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Visual Interior Merchandiser

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Our client is a long-established, family-run business and a recognised leader within the UK furniture and homewares sector. For over four decades, they have built a strong reputation for importing and curating design-led collections spanning traditional, contemporary, and eclectic styles. Their diverse product ranges include furniture, lighting, decorative accessories, artificial floral, antiques, and seasonal lines.

They are now seeking a talented Visual Interior Merchandiser to join their creative team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape high-impact showrooms and trade show environments that consistently evolve with cutting-edge trends. Working closely with the Senior Visual Merchandiser and wider commercial teams, you will ensure every display delivers impact, creativity, and a compelling buyer experience.

This position requires a strong design sensibility, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to bring visual concepts to life without reliance on interior designers. You will craft cohesive and inspiring spaces using colour, lighting, product placement, and trend-led styling to elevate the brand and “make the magic happen.”

Key Responsibilities

  • Plan, style, and merchandise showrooms and trade show stands, ensuring each space showcases current trends and engages customers.
  • Create visually cohesive environments using colour backdrops, strategic lighting, product grouping, and effective placement of lamps, accessories, and statement pieces.
  • Develop displays that feel inspiring, innovative, and commercially effective, creating showroom experiences that stand apart.
  • Collaborate with Buyers as new products arrive, understanding customer demand and incorporating new lines into impactful room sets.
  • Maintain brand consistency across all showroom locations, including Lancashire and London, as well as across all trade show exhibition stands.
  • Stay up to date with design movements, market trends, and industry direction to inform display decisions and visual strategy.
  • Partner closely with Buying, Marketing, and Purchasing teams to ensure creative concepts support broader business goals.

Benefits

  • Great working hours, Monday – Friday 8am-4pm
  • 21 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years of service.
  • Professional development opportunities within a creative, design-driven environment.
  • Hands-on exposure to a constantly evolving, trend-led product range.
  • A collaborative and supportive team culture with strong cross-department interaction.
  • Opportunities to participate in trade shows and showroom events, providing insight into emerging market and design trends.
  • Long-term career stability within a well-established family-run organisation that values innovation and original thinking.
  • Free on-site parking

This is an exceptional opportunity for an individual with a strong portfolio in interior design and a demonstrated talent for creative vision.

How to Apply
If you’re ready to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV highlighting your relevant experience. If shortlisted, we’ll be in touch within 2 working days.

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Homeless Support Worker

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Homeless Support Worker
Temporary- Permanent
£17 Umbrella
Chorley

Hamilton Woods Associates are currently recruiting for a Homeless Support Officer to join an organisation on an initial 3 month basis to work with families that have been referred by Local Authority for temporary accommodation. There is scope for the role to become permanent

Responsibilities of the Homeless Support Worker:

  • Working within temporary accommodation, supporting families facing homelessness
  • Assisting with the set up and management of utilities and bills
  • Supporting clients to apply for benefits
  • Completing sign ups and inductions
  • Managing a caseload
  • Making referrals
  • Liaising with third party agencies
  • Completing support plans and risk assessments

Requirements of the Homeless Support Worker:

  • Enhanced DBS (essential)
  • Full UK Driving Licence (essential)
  • Previous experience working with vulnerable clients within a housing support capacity.

PLEASE NOTE: applicants purely from a care background will not be considered. Applicants MUST have worked within a housing support capacity.

To be considered for this exciting role, please contact Bethan Hall – Associate Director at Hamilton Woods or apply online with a covering note of your experience and suitability referencing the job ID number. Due to the exceptionally high level of applications if you have not heard back from HWA within 7 – 10 days, it is regrettable that we cannot respond to all applicants, and please assume your application has been unsuc

IT Support Technician

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Looking for your next hands-on IT role with variety, ownership, and room to grow?

If you thrive on solving tech issues, enjoy working across multiple sites, and love helping people get the best from their devices and systems – this could be your perfect next step.

We’re looking for someone confident in both 1st and 2nd line support, happy to travel between locations (all within reasonable distance), and keen to get stuck into hardware, networking, and Microsoft 365.

What’s in it for you?

  • £27,000 basic salary + up to £2,000 annual KPI bonus

  • 35-hour work week

  • Hands-on training across systems, security, networking and more

  • The chance to build broad technical skills in a close-knit team

  • A role where no two days are the same – variety is guaranteed!

What you’ll be doing

  • Providing 1st/2nd line support across a busy, multi-site environment.

  • Maintaining and configuring Windows 11 PCs, MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, and more.

  • Supporting end users on Office 365 – including Teams, SharePoint, MFA, Intune.

  • Taking ownership of IT asset management, including deployment, tagging, and documentation.

  • Helping ensure systems are spot on- including scheduled checks and on-site tech support during key events (with time off in lieu for any out-of-hours work).

  • Working closely with external vendors and helping to scope and deliver improvement projects.

What you’ll need

  • Prior experience in a similar 1st/2nd line support role

  • Solid working knowledge of Windows OS, Microsoft 365, basic networking, and mobile device management (MDM).

  • Confidence troubleshooting and communicating with stakeholders across all levels.

  • An organised mindset – you’ll be tracking assets, stock levels, and support requests.

  • A genuine enthusiasm for IT and learning – this team will invest in your development.

Ready to apply?

We get it – your CV might not be totally up to date. Don’t worry. Just send over what you’ve got, or drop us a message with a few lines about your experience and interest in the role.

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Concierge

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Concierge

Burnley

3 months+

£16.50 ph Umbrella

28 hours + pw

Hamilton Woods Associates are currently working with an organisation to recruit for Concierge staff for one of their properties in Burnley.

The successful candidate will be covering shifts from 4:45pm – 11:45 pm Monday – Thursday

Cover will also be required over the Christmas period and New Year

Responsibilities of the Concierge includes:

  • Carrying out health & safety checks
  • Being a visible on-site presence overnight
  • Supporting with building security and compliance

For further information on this role, please contact Bethan Hall at Hamilton Woods Associates

Sales Manager

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Sales Manager – Lead, Transform, Inspire

Blackpool (hybrid, near M55)
£50,000 + up to 10% bonus
Full-time, permanent

Are you the kind of leader who can read the room, steady the ship, and raise the bar?

We’re looking for an experienced people manager to take charge of a well-established sales team during a key period of transformation. This is not just a sales management role – it’s your chance to influence structure, culture, and performance in a team of 30+ people.

Why this role matters

You’ll be empowered to build new ways of working, improve communication, reset standards, and support people through change. That means:

  • reviewing and redesigning processes,

  • creating consistency and clarity,

  • and helping experienced team members navigate what’s next.

You’ll be doing things like:

  • Driving performance and engagement across a 30-person sales team

  • Coaching, mentoring and developing team leaders and sales staff

  • Defining new standards for process, service and results

  • Aligning the sales journey with business-wide goals

  • Collaborating closely with marketing, customer experience, IT and finance

  • Leading with emotional intelligence – listening, guiding, motivating

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and hands-on sales enablement – perfect for someone who thrives in a changing environment and knows how to bring people with them.

You’re a great fit if you:

  • Are a confident, emotionally intelligent leader with experience managing sales teams through change

  • Know how to build trust and buy-in, even when delivering difficult messages

  • Understand the balance between people, process and performance

  • Can spot bottlenecks and opportunities across the sales journey – and fix them

  • Want to leave things better than you found them

If you’ve led sales teams, shaped strategy, improved ways of working, and kept morale strong through it all – we’d love to hear from you.

What’s in it for you?

  • £50,000 base salary + up to 10% bonus

  • Office location close to M55, free parking

  • Strong backing from leadership to make your mark

  • Autonomy, responsibility and support to lead with impact

Interested?
We know that leaders like you are often busy (and not always job hunting). So if your CV isn’t up to date, don’t worry. Just send over what you have or drop a quick note explaining why this role caught your attention – we’ll take it from there.

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Sales Consultant

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Sales Consultant – Make a Difference in Travel

Location: Bispham, Blackpool
Salary: £24,500 – £26,000 dependant on experience + Uncapped commission

Are you a people person with a passion for sales and delivering incredible customer experiences?
My client specialises in creating unforgettable educational travel experiences for schools and students across the UK. As a Sales Consultant, you’ll play a key role in building client relationships, driving sales, and helping schools organise life-changing trips for their students.

What’s in it for you:

  • 35 hours per week, with options to work 08:00 – 16:00, 08:30 – 16:30, 09:00 – 17:00 with a 1-hour lunch break
  • No weekends, no bank holidays
  • Annual salary reviews linked to performance.
  • A reward and recognition programme, including a voucher scheme based on team targets
  • Pension scheme after a qualifying period (we’ll contribute 3%).
  • Access to company funded Health and Mental Wellbeing resources.
  • 25 days annual, rising by 1 day for every 5 years of service up to a maximum of 30 days.
  • Up to 10 days un-paid leave can be requested (subject to approval).
  • Training, development, and progression opportunities.
  • Team events.
  • Onsite car park and close to public transport.
  • A people focused, customer centric environment with an amazing support network. We have built an exciting, energetic, and innovative culture by working together.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Managing inbound and outbound enquiries, using your relationship-building skills to convert leads into bookings.
  • Creating tailored proposals that meet the specific needs of each school.
  • Supporting clients throughout the entire sales process, ensuring their experience is seamless and stress-free.
  • Collaborating with internal teams to ensure trips are organised efficiently and exceed expectations.
  • Proactively seeking opportunities to grow your portfolio of clients.

Why you’re the perfect fit:

  • You’re a confident communicator who thrives on building relationships.
  • You have a proven track record in sales, customer service, or account management.
  • You’re organised, self-motivated, and driven to meet targets.
  • Bonus: Experience in the travel or educational sector is a plus!

Ready to inspire students and grow your career?
If you’re looking for a rewarding role where you can combine your love of sales with the chance to make a real impact, apply today!

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