Please submit your application via our internal recruitment system by following the link below:
https://jobs.swagapp.com/jobs/the-nunhead-gardener-florist
About The Nunhead Gardener
The Nunhead Gardener is a fast growing and highly unique family run group of garden shops. We are independently owned, and we pride ourselves on our team of knowledgeable Horticulturalists & Florists who are always on hand to offer friendly, expert advice regarding all indoor and outdoor gardening & floristry matters. We always place ourselves at the heart of the communities in which we open our stores.
We punch well above our weight in terms of the service we provide, the experience we offer customers, the unique product range we carry and our legendary product displays.
We’re extremely passionate about our people, and with ambitious future plans, it’s an exciting time to join us.
The opportunity:
We’re looking for a lovely, fun florist who has experience in a busy, creative retail environment. The person must possess an inspiring work ethic, attention to detail and a really happy, friendly manner for our wonderful clients. It would be great if you have at least 2 years floristry experience and lots of energy and genuine enthusiasm. Additional must haves; you need to be a good communicator, be able to engage with clients on a professional level and have the ability to create artful, beautiful florals, ensuring the utmost levels of service expectation.
Training and support will be given in order to develop or acquire the knowledge to assist our extensive and varied customer base as well as developing new clients.
‪Working hours will include weekends and Bank Holidays as required.
We will consider full time or part time applicants.
You will be based at our Camberwell Garden Store, and maybe called upon to work in our other locations.
Responsibilities:
You will need to work independently and along-side our other florists. You will also be required to support the Store Management in the daily operations of the store;
· Create inspirational bouquets of your choice as well as following our bouquet guide
· Prepare bouquets for delivery and collection
· Conditioning flowers
· Packaging bouquets
· Stock management including watering and care of flowers and plants
· You will be required to serve customers by email, telephone and in-store
· Assists with the day-to-day running of the shop
· Ordering and buying flowers
· Managing orders
· In the leadup to peak seasons, such as, Christmas, Valentine’s, Mothering Sunday etc. we would offer additional hours for those who are able to be flexible.
· Customer service and sales - engaging customers pro-actively and promoting the highest standards of customer care and service
· Advising customers on flower choice and care
· Creating and maintaining attractive displays
· A good working knowledge of Houseplants and their care requirements would be advantageous for this role
· ‪Ensuring the retail space is presentable and safe for customers
· Any other ad hoc duties as requested by the management
You will work quickly, decisively and always with clear goals in mind.
You will be organised, self-motivated and responsible, taking ownership of your projects. You will enjoy collaborating with others.
Experience, Skills and Traits required:
· Passionate about flowers and plants with a thorough understanding of flower and plant varieties, seasonal flowers, flower care and preparation
· You will have lots of positive energy
· You will take a hands-on, motivational and inspirational approach to your work
· Supportive of your team, whilst ensuring a positive and fun environment
· Must be computer literate with a good command of written and spoken English
· You will be well presented
· Creative, engaging, polite and good team player
· An ability to work under pressure
· Target and results oriented, takes ownership and acts with integrity, with a focus on store profitability
· You will be passionate about delivering exceptional levels of customer service
· You will be obsessively organised, tidy and have an eye for detail
· You will be flexible in your approach and open to trying new things
· You will be honest, open and operate with integrity
· You will be a great communicator able to form and maintain great working relationships with suppliers
· Punctual, reliable and calm under pressure
· You’ll get excited about learning new things and sharing your knowledge with others
· A full clean driving license would be beneficial though not essential
Benefits:
· The opportunity to be involved in a forward thinking, customer focussed, technology driven, agile, fast growing small business
· Competitive pay rate. In-line with industry standard and dependent on experience.
· 28 days holiday allowance (including bank holidays)
· Sales target bonus
· Company contributed pension
· Generous staff discount
· Access to our health assured employee assistance programme
· Bike to work Scheme
‪Applicants should apply by submitting a CV and cover letter
Please note that due to the high volume of applications, you will only be contacted should we wish to take your application further. We apologise that we are unable to respond to every submission directly.
Please submit your application via our internal recruitment system by following the link below:
https://jobs.swagapp.com/jobs/the-nunhead-gardener-florist
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Zero hours contract
Pay: £12.00-£13.00 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 16 per week
Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme

Benefits:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Store discount

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Flexitime
• Weekend availability

Language:

• English (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person
Reference ID: FCW220831