Overview
Are you someone who is excited about charity retail, fashion, and who can use their initiative? Do you have experience managing a retail team? If so, we may have the role for you. We are looking for an Assistant Shop Manager to work in our Castleford Shop for 22.5 hours per week over 3 days. We are seeking a passionate and motivated person to help our store reach its full potential.
Responsibilities
* Assist in developing in-store systems and promote donations and sales to maximise profits.
* Represent Mencap as an efficient and charitable organisation by ensuring that actions reinforce Mencap aims and values.
* Strive to ensure stock is generated from the local area and donors.
* Sign up donors to the Gift Aid scheme and maximise income through Gift Aid.
* Be responsible for achieving profit targets by maximising sales and effectively managing costs.
* 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.
Requirements
* 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 approach to working hours and days, including weekends and Bank Holidays as appropriate.
* Willing to travel to occasional team meetings, training events, and in the initial growth of the new retail team, assisting with setting up other new stores.
* Passionate about the Mencap values and committed to ensuring our Retail brand is successful.
Note
We are an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation and we particularly welcome and encourage disabled applicants and those from Black and Asian communities to apply for the role as they are under-represented within the workforce. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles with us. To find out more about the scheme please visit the Direct Gov website.
Benefits
Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees. Our benefits package includes 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and more. For details on what we offer, please see the attached document outlining all benefits available to you as a member of our team.
About Mencap
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers, and strive for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society. At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability, either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.
Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation. We grow and learn together, and it’s okay to make mistakes as long as we learn from them and make changes. Belonging means people feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves. We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues, including groups for Black and Asian communities, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long-term health condition, women, parents and carers, and allies. We encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and offer various contract types and working patterns. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.
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