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Customer Assistant
Role summary
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The Customer Assistant supports the day-to-day running of a Boots store by welcoming customers, understanding their needs, offering helpful product advice, operating the checkout, replenishing stock, maintaining attractive displays and keeping the store clean and safe. Candidates should have a friendly, customer-focused attitude, good communication skills and a willingness to learn about health, beauty and retail products. Reliability, teamwork, flexibility to work evenings or weekends and the ability to work in a busy environment are important. Previous retail experience is useful but is often not essential, as training is provided. The role also requires attention to detail, responsible handling of payments and a professional approach to customer service.
Can I work in Ireland?
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: Shop-floor, checkout and supervisor jobs are on the ineligible list; store managers and head-office roles can get a General Permit (EUR 36,605) after a 28-day advert.
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: Pharmacists are on the Critical Skills list, but pharmacy assistants are ineligible; in practice a working holiday is the way into shop jobs.
Official source: Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Ineligible Occupations List. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Ireland
Usual for Retail & Consumer jobs in Ireland, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Not usual; some employers add 2 to 4 weeks of temporary housing. Rents are high in Dublin |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Employer pays the permit (by law); EUR 3,000 to 8,000 relocation help is reported above EUR 50,000 pay |
| Flights | A joining flight is often part of a relocation package; a home-leave ticket is not usual |
| Pay and discount | Minimum wage EUR 14.15 an hour from 1 January 2026, age 20 and over (by law) |
| Contract | Usually permanent; probation up to 6 months (by law); a Critical Skills permit needs a 2-year job offer |
| Leave | 4 working weeks plus 10 public holidays (by law); 5 paid sick days a year at 70% of pay |
| Income tax | About 15% in all at EUR 36,600 and 25% at EUR 60,000: 20% to EUR 44,000, 40% above, plus USC and PRSI |
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 Boots
Boots is a well-known health, beauty and pharmacy retailer operating across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its stores sell cosmetics, skincare, toiletries, fragrances, healthcare products and everyday essentials, while many locations also provide pharmacy and health services. Boots is part of Walgreens Boots Alliance and combines high-street retail with online shopping and professional healthcare support. The company employs people in stores, pharmacies, distribution, digital, customer service and corporate functions. Customer-focused service, product knowledge, teamwork and responsible handling of health-related products are central to its operations. In Ireland, Boots has stores in shopping centres, high streets and other retail locations, offering both part-time and full-time opportunities. Benefits and training can vary by position, contract and location.