Shop Manager
Job Details
- Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland
- Shop Manager
- Full Time
- £24,726
- Carlisle, Keswick, Brampton and Penrith (one store will be your base store with travel between stores)
- 22/12/2024
Job Description
Our Shop Managers are trusted to be resourceful, to provide caring, compassionate service to customers and colleagues in a professional and respectful manner and thrive on challenge, seeking opportunities for continuous improvement with a progressive attitude to change. Our Shop Managers have a focus on generating new ideas and increasing income to enable the Organisation to enhance quality of life for adults, their families and carers in our area, through skilled and compassionate care and support at home and in their community.
Are you a proactive, driven, enthusiastic leader and influencer with skills based in retail and fashion?
Are you a positive, dynamic individual, keen to champion our organisational vision to positively inspire a future in which everyone within our community facing life limiting illnesses, regardless of cause, receives the best possible palliative and end of life care and their families and carers receive the support they need?
Are you seeking an opportunity to grow and develop your leadership and retail skills in an organisation that works towards the common goal of providing essential local care for local people and be the face of our organisation in the retail community?
If this sounds like you – please get in touch.
Essential Criteria:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including social media
- Experience of leading an inclusive and diverse team with the ability to identify support needs and upskill others
- Current knowledge & understanding of Health & Safety regulations & risk assessments
- Full clean UK driving licence and own transport
- IT skills and confident with cash flow, cashing up, Cybertill or similar systems and understanding basic retail accounts information
- Keen interest in retail – fashion, homeware, current trends and strong merchandising skills
- Flexible and resilient to enable efficient daily operations and processes in a busy retail environment
Desirable Criteria:
- Window dressing experience
- Retail qualifications
- Knowledge of the charity sector and working with volunteers
- Previous experience using Gift Aid
- Knowledge of healthcare and / or end of life care
- Able to manage own workload independently
Our offer to you:
- Salary £24,726 per annum
- Contributory pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Annual leave purchase scheme
- Free onsite parking at Head Office
- EAP – Employee assistance programme
- Development opportunities
- Local gym discounts
- Volunteer ‘Give a Day’
- Mileage allowance & travel time
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexible working
- Staff complementary therapy days
- Onsite (head office) employee counselling
- Wellbeing focus including dedicated wellbeing room
- REAL job satisfaction – knowing that your work means something and your contributions to continuous improvements matter.
Additional Information
How to apply:
For further information and to apply online, please visit our website.