Store Manager, Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
Location: Aylesbury
Hours: Full time (5 days a week)
Salary: £30,176.55 per annum
Closing date: 23 September 2025
Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly as we will withdraw the advert when we have sufficient suitable candidates to shortlist for interview.
You can make a real difference to people in your local community by joining the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity Retail Team.
Our shops are the face of the Charity, seeing supporters and raising vital funds to support local patients and their families, every single day on high streets, retail parks, and a farm all across Buckinghamshire and its borders.
We have a fabulous opportunity for you to bring your enthusiasm and love for fashion to an ethical and sustainable industry at our Gatehouse Way store.
You'll lead and manage the staff and volunteer team to engage support for the Charity from the local community, maximise sales and profit, and actively promote Gift Aid and the Hospice Lottery.
You will have responsibility for:
* To maximise the commercial potential of the Gatehouse Way Store by delivering an excellent retail offer for the local community.
* Lead the Gatehouse Way team of staff and volunteers to achieve agreed income targets – sales, Gift Aid and Hospice Lottery.
* Support the recruitment, induction, training and retention of volunteers, promoting a happy and productive working environment for the volunteers.
* Line management responsibility for the Gatehouse Way team, providing effective support, training and personal development, regularly reviewing performance and ensuring that KPI's and objectives are met.
You will have:
* Experience of managing a large team in charity or large-format retail.
* Experience of leading a team to achieve considerable sales targets in a retail environment.
* Experience of working with volunteers, and able to work positively with people of all abilities
* Highly motivated and driven with a keen interest in donated product. This role will involve a significant level of stock management.
* Demonstrable positive, solution-focused, 'can-do' attitude.
We offer
* Workplace pension – 5% ER contribution (with an option to increase to 6%)
* 26 days annual leave plus statutory holidays (increasing by a day a year up to 5 years service)
* Generous company sick pay allowance
* Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave
* Access to Smart Health services, including GP Online 24/7
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Life Assurance equivalent to 3x salary
* Membership of the Blue Light scheme, offering a wide range of discounts
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to £30,176.55 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* Store discount
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 23/09/2025