Posting End Date:

October 3, 2023

Join John Lewis or Waitrose today

If you've ever stepped through the doors of a John Lewis or Waitrose shop, shopped online, or seen any of our adverts, you'll know there's something unique about us.

That unique proposition is our Partners. As co-owners they have a say in our business and receive a share of the profits, so they put time and effort into making it work. Our Partners are the reason we're the success we are. They're our secret sauce; the opportunity for us to differentiate.

Job Summary:

Are you creative and innovative individual ready to think outside the box and design beautiful homes from our range of amazing products and services?

Job Description:

Due to working regulations, applicants must be 18 years or over to apply.

Duties and Responsibilities:
You'll have a personal interest in following trends and keeping abreast of new design concepts and themes. You'll be comfortable working across a range of projects at any one time, whilst delivering an exemplary service. Your passion for merchandising and selling will contribute to your department's success.

Job Requirements:
You're a lover of variety working in branch and out on the road visiting our customers' homes to bring your design ideas to life. Delighting the customers and ensuring the scheme reflects their needs and taste is what it is all about.

Required essential experience skills and qualifications:
-Full UK Driving License.
-A deep understanding and passion of the interior design industry.
-Computer literate, ability to use IT systems to communicate with customers, process orders and complete customer tracking. For example Excel, Word and email packages

Desirable experience skills and qualifications:
-Design-related qualification equivalent to degree level
-Member of a professional body, such as the Association of Interior Design
-Previous experience using design and creative packages such as CAD, 3D room styler
-Experience of measuring, estimating and fittings for window treatments
-Previous experience in interior design roles.

Additional Information:
As a Partner you will enjoy our unique benefits package, including staff discount, subsidised food in Partner dining rooms, discounts in local restaurants, subsidised learning, access to exclusive Partnership hotels and so much more.

Please consider the following when making your application:
-This role is subject to the following pre-employment screening: 3 year reference check & Basic disclosure.
- We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early.
- Print off the job description now if you require it.
- Ensure you have an up-to-date CV.

Pay Range:

£22,200.00 up to £27,200.00 Annual

Scheduled Weekly hours:

29

Worker Type:

Permanent Partner

Job Level:

Partnership Level 9

Hours of Work:

29 hours per week to include evenings and weekends

At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself.

Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It's why we've set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners (employees) and our customers.

We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it's integral in our mission to build a happier world. ? ?

We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you're a Partner, your differences will make all the difference.

Find out more about D&I in the Partnership here.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

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