Are you passionate about charity retail and fashion? Do you thrive on using your initiative? If so, we have the perfect role for you!
We are excited to announce the opening of our new shop in Wyke and are seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Shop Manager to join our team for 37.5 hours per week.
We are looking for a dedicated and motivated individual to help our store reach its full potential. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!
As an Assistant Shop Manager, you will:
* Help develop in-store systems and promote donations and sales to maximise profits.
* Represent Mencap as an efficient and charitable organisation by ensuring your actions reinforce the organisation's aims and values.
* Strive to ensure stock is generated from the local area and donors.
* Sign up donors to the Gift Aid scheme and ensure maximum income is achieved through Gift Aid.
* Be responsible for achieving profit targets by maximising sales and managing costs effectively.
* Maintain the store to a high standard of presentation throughout.
* Build an effective volunteer team and provide training, development, work reviews, and appraisals to paid staff and volunteers.
* Be responsible for all financial and cash handling and health and safety.
To be a successful Assistant Shop Manager, you will be:
* An experienced assistant manager or supervisor with the ability to maintain budgets and complete weekly income and banking sheets accurately, preferably with previous charity retail experience.
* Flexible in working hours and days, including weekends and Bank Holidays as appropriate.
* Willing to travel to occasional team meetings, training events, and assist with setting up new stores during the initial growth phase.
* Passionate about Mencap's values and committed to ensuring our retail brand is successful.
We are committed to being an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organisation. We especially welcome and encourage applicants from disabled backgrounds and from Black and Asian communities, as they are underrepresented within our workforce.
Job ID: 33642
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. For more information about the scheme, please visit the official government website.
At Mencap, we offer a range of benefits to support and reward our employees, ensuring our teams feel valued and appreciated.
Our benefits include 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro-rata), discounts at leading retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and more.
For further details, please see the attached document outlining all the benefits available to our team members.
About Mencap
We partner with people with learning disabilities to support them in living life on their own terms. We provide high-quality, flexible services that promote independence, and offer advice through helplines and websites. At Mencap, we believe everyone deserves a purposeful job that is meaningful. Join us to develop as a person, colleague, leader, and activist, and help us inspire others to reach their potential.
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