Marks and Spencer announces 11,000 Christmas jobs with flexible working available

The high street chain has bumped up its recruitment of festive workers to help in its food and clothing divisions

Marks & Spencer has announced it will be recruiting more than 11,000 new members of staff to work in its stores over the Christmas period.

The high street chain is increasing its number of festive jobs by more than 1,000 on last year due to a drive to deliver “exceptional customer service”. Roles are available in M&S’ foods and clothing & home divisions, with jobs on offer in all of its stores around the UK.

Recruitment will begin on October 9 with selected applicants starting work in November. M&S said a variety of roles and flexible working were available, with interested people advised to visit the M&S careers page on the company’s website.

M&S said that customer assistants could be involved in serving customers at tills, ensuring stores are fully stocked or offering advice to shoppers. It said the seasonal workers would also play a key role in delivering its Christmas Food to Order service, which launched last month.

Sacha Berendji, operations director at M&S, said: “Our fantastic store colleagues play such a big part in delivering the magic of M&S at Christmas to our customers. And this year we’re recruiting even more colleagues to ensure we’re closer to customers.

“The Christmas period is a busy but exciting time for M&S and no two days are the same – in fact, many colleagues started their M&S careers at Christmas and after the festive period were invited to go onto our Stepping Into Team Manager programme. With a range of roles and flexible working patterns available, anyone who is interested in being part of something special this Christmas should visit our careers website to apply.”