at weekends as required, to meet the needs of the business.
About the role
The Role
- To be available to work on one weekend day per week, as per an advance rota, but mixing Saturday and Sunday, throughout the year.
- To serve customers at the till, giving excellent customer service and handling money accurately.
- Help customers find books, using in-house and other internet search engines as necessary. To advise customers, even when the book isn't a CUP&A title.
- Give general tourist advice to visitors, as requested, even when not part of the Bookshop's business, in order to give a wonderful impression of the Press to all.
- To assist with pricing and shelving of books on the shop floors.
- Dusting and general tidying of the stock and shelves, checking books are in alphabetical order, and in correct sections.
- Help restock books each day at 3pm, taking stock cards to the basement, retrieving books, pricing and reshelving them.
- Ensure book and other displays are tidy and well stocked.
- Replenish merchandise as required.
- Answer phone and emails.
About you
This role requires excellent customer service and communication skills, and you must be numerate. You will be comfortable in an academic environment, and able to work well in a team.
Prior experience in Bookselling or retail would be an advantage, but training will be given.
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. We offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
- Group personal pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Green travel schemes
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
We also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 12 March 2023
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to issue sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route for this role as it does not meet the minimum skill and/or salary requirements.”
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
