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3 October - 16 October 2014 / Issue 326
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Home Shopping Department – Mail Order Despatch Assistants Kendal Centre Christmas Temps Full-time – 39 hours – core day time hours Part-time – 32 hours – core day time hours Need extra money for Christmas? Taking a gap year/time out? Between now and Christmas we need extra help supporting our Home Shopping Despatch team in Kendal. These roles involve assisting and supporting our existing teams preparing customers orders for despatch. They are manual jobs which involve light but repetitive handling of stock to and from shelving and pallets, so you need to be able to reach and bend. You need to be numerate, accurate, conscientious, familiar with or willing to learn to use tablet/hand held computer terminals, capable of being self-motivated and able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment. Full time - 39 hours (working 5 full days) or Part time - 32 hours (working 4 full days). Your hours of work will be on a planned rota basis (alternate early and late) to include late and early shifts with some Saturdays or Sundays as required. Please note: No more than 1 weekend day every 2 weeks is required. The department is currently operational Monday to Sunday. Monday to Saturday you will be rota’d to work during the hours of 7:00am - 8:00pm (one week 7:30am - 4:00pm and the next 11:30am - 8:00pm in rotation) and on Sunday between 7:00am - 3:30pm. We need you to stay with us right up until Christmas, so please only apply if you are able to commit until Christmas 2014. We will have work available well into the New Year for people who enjoy working with us, have worked well and want to extend their employment beyond Christmas on a temporary basis.
Distribution Assistants Kendal Centre Fixed-term (approx. 3 months) Full-time – 39 hour contracts Part-time – 32 hour contracts Part-time – 16 hour contracts 35 hour night contracts Between now and early January 2015, we need extra help in our distribution centre in Kendal. Our distribution team are responsible for picking and despatching stock against very tight deadlines for our home shopping department, our 68 retail stores throughout the UK and our overseas franchised stores. These are manual jobs, therefore you need to be able to reach and bend to pick items from shelving and pallets. You need to be conscientious and accurate, with good maths abilities and basic keyboard skills. You should be self-motivated as well as a good team player and be able to work under pressure in a fast moving environment. Roles involve operating order picking machines, however full training will be given so no previous experience is required. Contracts available are full-time 39 hours (over 5 full days including one weekend day each week), part-time 32 hours (over 4 full days including one weekend day each week), part-time 16 hours (1 weekday and 1 weekend day or 2 weekend days each week) and 35 hours, nights (on a 4 on 4 off rota system). Day shifts are operational between 7am - 11pm every day, apart from Sunday (currently 7am - 7pm). Your days and hours of work will be rota’d to include late and early shifts and we will require 6am starts as we get busier. Night shifts operate between 8.30pm - 7am over 4 nights (on a 4 on, 4 off rota). Due to the nature of the equipment used, applicants need to be over 18 years of age and be available to attend a pre–employment medical examination. Please only apply if you can commit until January 2015. Please call our recruitment team at our head office in Windermere on 015394 40595 for more details and an application pack.
Closing date for receipt of applications: Friday 17 October 2014 Alexandra Buildings, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1BQ www.lakeland.co.uk
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