Assistant Shop Manager
| Posting date: | 31 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £23,391 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 November 2025 |
| Location: | Torrington, Devon |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | British Red Cross |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 12186 |
Summary
Support customers, meet their needs and encourage repeat business.
• Promote additional product and sales initiatives, including maximising gift aid and round-up.
• Work towards ensuring, as a team, that targets and profit levels are met.
• Support the growth of average weekly sales.
• Create and maintain strong visual merchandising displays
• Encourage the local community and customers to donate stock
• Effectively manage donated stock and bought in goods, ensuring that necessary standards are maintained.
• Deliver high standards of customer service
• Deal with customer complaints and queries in an effective manner
• Promote the shop in the community and respond to local queries about the services of the British Red Cross
• Actively recruit, develop, communicate with and motivate volunteers to meet the needs of the shop.
• Maintain the Assemble system for all volunteers within the shop
• Manage the task allocation to Volunteers, guiding activity to ensure require standards of performance
• Act as a key holder and ensure the security of cash, stock and premises
• Ensure health and safety compliance at all times in the shop
• In the absence of the Retail Manager be accountable for the day to day operation of the shop, including cash handling and banking.
• Promote additional product and sales initiatives, including maximising gift aid and round-up.
• Work towards ensuring, as a team, that targets and profit levels are met.
• Support the growth of average weekly sales.
• Create and maintain strong visual merchandising displays
• Encourage the local community and customers to donate stock
• Effectively manage donated stock and bought in goods, ensuring that necessary standards are maintained.
• Deliver high standards of customer service
• Deal with customer complaints and queries in an effective manner
• Promote the shop in the community and respond to local queries about the services of the British Red Cross
• Actively recruit, develop, communicate with and motivate volunteers to meet the needs of the shop.
• Maintain the Assemble system for all volunteers within the shop
• Manage the task allocation to Volunteers, guiding activity to ensure require standards of performance
• Act as a key holder and ensure the security of cash, stock and premises
• Ensure health and safety compliance at all times in the shop
• In the absence of the Retail Manager be accountable for the day to day operation of the shop, including cash handling and banking.
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