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Boots is recruiting over 6,000 in preparation for the festive season

06 October 2025
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Boots is recruiting for thousands of seasonal roles in its stores, warehouses and customer service centre this festive period as it gets ready for its busiest time of the year. 

Over 6,000 roles are available to cater to all job-seekers keen to find work in the run up to the holidays, including those looking for flexible and part-time roles. They include:

  • 4,000 Christmas Customer Advisors, ensuring shoppers receive the excellent customer experience and expert in-store advice that they expect from Boots
  • 1,000 Customer Operations Assistants – hybrid in-store roles to fulfil online orders alongside supporting day-to-day store operations
  • 1,600 roles at the Boots Beeston and Burton-on-Trent distribution centres, including Warehouse Operatives and Picker Packers who play a crucial part in customers’ in-store and boots.com orders
  • 350 roles in Boots’ Customer Support Centre – supporting customers with their queries, during the busy festive season

The range of roles reflect the variety of ways Boots customers can shop at Boots this festive season, including via boots.com and on-demand delivery partners like UberEats and Deliveroo.

Donna Hodgins, Director of Talent Acquisition at Boots, said: “Colleagues who join our business over the festive period will be an integral part of our team at the most exciting time of year for retail. These roles are perfect opportunities for anyone looking to explore career paths in the retail industry, providing valuable experience that could potentially lead to a permanent position in future. Provided you have a passion for customer service and being a team player, everyone is welcome at Boots.”

Team members will benefit from the retailer’s extensive range of team member benefits. This includes a market competitive hourly rate and access to the generous Boots team member discount scheme.

Other employee benefits at Boots include access to health benefits, including reimbursement of HRT prescriptions in England and free flu jabs, alongside half price jabs for a partner or family member, free standard eye tests and 50% off glasses and prescription sunglasses.

Boots is committed to being an equal-opportunities employer, attracting those returning to the workforce as an Age Inclusive and Menopause Friendly employer as well as those entering it for the first time through its partnership with The Kings Trust.

This year, Boots is supporting young people find work through its Get into Retail and Get into Distriubution schemes, run in partnership with The King’s Trust and delivered in 28 stores and its Nottingham warehouse. 

To apply for an in-store Christmas Customer Advisor role, visit boots.jobs/christmas. For temporary distribution centre roles, visit https://www.boots.jobs/supply-chain/warehouse.  

 

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About Boots: 

Boots is the UK’s leading health, wellness and beauty retailer with over 52,000 team members and over 1,800 stores, ranging from local community pharmacies to large destination health and beauty destinations.*  

Boots serves its customers and patients for life as the leading provider of healthcare on the high street and the UK’s number one beauty destination. It offers an unrivalled depth and breadth of products, which incorporates its extensive own brand range and innovative portfolio of brands, including No7, the UK’s No1 skincare brand, Soap & Glory, Liz Earle Beauty and Sleek MakeUP.    

*Figures accurate as of 31 May 2025