Shop Supervisor

Family and Disability Services; Dalby; On-site; AUD 33,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP Salary Packaging

Staff Discounts

Recognition and rewards platform

12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 3?

Job summary

Footprints Thrift Shops in Dalby is seeking a Retail Supervisor to lead day-to-day retail operations, coach staff and volunteers, and drive sales while delivering a meaningful community impact. You’ll work within a not-for-profit model supported by salary packaging, and be part of a dedicated team helping older Australians and people in need.

The role offers permanent full-time hours with hourly remuneration of $29.45 plus Super, NFP salary packaging and a performance-based commission for high

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a passion for Footprints and promote its service and value to the community
• Manage all aspects of a retail operation and delegate responsibilities to ensure sound business practices and sales targets are met
• Work with staff and volunteers to review pricing, visual merchandising, promotions and selling techniques to maintain and improve profitability
• Maintain effective communication within the team and with external stakeholders; assist team members with customer enquiries/complaints
• Identify issues and opportunities from selling and customer feedback
• Set objectives and prioritise tasks aligned to business strategy
• Coach and develop direct reports to link development goals with business objectives

Job description

Retail Supervisor | Footprints

Employment Term: Permanent Full Time Location: Dalby Remuneration: $29.45 p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay) + commission program for high performers Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

Make a meaningful difference with Footprints Footprints Thrift Shops directly supports UnitingCare in funding a range of impactful programs we deliver to provide care and dignity to older Australians, people living with disability or mental illness, and individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

As a Retail Supervisor you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered, contributing to the meaningful work of Footprints Thrift Shops. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.

Your part in our Footprints team

• Demonstrate a passion for Footprints and its purpose, promoting its service and value to the community through personal actions, behaviours, practices and outcomes


• Manage all aspects of a retail operation and delegate responsibilities where appropriate to ensure sound business practices are adhered to and sales targets are achieved


• Work with staff and volunteers to review and monitor pricing, visual merchandising, promotional events and selling techniques to ensure that profitability is maintained and improved


• Maintain effective communication channels within direct team, regional support functions and external stakeholders and provide assistance to team members in handling customer complaints / enquiries


• Identify issues and opportunities based on selling and customer feedback


• Set objectives and prioritise tasks, ensuring objectives are tied to overall business strategy


• Coach and develop direct reports daily, ensuring development goals are linked to business objectives and improved performance

What makes a difference for us

To be successful for this role you will need to be/have:

• Be passionate about Footprints and be able to articulate its purpose


• Demonstrated experience in retail management (or hospitality management with a background in retail), including experience in coaching and mentoring people


• Ability to deliver a high level of customer service and exceed customer expectations


• Demonstrate enthusiasm and eagerness to learn the fundamentals of all store roles, including but not limited to customer service, visual presentation, online marketing and stock control


• Create a values driven, diverse and safe employment environment that attracts, engages and retains skilled employees and volunteers


• Communicate promotional event information to maximise results


• Identify issues and opportunities based on trends and customer feedback


• Setting and exceeding priorities to meet daily deadlines; developing plans to meet short-term objectives


• Strong problem solving and influencing skills


• Ability to use a retail business systems, POS and Microsoft Office

What makes a difference for you?

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained


• Staff Discounts: Participation in our team member purchasing program


• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs


• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme


• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events


• Career development opportunitiesto challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference


• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance


• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

Child safe, Child friendly

• UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children


• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur


• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple - everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family Joining our Lifeline, team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

www.unitingcareqld.com.au

We’re on a mission to make a meaningful difference every day, working with thousands of Australians to ensure they live life in all its fullness. We want people who are great as individuals, and even better in a team. People who stand up for what is right. Who are open to new ideas. Who champion innovation. Who lead through learning, and lead by example. So, if you’re looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful difference, to grow, thrive and to be rewarded, it’s time you joined our UnitingCare familiy.