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Bookselling Eventer
A unique opportunity to join a small team with a big mission
Start Date – Immediate
£11.50 – £14.00 ph
Based in Leicester
The Roving Bookshop has a national reputation for its carefully selected stock of children’s books. Our eventers travel all over the country from our Leicester base, providing primary children with a unique opportunity to experience a full size bookshop in their own school packed with only the very best books. We also service conferences and other training events for teachers.
As a bookselling eventer, you will experience first-hand the excitement that the bookshop brings to children who rarely see such an array of books. You will also meet authors and illustrators at book signings. Every day and every event is different.
You will need to be confident and resourceful to handle each event independently – driving to the event, unloading and erecting the Bookshop, interacting with children and selling books throughout the day.
You’ll be part of a close-knit team who all work to support each other. Term time is very busy particularly around world book day in February and March but whether you have family commitments, are studying or have other interests, we are small enough to make sure our schedules are agreed with you in advance so you can get the most out of your days off and the main school holidays can be completely work free.
If you love keeping busy and want to do a job that matters, find out more below and apply for something completely different with Roving Books. Once your application has been reviewed if it matches to the requirements of the role someone from the recruitment team will get in touch to chat about your application.
The process will include a telephone interview and face-to-face selection event. We look forward to receiving your application form.
Event Set-up
- Ensuring the correct cases of books are loaded into the van together with stock to replenish the cases from previous sales events.
- Ensuring sales accessories e.g. paper bags, card machine till tolls etc. are fully stocked.
Run Event
- Transport books to and from event venue
- Unload and erect the displays for the bookshop
- Introduce each class as they visit the bookshop
- Take payments, checking each book bought is suitable for the child buying it
- Take down displays
Full training, including assisting at real events will be provided
- The ability to load and unload 3000+ books in up to 54 display cases
- The flexibility to start early and finish late on the day of the event including overnight stays for long distance events
- The flexibility to work extra events during school terms
- The ability to react positively to different environments and the initiative to identify the best way to set-up the displays in the space available
- To be over 25 year old and with a clean driving licence
- A friendly communication style with teachers and children
- An interest in and knowledge of children’s books – training will be given
- A familiarity with computers for Point of Sale – training will be given
- We’re proud to have a culture and salary structure that promotes both the equality of opportunity, and pay.
- We offer an industry competitive hourly rate, with 30 days’ holiday per year (pro rata).
- Other benefits include pension scheme, 25% in store discount and company paid hotel and meals allowances.
- Option to contract to an average of 1, 2 or 2 ½ events per week equivalent to an average working week of 15, 30 or 37.5 hours
- Fixed monthly salary and paid overtime
- Overtime hours worked can be taken as time in lieu and used to provide extended time off during school holidays.
- Send an email to pat@rovingbooks.com to express your interest or download an application form.
- Please note your employment is conditional upon the Company’s receipt of satisfactory references and if requested by the Company, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education.
- We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within five working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries.
- If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future.
- Thank you for looking.
See how a Bookselling Eventer transforms the school hall
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