Trading Assistant – Shift Rate: £12.60 per hour

Location: Sprucefield Store, Lisburn, BT27 5UQ

Hours: Part time, 27:45 hours per week

Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment

Business area: Retail

Closing date: 02 November 2025

Requisition ID:

Shift hours

Night shift: 22:00 – 08:00

Friday: 22:00 – 08:00

Saturday: 22:00 – 08:00

Sunday: 22:00 – 08:00

Working in our stores this Christmas:

Could you be one of our Christmas champions this year? Whether youre a Gravy Guardian, or a Roastie Rockstar, pour your energy into this season and help us create the best Christmas possible for our customers.

Our stores are fast-paced environments where no two days are ever the same, especially during our busiest and most magical time of the year. They are at the heart of the local community providing outstanding value, quality and great service. As one of our Trading Assistants, youll be one of our Christmas Champions ensuring our stores are set up brilliantly to give our customers everything they come to Sainsburys for.

Eligibility:

• The minimum application age for this role is 18, due to the working hours and type of goods (alcohol, etc) that you may be required to handle.

You must have Right to Work eligibility in the UK

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What youll be doing:

• Collecting stock from the warehouse using heavy roll cages (up to 15KG) to replenish a variety of items across the store, keeping our shelves clean, tidy and full of well-presented products

Always ready to serve our customers brilliantly when the store is open, supporting with any questions, and proactively offering help
Date checking fresh produce and grocery products
Helping across the store as needed and supporting with deliveries as required
Build great knowledge about our products, services and promotions to help provide recommendations

What makes a great Sainsburys Colleague:

• Happy working overnight in a fast-paced, physical and high energy environment, often on your own but also thrive in being part of a team

Friendly and welcoming with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers
Takes responsibility for owning tasks and uses initiative to solve problems
Always prepared to work flexibly and productively across the store to a high standard – youll be fully trained in a variety of skills, so you have opportunities to learn, develop and try new things
Comfortable in learning to use new digital tools and technology to do your job brilliantly
Have great attention to detail, keeping the store clean and clutter free, always looking to create the best shopping experience for our customers

Working for us has great rewards:

We truly value our colleagues and provide market-leading benefits and training to reflect that:

• Nightshift premium – in addition to the advertised hourly rate, a further £2.45 nightshift premium is paid for every hour worked between midnight – 5am (where applicable).

Discount card 10% off at Sainsburys, Argos, Tu, and Habitat after four weeks, increasing to 15% discount at Sainsburys every Friday and Saturday, and 15% off at Argos every pay day
Free food and hot drinks – provided for Colleagues in all our stores
Generous holiday entitlement – based on the hours you work, plus maternity and paternity leave
Pension well match between 4-7.5% of your pension contributions
Sainsburys share schemes buy Sainsburys shares at discounted prices
Shopping discounts special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more
Wellbeing support including free access to our Employee Assistance Programme which is a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues

Whilst many of our roles will be temporary over the festive period, there may also be permanent opportunities available – please check the contract type and schedule hours before applying to ensure that the role is right for you.

Please note that our vacancies may close quickly, so we encourage candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.

An inclusive place to work and shop

We are dedicated to being a truly inclusive retailer, where every colleague can achieve their full potential, and every customer feels welcome when they shop with us.

To support this commitment, our colleagues may be entitled to a range of enhanced discretionary leave for families, as well as support for carers. We provide our colleagues resources to help them understand and support their role and their team effectively. Our internal colleague networks seek to ensure true representation for everyone, helping us identify and remove barriers that our colleagues may face.

We are proud to offer a range of development opportunities, including mentorship, training, and career progression pathways, to help our colleagues grow and succeed. We also celebrate diversity through various initiatives and events, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect. If you would like to learn more about our commitment to inclusivity, please take a look here.

As part our commitment as a Disability Confident Leader, all candidates will have the opportunity to be offered an interview through our online assessment which will prioritise those candidates who achieve the highest score and therefore most closely match the essential criteria for the role.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview stages, please let us know, and we will endeavour to support you.