Assistant Community Shop Manager - Bloxwich
* Flexible over 7 days Full or P/T
* Retail
* Last day to apply: 11 May 2025
Contract type
Location
Hours
30 hours (4 days out of 7) fully flexible 8:55am - 5:05pm trading over 7 days
£19,266 (Retail Band AA)
Exciting News! We're looking to recruit an Assistant Community Shop Manager for our Bloxwich store. Have you got a passion for fashion and love working in your local community?Then this is the role for you!
As an Assistant Community Shop Manager (ACSM) for St Giles Hospice you will support in leading a team of volunteers. You’ll be empowered to make decisions locally whilst working within a supportive framework. You’ll work within and for your local community ensuring that engagement and support is understood and promoted.
You’ll have good customer service skills and want to be part of a successful team. Ideally, you’ll have previous retail experience with the ability to manage and lead the store in the absence of the Community Shop Manager (CSM).
Reporting into the CSM and working closely with the Retail Regional Manager you will aid in supporting your store to run efficiently and deliver a positive financial contribution to the Hospice.
The estate includes 23 shops and e-commerce operation with a turnover of approx. £3million which supports the overall income generation strategy.
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If you want to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Lorraine Ward on 01543 432 031
Qualifications
· Qualifications in English and Maths
Minimum Level 2 Key Skills or Grade 4 (A-C) GCSE
Knowledge and experience
· Ability to lead and motivate others
· Understands of health and safety regulations
· Ability to plan and priorities workloads and delegate accordingly
· Outstanding communications skills
· Knowledge and understanding of sales management, profit and loss
· Local community knowledge
· Previous line management experience
· Experience in achieving goals and identifying opportunities
· Has the ability to implement and enforce policies
· A desire to work as part of a team to generate fresh and innovative community-based ideas
· Some experience of Gift Aid
· Some experience of working with volunteers
Values
· Exhibits our hospice values and behaviours
Skills
· Flexible and be able to adapt to change on a daily basis
· Able to complete physically demanding work in the form of standing for long periods and moving stock
· Ability to handle administrative task, such a cash handling
· Be a keen problem solver
· Ability to follow organisational policy and procedures
· IT and numeracy – Office365/Share point
· Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload
· Experience in training and developing staff and/or volunteers
Personal Attributes
· Willingness to learn
· Flexible and adaptable to change
· Good interpersonal skills
· Goodtime keeping & strong work ethic
· Conducts themselves’ in a professional manner
· Good organisational skills
· Inclusive and diverse in their approach
· Able to work under pressure
Other requirements
· Eligibility to work in the UK
· Please note that St Giles Hospice does not hold a sponsorship licence and is therefore unable to accept sponsorship requests
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (Pro-rata for part time employees)
* Group pension scheme, matching contributions of up to 8%
* Life assurance scheme, up to the state pension age
* Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
* Enhanced sick pay, rising with service
* Access to blue light and charity worker discounts
* The Hub Wellness Support
* Eligibility for flu vaccine
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Access to Mental Health First Aiders
* Cycle to work scheme
Professional Development
All staff complete a comprehensive induction programme which includes statutory and mandatory e-learning as well as training that is tailored to the individual’s need. All staff and volunteers should also attend an induction day.
Regular training and personal development opportunities, with internal career progression being a focal point of team growth.
This post is subject to a Disclose and Barring Service (DBS) check.
We may review applications before the application review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role, this may be earlier than the closing date.
If you have not heard within 14 days of the application close date, then please consider that your application has been unsuccessful at this time.
Should you require any further information, please email: stg.recruitment@stgileshospice.com
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