Senior Sales Assistant

The Ashmolean Museum, in the heart of Oxford, is looking for a Senior Sales Assistant to join the Retail Team. We are a small, friendly team, covering two shops, the box office and the welcome desk at the museum, selling a variety of beautiful products, plus tickets and memberships.

The role includes leading the team to achieve KPIs, using EPoS to process sales and tickets, up-selling both products and donations, plus stock management and cash handling.

This is a permanent, part-time (28.85 hours per week/ 0.7904), over seven days a week, including bank holidays and some evenings.

The role involves lifting and relocating deliveries to the respective shop or stock room locations.

If you’re excited to bring your enthusiasm and retail talent to a world-renowned museum, we want to hear from you!

You will be an enthusiastic person, passionate about achieving personal sales targets and supporting others in achieving theirs.

You will have good IT skills, previous experience working in a fast-paced, customer facing environment.

Good organisation and planning skills, plus ability to manage time effectively is also essential.

An interest in art and archaeology, museums or galleries is desirable.

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.

You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting evidence form using the attached template as part of your online application. The supporting evidence form lists each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description; please explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.

The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Anna Vrij-Tottey Retail & Ticketing Assistant, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role ([email protected]). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department ([email protected]).

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday on Monday 15 September 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place during week commencing 29 September 2025.