Marks & Spencer Adds 446 New Roles
Across the UK and Ireland

The Hiring Update at a Glance

Announced 23 September 2026, from M&S's jobs update:

• Company — Marks & Spencer, the UK retailer.
• Scale — 446 new roles added across the UK and Ireland, spanning store, online and technology.
• Locations — new store openings for Stocksbridge, Northampton Riverside, Richmond and further sites, plus roles in Dublin and Cork.
• Mix — frontline store roles alongside office-based technology positions, reflecting expansion across stores, distribution and digital channels.
• Apply channel — M&S's official careers portal (jobs.marksandspencer.com).

This is a rolling set of live vacancies across the group rather than a single hiring event — the mix of store, distribution and digital roles changes as postings open and close.

The Store, Bakery & Online Roles

Many of the 446 openings are customer-facing roles in M&S stores and food operations:

• Customer Assistant — serving customers on the shop floor, on the till, and across Click & Collect and delivery points.
• Team Manager - Food — leading a store team and delivering food departments (fresh, bakery, café) to standard.
• Food & bakery operations — In-Store Bakery, Visual Merchandiser, Fashion, Home & Beauty and Café roles supporting new-store launches.
• Sales Advisor — retail sales advisor openings including Dublin and Cork in Ireland.
• Store Manager — store leadership positions, including Ireland.

Store roles are typically on-site with set shift patterns; hours vary from part-time to full-time depending on the store and contract.

Technology & Professional Roles

Alongside the frontline roles, M&S is hiring into its technology and digital functions, which support its online channel and wider operations:

• Senior Software Engineer — engineering positions on M&S's digital platforms.
• BI Developer — data and business-intelligence development roles feeding decisions across the business.
• Online and digital positions — roles supporting e-commerce, data and technology teams in the UK and Ireland.

These professional roles are a separate lane from store hiring — the requirements shown on each posting (experience, skills, tech stack) apply to that specific vacancy.

How to Apply

Apply only through Marks & Spencer's official channels:

• Careers portal — jobs.marksandspencer.com
• Search by role — filter by location (e.g. Stocksbridge, Northampton Riverside, Richmond, Dublin, Cork), function and contract type.
• Store applications — store vacancies are posted on the same portal; some locations accept applications via in-store recruitment events.

M&S never charges application, interview or training fees. If someone asks you to pay to be considered for an M&S role, it is a scam.

How to Verify the Posting Is Real

Retail hiring is one of the most impersonated categories in job scams. Run this checklist before sharing anything:

1. Check the domain — real M&S careers live on jobs.marksandspencer.com. Anything else — Gmail addresses, lookalike domains — is fraud.
2. Match the opening — confirm the specific store, role and location on the portal; a "recruiter" quoting a vacancy you can't find there is running a scam.
3. Never pay to apply — no legitimate retailer charges for applications, "training", uniforms or interviews. Any request for a fee, gift card or crypto is a scam.
4. Watch for off-platform moves — a recruiter who pushes you to WhatsApp or Telegram with a "fast-track placement fee" is running a fraud operation.
5. Verify before documents — send ID and proof-of-eligibility copies only after a confirmed offer, through official systems.

The full red-flag framework lives in our visa sponsorship scam checklist — the same rules apply to any big-brand hiring news.

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