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Bethany Gavaghan

Calling all Santa's, elves and more: all of the Christmas jobs you can get in South Wales right now

With the festivities fast approaching, bringing with it the busiest time of year for lots of businesses, there's more than a fair share looking for an extra pair of hands ahead of December 25.

Thousands of people are already flocking to Winter Wonderlands, Christmas markets and shopping centres across the country, desperate to get their hands on some bargains and the perfect Christmas gifts for their loved ones. And nevitably, busiers shops mean longer queues for customers and more staff needed for companies.

Across Wales, various clothing stores, supermarkets and other businesses are still looking for seasonal staff - so we've put together this list of as many Christmas jobs in Wales that we could find that are open to applications right now.

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There’s a whole range of temporary Christmas jobs you can get in South Wales- whether you fancy working in Santa’s grotto, or being a festive sales assistant, there’s something for every job hunter right now. Here are just some still recruiting:

Santa Claus

If you really want to embrace the festive magic this year, you could even play the part of Santa Claus himself.

The places where you can dress up as the man in red for a few weeks and get paid include:

  • Harvester at Cardiff Bay (part-time): Employers say you’ll bring the magic to Breakfast with Santa, delivering gifts and putting smiles on faces with your joyous personality.

  • Fontgary at Barry (16 hours per week): The popular leisure park is looking for a Santa Claus with a big personality and a great sense of humour.

  • Woodland walk garden centre at Pontypridd (part-time): This garden centre is looking for an enthusiastic Santa to work on the weekends, as well as a few days in the week.

Santa’s Grotto

If you don’t fancy stepping into the big boots of Santa Claus this year- you can still play a part behind the scenes at Santa’s Grotto, with these jobs with a difference:

  • The Noah’s Ark Christmas Grotto in Cardiff: Noah’s Ark is back this year for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic, and is on the search for a site supervisor to make sure things run as smoothly as possible. The charity is looking for two supervisors to work part-time at the Christmas Grotto, working three or four days each. As site supervisor, you will lead a team of engaged and enthusiastic volunteer Santas and elves, who will be recruited by the event manager.

Retail and customer service

There are all kinds of retail and customer service roles in South Wales, from serving up people’s favourite food and drinks during the most lively time of year for restaurants, selling them a scarf to shut out the colder temperatures or working to cater to people’s needs over the phone- there is plenty going on with these opportunities at the moment. These are some of the businesses and companies recruiting an extra pair of hands over the next few weeks:

  • The Ignite Team Ltd in Cardiff

  • Clogau Gold of Wales Ltd in Cardiff

  • Quinn Consulting in Cardiff

  • LOVISA in Cardiff

  • Pure Property Finance in Cardiff

  • H.Samuel in Cardiff

  • Sugar Box in Cardiff

  • Gap Personell in Cardiff

  • Palace Chemicals in Cardiff

  • Clogau of Wales in Cardiff

  • The Fragrance Shop in Cardiff

  • Jomo People Ltd in Cardiff

  • Reiss in Cardiff

  • Footasylum in Cardiff

  • Levi Strauss & Co in Cariff

  • WHSmith in Cardiff, Barry, Cwmbran and Abergavenny

  • Marks & Spencer in Newbridge and Blackrock

  • Work Wales in Llanelli

  • Peppermint Bar and Kitchen in Swansea

  • PH Skegness Ltd in Swansea

  • Nisbets Plc in Swansea

  • Crooton in Neath

  • Apetito in Cwmbran

  • Clintons in Newport and Neath

  • Net world Sports in Newport

  • CeX Ltd in Newport

  • Cardzone in Bridgend

  • The Perfume Shop in Bridgend

  • Ernest Jones in Bridgend

  • St David Recruitment Services in Cowbridge

  • FFT Education Ltd in Cowbridge

  • Platform Resourcing Limited in Llansamlet

  • GreenThumb at St. Asaph

Do you know a business advertising for temporary staff members over this Christmas period? Get in touch with us to get it added to the list: bethany.gavaghan@reachplc.com

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