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Assistant Store Manager
Role summary
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The Assistant Store Manager supports the Store Manager in running daily supermarket operations, leading team members, maintaining high customer service standards, and achieving sales, safety, availability, and compliance targets. Requirements typically include retail or supervisory experience, strong communication and organisational skills, the ability to coach and motivate employees, and confidence working in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate commercial awareness, sound judgement, flexibility across trading hours, and a customer-first approach. Experience managing stock, merchandising, rostering, workplace safety, and store performance is valuable. The role may require weekend and public-holiday work, physical activity, and the ability to respond effectively to changing priorities.
Can I work in Australia?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Sales assistants and shop-floor staff are not on the Core Skills list; only retail managers and buyers can be sponsored, at AUD 79,423+; a working holiday visa is the usual route for shop work.
Before you apply: Shop-floor jobs need no professional licence. Pharmacists do: they must register with the local regulator, and one qualified abroad often has to pass local exams first. Selling alcohol can need a short course and certificate, for example in Australia.
Watch for: Shop jobs go to people with work rights, including working holiday visa holders (6 months with one employer); there is no sponsorship route for sales assistants.
Official source: Federal Register of Legislation: Core Skills Occupation List (Subclass 482 instrument, LIN 24/089). Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Australia
Usual for Retail & Consumer jobs in Australia, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Varies by employer |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Employer pays the nomination fee and training levy (by law); visa fee AUD 4,015, paid by you or the employer |
| Flights | Varies by employer |
| Pay and discount | Retail award floor, adult Level 1: AUD 27.81 an hour from 1 July 2026; casuals get 25% extra (by law) |
| Contract | Full-time, part-time or casual; a working holiday visa allows 6 months with one employer |
| Leave | Full-time and part-time: 4 weeks' leave, 10 paid sick days, paid public holidays (by law); casuals none |
| Income tax | Residents: 0% to AUD 18,200, 15% to 45,000, 30% to 135,000, 37% to 190,000, then 45%; plus 2% Medicare levy |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Woolworths Supermarkets
Woolworths Supermarkets is one of Australia's largest supermarket businesses and part of Woolworths Group, serving millions of customers through stores and online channels. The company sells groceries, fresh food, household products, and everyday essentials, supported by a large national supply network and a substantial store team. Woolworths places strong emphasis on customer service, food quality, team development, safety, sustainability, and community involvement. Its stores employ people across checkout operations, fresh departments, replenishment, online fulfilment, leadership, and administration. As an employer, Woolworths generally offers structured training, internal career pathways, employee benefits, and opportunities to progress into senior store or regional management. The Lavington position is based in the Albury-Wodonga area of New South Wales, serving a diverse local customer base.