Markets and Town Centre Support Assistant
| Posting date: | 11 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £20,104.86 to £20,420.27 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 31 August 2025 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, Derbyshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Chesterfield Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CBC25057 |
Summary
Reference: CBC25057
Salary details: £20,104.86 to £20,420.27 per annum
Job term: permanent
Appointment type: part time
Hours: 30 hours per week (Monday - Saturday)
Location: Market Hall, Chesterfield and Open Markets
Department: Town Centre Operations
Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
Chesterfield Market and Market Hall is a great place to work, with a strong sense of community and a friendly network of traders. It is an exciting time now, with the market areas seeing significant investment and a desire to further increase our trader base, event calendar, and community activities.
Do you have the personality, skills, and drive to join our markets team? If so, we are looking for a market and town centre support assistant.
Duties include the day-to-day administration of the markets service, including income collection and reconciliation, invoicing, ledger inputting, maintaining trader records, and answering enquiries face-to-face, by phone, and via email.
To further support our traders, this role would lead on populating our social media platforms with content that both supports traders and encourages visitors to the markets.
In addition, this role supports our event team in the curation, planning, and delivery of events. A hands-on attitude is essential, as well as being physically able to assist in the setting up of an event day.
The successful candidate will need good written and numerical skills, the ability to communicate verbally, be positive and supportive, and have an understanding of markets or retail.
If you have enthusiasm, drive, and experience, we would love to hear from you.
For an initial informal conversation regarding this opportunity, please contact Andy Bond on 01246 936223 or andy.bond@chesterfield.gov.uk or for further information on this post, please view the job description and person specification attached.
How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.
If you don't already have a CV you can use our template below. We also have advice about how to write your cover letter.
Closing date: 31 August 2025
Provisional interview date: 9 September 2025
Salary details: £20,104.86 to £20,420.27 per annum
Job term: permanent
Appointment type: part time
Hours: 30 hours per week (Monday - Saturday)
Location: Market Hall, Chesterfield and Open Markets
Department: Town Centre Operations
Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
Chesterfield Market and Market Hall is a great place to work, with a strong sense of community and a friendly network of traders. It is an exciting time now, with the market areas seeing significant investment and a desire to further increase our trader base, event calendar, and community activities.
Do you have the personality, skills, and drive to join our markets team? If so, we are looking for a market and town centre support assistant.
Duties include the day-to-day administration of the markets service, including income collection and reconciliation, invoicing, ledger inputting, maintaining trader records, and answering enquiries face-to-face, by phone, and via email.
To further support our traders, this role would lead on populating our social media platforms with content that both supports traders and encourages visitors to the markets.
In addition, this role supports our event team in the curation, planning, and delivery of events. A hands-on attitude is essential, as well as being physically able to assist in the setting up of an event day.
The successful candidate will need good written and numerical skills, the ability to communicate verbally, be positive and supportive, and have an understanding of markets or retail.
If you have enthusiasm, drive, and experience, we would love to hear from you.
For an initial informal conversation regarding this opportunity, please contact Andy Bond on 01246 936223 or andy.bond@chesterfield.gov.uk or for further information on this post, please view the job description and person specification attached.
How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.
If you don't already have a CV you can use our template below. We also have advice about how to write your cover letter.
Closing date: 31 August 2025
Provisional interview date: 9 September 2025
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