Windmill Garage Horndean

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NEW ROLE: Part-Time Garage Receptionist 

Mondays & Tuesdays | 08:30 – 17:00 | Horndean 

Windmill Garage is on the lookout for a friendly face to keep our reception running like a well-oiled engine two days a week. If you enjoy interacting with a wide range of customers, juggling phone calls, and ordering parts, all with a smile on your face…read on… 

The Nuts & Bolts 

What Detail 
Pay £12.21 per hour (about £10,794 take-home a year on 17 paid hours/week – earnings sit below current Income Tax & NI thresholds).   
Hours Mondays & Tuesdays, 08:30–17:00 (17 paid hrs inc. short lunch). No evenings, no weekends. 
Holidays 11.2 days paid leave a year, plus any UK bank holidays that fall on your days.   
Contract Permanent, part-time 
Location Windmill Garage, Horndean, PO8 0HW, Hampshire 

What you’ll be doing 

  • 📞 Answering calls & booking jobs into our digital diary 
  • 🛠️ Ordering parts the mechanics need (we’ll teach you the lingo) 
  • 🧾 Raising invoices & taking payments – card machine know-how helps 
  • Looking after customers in the waiting room (top-up the tea, crack a joke, repeat) 
  • 🗂️ Keeping the desk tidy, the paperwork filed and the team in the loop 

Who this could suit 

  • Semi-retired customer-service ace after two steady days a week 
  • Local student or freelancer wanting predictable income 
  • Parents who already have wrap-around care sorted 
  • Anyone organised, chatty and keen to keep our reception purring 

You’ll thrive if you’re organised, comfortable with basic computer tasks, and happy to chat with everyone from delivery drivers to classic-car enthusiasts. 

Why Windmill? 

  • Warm, down-to-earth team – no corporate stuffiness 
  • Staff discount on MOTs and servicing 
  • 11.2 days per year holiday entitlement 
  • We invest in training, so you’ll keep learning without the jargon overload 

Ready to join us? 

Pop your CV and a short note telling us why Mondays & Tuesdays with Windmill Garage are right up your street to info@windmillgarage.co.uk. We’ll be in touch quicker than you can say “oil change”. 

Figures based on the 2025/26 UK tax year: Personal Allowance £12,570; NI Primary Threshold £242/week. Holiday calculated using the statutory formula for part-timers working 2 days/week.