Featured Job Assistant Furniture Shop Manager (Sunderland)

Posted: March 26, 2019

Job Details

  • Shelter Retail Ltd
  • Assistant Manager
  • Part Time
  • £9.00 per hour (21 hours a week)
  • Sunderland
  • 21/04/2019

Job Description

How to apply:
You can apply online here.

We’re looking for an inspirational people person to join us as an Assistant Shop Manager in our Sunderland Furniture shop. You will be pivotal in assisting the Shop Manager in leading and empowering a team of volunteers to engage with the local community on Shelter’s cause, maximising the contribution of gifts of time from volunteers, the gifts of products from our donors and the gift of income from our customers.

You will be the ambassador of Shelter on the high street; raising vital money for our cause. If you want to make a real difference to people at risk of homelessness, this is a unique opportunity to do just that.

Your key responsibilities:

  • Assist the Shop Manager in the recruitment, support and development of a strong community-focused shop team and empower them to maximise Shelter’s income
  • Represent Shelter in your local community, ensuring that you and your team responsibly share the knowledge of Shelter’s cause with customers, volunteers, donors and potential Shelter clients
  • Ensure a safe, clean, bright and happy environment for your team to work in and for your customers to shop in, in turn attracting potential donors and volunteers.

And what you’ll need:

  • Willing to take on a new challenge and a keen interest in Shelter’s cause
  • Be an energetic person with an enthusiasm for managing and empowering people
  • Extraordinary motivational skills with a flair for merchandising
  • Knowledge of increasing sales growth and controlling costs.

For further information about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website.

Additional Information

How to apply:
You can apply online here.

Closing date: 21 April 2019 at 11.30pm

We offer a wide range of benefits including 22 days annual leave (pro rata), enhanced maternity/paternity leave, childcare vouchers and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.