A career at Williams and Griffin

Williams and Griffin is part of Fenwick, the largest independent department store group in the country.

Recruitment at Williams and Griffin is carried out locally and we are always interested to hear from great people who would like to come and work in the store.
In all cases, we look for people who have a friendly, outgoing personality, good team working skills, lots of common sense and a strong desire to give first class customer service.

We aim to give all employees plenty of responsibility plus varied and interesting job roles. In addition, we have good career opportunities for ambitious people who want to pursue a long-term career in Retail.

As well as offering competitive salary and benefits, we also offer a friendly, fun place to work, where employees are part of a striving and successful team.

Most frequently, opportunities will arise for Sales Advisors to join one of our customer facing teams. Occasionally other positions will become available in Management, Buying, Administration, Marketing/VM and Warehousing.

For up to date details on all our current opportunities please see below.

Body & Soul – Sales Advisor
~ Working 30-39 hours per week including weekends
~ Selling Molton Brown, natural skincare products, exclusive fragrance and toiletries
~ Previous experience in sales or customer service environment is an advantage
~ To start at the end of August

Cookware – Sales Advisor
~ Due to an internal move, we will shortly have an opening for someone to join the Cookware team. The hours will be 39 per week, which will include working 3 out 4 of Saturdays and 1 in 4 Sundays. We would ideally like an experienced retail sales person for this position and an interest in cookware product is also required.
~ To start end of August

Accessories – Temporary Sales Advisor
~ Working 8 hours over Saturdays and/or Sundays
~ Previous experience in sales or customer service environment is an advantage
~ To start ASAP

Accessories – Sales Advisor
~ Working 20 hours per week - flexibility required regarding days
~ Previous experience in sales or customer service environment is an advantage
~ To start ASAP

Toys – Sales Advisor
~ Working 3 full days, then working full time (5 days) temporarily from October to December
~ Previous experience in a customer service environment would be ideal
~ To start in September

Fine Fragrance – Sales Advisor
~ Working 15.5 hours a week (2 full days)
~ Previous experience in sales or customer service environment is an advantage
~ To start ASAP

To apply for any of the above positions please download an application form (please click here) and hand it in our Reception located on the Women's Fashion Department on the First Floor. Or you can send it to: - Personnel Department, 152 High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1PN

If the right job is not here for you, we would still like to hear from you. Send your CV and a covering letter explaining what sort of career you are seeking to people@wandg.co.uk

Concession Vacancies

Ciro - Sales Advisor
~Working 5 days per week Monday-Friday/Saturday, 3 hours per day covering between the hours of 11am-3pm ~There will be extra hours over Christmas ~Previous experience in a customer service environment would be ideal ~ To apply: please send your CV and a covering letter to Reception

Estee Lauder – Counter Manager
~ Working full time hours - flexibility required regarding days
~ Requires excellent management skills, coupled with a love of selling.
~ Responsibilities include:
- Motivating a small team
- Ensuring exceptional customer service is provided
- Recognising opportunities, tracking results and analysing the business
- Monitoring stock levels, and ensuring sufficient product availability
~ The position offers an excellent career opportunity for a well-organised and confident individual, with a passion to drive the business forward.
~ Cosmetics experience not essential
~ To start at the end of July
~ To apply: please send your CV and a covering letter to Reception.

Dune – Weekend Supervisor
~ Working every Saturday (9am-6pm), Sunday (10.30am-4.30pm) and late night on Wednesday (5-7pm)
~ Applicants must:
- have good communication and selling skills
- be flexible to work extra hours when required to cover holidays
- be computer literate
~ Uniform allowance will be given
~ To start ASAP
~ To apply: please hand in your CV to the Dune department