Shop Manager

Posted: January 9, 2020

Job Details

  • Dove House Hospice
  • Shop Manager
  • Full Time
  • £16,506 - £19,469 per annum
  • Hornsea, East Yorkshire
  • 21/01/2020

Job Description

How to apply

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Job description

Are you a fashion retail professional with experience of managing staff? Want to do some real good with your career and support the success of a local charity? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us

We are Dove House Hospice, a dedicated service supporting patients with life limiting illnesses. Providing a range of therapies, services and support, we aim to make the hardest part of life manageable within a sustainable, comfortable and caring environment.

We have over 30 different retail outlets across Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire and they provide vital income which enables us to keep our doors open and continue helping those who need it most.

Within our retail department we use all the latest technology, fully barcoded stock, top of the range EPOS systems, excellent detailed back office sales reports, sales targets, excellent training packages and much more.

We’re now looking for a Shop Manager to join our ever-expanding team and oversee our shop in Hornsea.

This is a brilliant opportunity to support a forward-thinking charity provide the best quality of life possible to individuals with a life-limiting illness.

Working in the charitable sector means you’ll be able to use your expertise to make a real difference while building a career to be proud off.

We aim to provide you with the very best experience of working in a fast-moving retail environment and the opportunity to enhance your retailing skills and utilise your creativity.

So, if you have a passion for retail, can take ownership of your shop and are proud to show just what you can achieve, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As a Shop Manager, you will oversee the day-to-day running of our shop in Hornsea.

In this varied role, you will:

– Recruit, train and motivate staff
– Ensure that the shop achieves targets and operates within budget
– Oversee the sorting, categorising and pricing all donated goods
– Handle petty cash and complete banking tasks
– Act as the shop’s main key holder
– Provide cover to other shops in the area if required

About You

To join us as a Shop Manager, you’ll need:

– Fashion retail shop experience and/or a proven record of visual merchandising
– Experience of supervising staff
– Experience of EPOS systems
– The ability to undertake some manual handling operations
– The ability to work in a target-driven environment
– Excellent customer service and communication skills

Ideally, you will have experience working in a charity shop and/or working with volunteers, but this is not essential. Having a basic knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety at Work and/or Fire Safety and Security would also be beneficial.

We’d like to hear from you if you’ve worked as a Store Manager, Store Supervisor, Retail Manager, Fashion Shop Manager, Charity Shop Manager, Charity Shop Supervisor or Retail Team Leader.

Additional Information

How to apply

Please visit here to apply online.

The Benefits

  • Salary of £16,506 – £19,469 per annum
  • Overtime opportunities
  • Contributory group personal pension
  • Leisure and healthcare discounts
  • Occupational sick pay
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay
  • 22 days’ holiday per annum

Hours: Working hours are 8.45 – 5.15 with an hour unpaid break.

The closing date for applications is the 21st January 2020.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check.

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