Retail Assistant Manager (Southam)
| Posting date: | 28 October 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £23,595 to £23,595 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 November 2024 |
| Location: | CV47 0HA |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Acorns Childrens Hospice Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 259630JCP |
Summary
We are now looking for a Deputy Shop Manager to support the Southam Shop Manager in leading a team of volunteers, achieving set targets and maintaining standards. You’ll work 15 hours per week, including some weekend working.
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 will:
Support the Shop Manager to create an exciting shop floor experience that makes Acorns stand out from our competitors
Make decisions about the quality of stock, levels of pricing and style of merchandising
Lead a team of volunteers
Achieve sales targets by encouraging donations, purchases and gift aid
Click here to see inside one of our Acorns shops
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
£23,595 per annum (pro rata)
15 hours per week
Based in Acorns Southam Shop
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
Interviews are scheduled to be held on 12 November
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?
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 will:
Support the Shop Manager to create an exciting shop floor experience that makes Acorns stand out from our competitors
Make decisions about the quality of stock, levels of pricing and style of merchandising
Lead a team of volunteers
Achieve sales targets by encouraging donations, purchases and gift aid
Click here to see inside one of our Acorns shops
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
£23,595 per annum (pro rata)
15 hours per week
Based in Acorns Southam Shop
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
Interviews are scheduled to be held on 12 November
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?