Customer Assistant - Nights
Company: Sainsbury's
Role summary
Customer Assistant - Nights is a part-time role at Sainsbury's in Oxford, England, United Kingdom (on-site). Posted 2026-10-10. Experience level: 0-2. No degree required.
- Job title
- Customer Assistant - Nights
- Company
- Sainsbury's
- Location
- Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- part-time
- Category
- Logistics & Warehousing
- Experience level
- 0-2
- Degree required
- No
- Date posted
- 2026-10-10
This part-time role at Sainsbury's is a great opportunity to get your foot in the door without needing a degree, perfect for someone who enjoys a steady pace and working independently overnight. You'll be key in making sure the store is fully stocked and spotless for customers each morning.
Job description
What you’ll be doing
Getting the store ready for the day ahead by filling shelves, working at a good steady pace throughout the night and being prepared to work with a variety of product types
Keeping your workspace tidy for other colleagues and making sure our aisles are clean, presentable and ready for our customers the next day
Collecting and moving stock safely from the warehouse to the shopfloor, including heavy equipment and containers
Working across different parts of the store, which could include chilled and frozen areas
Using equipment, handsets and digital systems to complete your work accurately and safely
Helping in other areas when needed, which could include picking online orders or serving customers at checkouts once you’re trained and confident
What it takes to be part of our team
Friendly and welcoming, with a genuine enthusiasm for delivering for customers
Working nights takes energy, resilience and a hands-on approach, so you will be ready to work in a physically demanding role and able to adapt to the disruption that working over-night can have on well-being and sleep
Committed team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is always willing to support colleagues and work together
Flexibly and willingness to work across the store and take on new challenges
Open to learning, developing and trying new things to improve our service
Confident learning to use new digital tools and technology to do your job brilliantly
Take pride and ownership in your work, including a good attention to detail, maintaining a clean and tidy work space and always looking for ways to make our customer experience better
Supporting you at work and beyond
We offer our colleagues a wide range of rewards and provide competitive benefits:
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 Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu, and Habitat, increasing to 15% discount at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday
Holiday entitlement – based on the hours you work
Enhanced Family Leave – Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and more
Pension and life cover – we’ll match between 4-7.5% of your pension contributions and up to 6x life cover
Sainsbury’s share schemes – buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices
Other Retail savings – discounts on eating out, holidays and at other retailers
Physical wellbeing – cycle to work and bike rental schemes, reduced price gym access and Health/Dental cash plans
Mental wellbeing – 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme and Online wellbeing platform
Financial support – interest-free season ticket loans, Pay advance, affordable loans and savings directly from your pay and financial wellbeing resources
Responsibilities
Working in our stores
Our stores are at their busiest during the festive season, when customers are counting on us to help make this magical time of year truly special. To get our store teams ready, we have both permanent and fixed-term vacancies available so please check the contract type above before applying to make sure it is the right role for you.
Important checks before you apply
You must have Right to Work eligibility in the UK
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
Qualifications
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 careers. 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 .
Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview stages, please let us know, and we will endeavour to support you.
Sainsbury’s company vision
Our vision is to be the most trusted retailer, where people love to work and shop. That means harnessing the talent, creativity and diversity of our colleagues to ensure that customers receive great service every time they shop with us.
If you would like to hear more about our vision and values, be sure to visit our corporate page.
We invest in training, development and multiple initiatives to ensure our teams feel enabled to offer the best shopping experience to our customers and that Sainsbury’s is truly a ‘Great Place to Work’.
We’re in the business of looking after our biggest asset. Our people.
That means making it our business to properly take care of the potential and wellbeing of our truly outstanding teams. Join us in HR, and we’ll make it yours too.
They bring the spark, the funny, the graft, the grit. And they’re literally the most important asset we have. So it’s in our interests to give the people at Sainsbury’s everything they need to feel valued, engaged and motivated, and truly able to shine.
That’s where our HR colleagues have a pivotal role to play. From our ‘centre of excellence’ teams in Reward and Recruitment, through to our core teams in Change and Talent, they’re creating environments that allow our colleagues to thrive and we’re proud of their incred