Lifestyle Concierge Assistant

We have the opportunity for a Lifestyle Concierge Assistant to join our amazing Private Shopping Department. At Harrods Private Shopping, we invite you to be a part of a world beyond the ordinary as we strive to be the ultimate luxury and shopping destination. If you have a flair for exceptional customer service and a desire to be part of a prestigious and dynamic environment, we would love to hear from you.

As we celebrate this momentous anniversary year, now more than ever, it’s an exciting time to join the Harrods Team. Whether you’re a recent school, college or university leaver, or you’re looking to restart your career in an exciting new field, at Harrods we firmly believe in offering exciting career opportunities.

This is a fixed term contract position until 5/5/2025

About The Role

The Lifestyle Concierge Assistant will report into the Lifestyle Concierge Executive, responsible for responding to the various requests from our Private Shopping clients. You will assist in driving engagement and retaining Harrods most discerning clients.

As well as this, you will also:

• Assist with the day to day running of the Lifestyle Concierge service.
• Seek out opportunities to optimise the service for our clients, through networking within the industry.
• Help create exceptional experiences within the luxury market and help to source highly sought-after and bespoke services.
• Drive engagement to the wider Private Shopping service.
• Have knowledge of luxury industries such as Yacht and Jet brokerage.
• Build connections within lifestyle industries

About You

You will remain up to date with new openings in the world of hospitality, culture and fine dining, and experiences that we can offer to clients. You will seek to understand the Private Shopping portfolio, their needs, desires, and their cultural preferences to ensure we can provide added value to their shopping experience.

To be successful within this role, you will:

• Have exceptional customer service experience and focus.
• Understand Harrods UHNW clients and their lifestyle and needs.
• Excellent organisational skills, including the willingness to multi-task to short deadlines.
• have worked towards high targets and be comfortable with high value transactions.
• Be a great communicator who can build relationships with clients and stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds and profiles.
• Have good IT literacy (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

About Us

Our 175th anniversary will see the Knightsbridge store become a stage for our legacy of firsts, our house of world-leading brands and our reputation for exceptional. We want you to come and be a part of all this - and help us deliver exceptional service that represents our authority as a long-standing icon, industry-leader and innovator. Inspired by our past, celebrating our present and focusing on our future, you’ll be joining a team with the belief that anything is possible. What makes you different makes us exceptional.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business. 

Uniquely You

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

While our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you do not meet every desired criteria but feel you have the skills and experience to thrive in this role as well as a genuine interest in working for Harrods and you can demonstrate an alignment with our values, we would encourage you to apply.

If you want to know more about our people and our culture, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, Facebook or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods