Shop Manager (5582)

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Permanent

37 hours per week, 5 days between Monday to Saturday - trading hours 9am to 5pm.

£25,253.25 per annum (pay review pending).

We offer many enhanced benefits including:

• 28 days holiday a year, plus Bank Holidays
• Stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%
• Free confidential counselling service: available to all staff and volunteers
• Opportunity for all managers to join our Bespoke Management Development Programme - Compass

Full details about our benefits can be found on our website.

Location: The Children's Society Shop, 31 Lowther Street, WHITEHAVEN, Cumbria CA28 7DW.

Do you like being creative? Have you got retail management experience? Are you looking for a new challenge?

We are looking for a Shop Manager to lead our volunteer team. You will be working in a creative environment, managing donated goods in order to maximise sales and net contribution. You will need to be driven and focused on making sales. You will need good communication skills.

As a Shop Manager you will need a can do attitude and be confident with working with people from different backgrounds, creating a welcoming and positive experience for all volunteers, supporters and customers.

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

The closing date for applications is at midnight on Friday 29th November 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on Friday 15th November.

Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

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