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Assistant Manager
Role summary
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The Assistant Manager supports the Store Manager in running an efficient, customer-focused Boots store. Responsibilities typically include leading and motivating colleagues, delivering sales and service targets, managing stock and merchandising standards, supporting recruitment and training, handling customer queries, and maintaining compliance with health, safety, and company procedures. Candidates are expected to have retail or supervisory experience, strong communication and organisation skills, commercial awareness, and the confidence to make decisions in a busy environment. A genuine interest in healthcare, beauty, and customer wellbeing is valuable. Flexibility to work weekends, evenings, and varied shifts is usually required.
Can I work in the UK?
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, till and stock jobs are below degree level and on no list read, so they cannot be sponsored; only youth schemes remain.
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: Only degree-level head-office roles (finance, IT, data) can be sponsored. Youth schemes are the usual way in for Canadians, Australians and Indians under the age limits.
Official source: GOV.UK: Skilled Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Retail & Consumer jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Shop jobs cannot be sponsored; for head-office hires the visa fee is yours unless the employer pays |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Pay and discount | Minimum GBP 12.71 an hour from age 21 (April 2026, by law); Boots gives seasonal staff a discount |
| Contract | Christmas seasonal jobs exist: Boots is recruiting about 6,000 seasonal workers (7 October 2026) |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
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.
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About Boots
Boots is one of the United Kingdom’s best-known health and beauty retailers, with a nationwide network of stores as well as a substantial online business. The company sells pharmacy medicines, healthcare products, beauty brands, toiletries, fragrances, and wellness products. Many locations also provide pharmacy, optician, and other healthcare services. Boots employs colleagues across retail, pharmacy, supply chain, technology, customer service, and corporate functions. Its stores focus on combining accessible healthcare with personal service and well-known consumer brands. As part of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Boots operates within an international healthcare and retail group, while maintaining a strong presence in communities throughout the UK. The business offers structured training and progression opportunities, particularly for colleagues developing careers in retail management, pharmacy, and customer-focused operations.