About the role
* Would you like to work for a much-loved local charity?
* Do you want to make a real difference?
* Would you like to join a highly successful retail team?
Our Shops and Distribution Centre provide one of our most important revenue streams and offer quality items and a friendly service. As an Assistant Manager, it will be helpful if you have retail and customer service skills, although full training will be given.
Responsibilities include:
* Using people skills to help deliver income to the hospice.
* Giving excellent customer service
* Assisting in managing a team of staff and volunteers
* Stock control
* Daily cash handling and banking
* Ensuring the staff, volunteers, the shop and the site are safe and secure.
You will be energetic, love a varied work day and keeping our shop attractive. You will have responsibility for all aspects of the business in the absence of the manager after full induction training.
Location: The post is based in Billingshurst, but involves regular travel to the hospices, the Retail Distribution Centre and to other shops in Sussex. The role may involve managing and supporting in other shops as requested.
About us
We’re a children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
We’re committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer various family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.
You will be joining our organisation at a very exciting time, as St Barnabas Hospices and Martlets Hospice are in the process of merging. Bringing our teams and resources together, as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce
Benefits
* Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
* Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
* On-site education support and study leave opportunities
* Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
* Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
* Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card