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Assistant Manager (Perton)

Job details
Posting date: 23 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £23,693 per annum (pro rata) - (£12.15 per hour)
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 14 May 2024
Location: WV6 7QH
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Acorns Childrens Hospice Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 241667JCP

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Summary

We are now looking for a Deputy Shop Manager to support the Perton Shop Manager in leading a team of volunteers, achieving set targets and maintaining standards. You’ll work 7.5 hours per week, including weekend working.

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About the Role

Acorns Children's Hospice are a children's charity, offering specialist palliative nursing care and support for local children and their families. Every year, we support over 750 children and nearly 1,000 families, including those who are bereaved. We have a network of charity shops across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire, which help to provide the funding that we need to provide this care.

As Deputy Community Shop Manager, you’ll support the Shop Manager to create an exciting shop floor experience that makes Acorns stand out from our competitors. You’ll work with your Shop Manager to make local decisions about the quality of stock, levels of pricing and style of merchandising, leading a team of volunteers to uphold these standards. You'll maximise every sales opportunity available,

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About You

Retail experience and experience of working towards targets
Ability to lead and motivate a team
IT skills
Happy to work weekends
Enjoy a role that involves significant levels of manual handling
Ability to travel independently to cover shops in the area if needed
We want our Shop Managers to firmly embed their shop into the fabric of the local community by being proactive in assessing opportunities within the community for the shop to get involved in, so ideally you’ll be based in the local area.

What We Offer

£23,693 per annum (pro rata)
7.5 hours per week
Employee discounts from leading retailers
Employee gym discount scheme
Bike-to-Work scheme
Generous contribution to group personal pension plan
Acorns group life assurance scheme
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?

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