Customer Advisors
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Position Overview & Specifications
We have part time Customer Advisor opportunities to join our Pavers team at Dalton Park in Murton, Co Durham, on 8 and 16 hours per week contracts. You’ll need good availability as the roles will include a mixture of weekend and weekday working.
What we look for in a Customer Advisor
We are looking for friendly, engaging, and positive people who want to give an amazing service experience to all our customers. You will deliver consistently high levels of customer service, advising on shoe care, handbags, and accessories to compliment a customer’s needs, offering genuine, honest, and knowledgeable advice on our all products. You will be the reason that customers want to come back again and again to our stores.
Are you passionate about achieving sales targets and finding just the right products for your customers? Do you have a ‘can do’ attitude to try new things, hit sales targets and enjoy working in a fast paced and fun environment?
We will give you full training and support to ensure you succeed in your role, you don’t need prior experience, but the right attitude and behaviours are a must.
If this sounds like you then we could be the perfect fit!
Pay for a Customer Advisor
£10.55 per hour 21+ (18-20 £8.77 per hour & 16-17 £7.17 per hour)
Once you complete the required retail induction programme stages your pay will increase to £11.00 per hour 21+ (18-20 £9.02 per hour & 16-17 £7.37 per hour)
All pay rates will be effective from April.
Benefits you will receive as a Customer Advisor
- Generous Staff Discount some of which can be used by family and friends!
- Holiday Entitlement which increases with service
- Company Contribution Pension
- Access to the Pavers Foundation: an employee-led grant application and charitable giving scheme
- Access to the Pavers Academy: providing career pathways to support our colleagues through online learning, face to face courses, apprenticeship, professional qualifications, and mentoring programmes
- Access to wellbeing and financial support through RetailTRUST
Why You Should Join Us
- We are a successful, highly profitable, family run business which has been trading for over 50 years. We have over 170 stores across the UK and Ireland and own the Jones Bootmaker and Herring Shoes brands.
- We always try and do the right thing by our people and in 2021 were recognised as one of the Top 10 Retailers in the country by Best Companies.
- In 2021 we became the first major retailer to achieve Carbon Neutral status and since 2018 we have donated over £2.2m to the Pavers Foundation, providing grants for important causes in the areas of health, education, and community.
- We provide great jobs in a supportive family environment for our people. We know that without our colleagues there is no business, and so the better we look after you, the better service you will provide our customers.
If this sounds like the kind of business you’d like to join, we’d love to hear from you - please apply today for the role of Customer Advisor!
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Department, Clothing & Shoe Stores
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Customer Advisors roles across Pavers's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Department, Clothing & Shoe Stores.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £11 - £11 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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