Part Time Florist jobs

About Us

At Weetons we strive to create a unique experience. A destination like no other - stretching the boundaries in what is created, sourced, and served.

At the heart of our ethos is a commitment to creating a space that brings people together, offering the perfect blend of a vibrant Food Hall, an inspiring Home + Garden collection, and warm, inviting Restaurants.

Food is more than just sustenance, it’s the thread that connects us, a shared experience to be savoured and celebrated. Whether you are dining in one of our restaurants, planning a memorable home dinner party or simply cooking for family and friends you will find Weetons has the finest quality produce on offer.

Our Home + Garden areas are a source of inspiration and aspiration. We believe the secret to living positively and enjoying life is rooted in beautiful home living. Our home departments cater for every room and special place within, and our nursery is the place to discover everything you need for the garden, alongside an extensive range of outdoor living and leisure products.

We are a passionate and community focused group, working tirelessly to establish long term relationships with our farmers, growers, and suppliers. Wherever possible we source and support high-quality local producers and makers - the finest provenance, quality, and value.

Our friendly and experienced team are always on hand to ensure you get the finest possible produce, the best advice and ‘Exceptional Everyday’ service.

Floristry at Weetons

Alongside this is our in-house floristry offer which, whilst continuing to delight our retail customers, we are looking to significantly grow across various streams, key ones being the expansion of our faux floristry offer and also our events floristry to compliment our private functions i.e. weddings etc and for Weetons in-house events i.e. floral bouquet masterclass.

The Role

As such we are looking for a highly commercial & creative, hard-working Florist with comprehensive professional experience to join our team and help expand our Floristry department.

This is a hands-on role whereby candidates need to demonstrate a high level of creativity and technical competence as well as excellent customer service skills, communication, teamwork and organizational skills.

The position is based at our Leeds Road site and includes facilitating the floristry requirements of our West Park site. Furthermore, providing floral bouquets et al for our private wedding and celebration functions and equally being confident in delivering in-house floristry classes & events.

Principal duties and responsibilities

• Delivering against the Weetons floristry strategy
• Ordering flowers and other items to an agreed budget and margin expectation
• Conditioning and preparation of flowers.
• Creating seasonal retail designs for hand tied bouquets and arrangements to agreed margin perimeters
• Preparation of vases, materials, and equipment.
• Wreath & Other Seasonal floristry making skills.
• Experience in event and bridal floristry.
• Articulate and confident in delivering in-house floristry event classes.

Skills and Experience

• Floristry experience across both retail, event and seasonal floristry.
• A team player and customer centric
• Comprehensive knowledge of the flower industry.
• Excellent knowledge of flower varieties and floristry techniques.
• A flexible approach to working hours, days and locations.
• Highly organised with good attention to detail.
• Highly motivated and able to work under pressure.

What we offer

• The opportunity to play an integral role in a fast growing, premium retail organisation.
• Competitive pay: £14 per hour starting pay dependent upon experience
• Pension opportunity
• Generous employee discount
• Free on-site parking

Location/Days of work

• Weetons Leeds Road head office
• 24 - 30+ hours per week 3 - 5 days per week to include alternate weekend work (weekend on, weekend off) and out of hours work (as required) to support private functions

If you would relish the opportunity to utilise your floristry skills in a fast paced and ever changing entrepreneurial retail environment, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: From £14.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 24.0 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Store discount

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Harrogate HG3 1EW: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• wedding floristry: 2 years (preferred)
• floristry: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person