Assistant Manager - Peacehaven

St. Barnabas House; Peacehaven; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

NHS pension scheme

Up to 35 days’ annual leave

On-site education support

Medicash access

Free parking

Subsidised meals

Gym membership discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in Service

Job summary

St Barnabas House in Peacehaven is seeking a dedicated Retail Assistant to support the Retail Manager in running the shop, delivering excellent customer service and maximising income from donations.

You will help promote fundraising initiatives, manage stock and Gift Aid, coordinate volunteers and rotas, and ensure a welcoming, well-presented shop that contributes to the hospices across Sussex.

Join a values‑driven team and help strengthen community ties while supporting compassionate care.

Responsibilities

• To assist the Retail Manager in day-to-day shop activities and ensure excellent customer service.
• Maximising the shop's contribution through sales from donated and new goods.
• Ensuring the shop delivers high standards of customer service.
• Capturing Gift Aid at every opportunity to maximise income.
• Assisting the manager with sales promotions, stock generation activities and income from new goods.
• Encouraging a safe environment that embraces new ideas and originality.
• Helping the manager keep the shop looking its very best to deliver maximum income to the hospices.
• Encouraging the work of volunteers and co-ordinate the volunteers' work and rotas.
• Assisting the Manager in recruitment, induction, training, and development of volunteers.

Job description

Location Peacehaven Vacancy Type Full Time/Permanent Pay Range Grade 3 - £25,427 Pro rata for part time roles Contracted Hours 37.5 hours per week Application Deadline Sunday, November 22, 2026 Job Profile Job Profile document

Job Summary

About the role

• Toassistthe RetailManager to manage and co-ordinate the day-to-day activities of the shop ensuring excellent customer service and maximising overall profit. Toassistin enhancing the profile of the hospices in the community by good customer relations. To independently stand in for the Retail Manager in their absence.
• Maximisingthe contribution for the shop through sales from all donated and new goods
• Ensuring the shop delivershigh standardsof customer service
• CapturingGift Aid at every opportunity to maximise income
• Assisting the manager with sales promotions, stock generationactivitiesand income from new goods
• Encouraginga safe environment that embracesnew ideasand originality
• Helping the manager keep the shop lookingit’svery bestto deliver maximum income to the hospices
• Encouragingthe work of volunteers and co-ordinate the volunteers work and rotas
• Assisting the Manager in recruitment, induction, training, and development of volunteers

You’ll be

• Maximisingthe contribution for the shop through sales from all donated and new goods
• Ensuring the shop delivershigh standardsof customer service
• CapturingGift Aid at every opportunity to maximise income
• Assisting the manager with sales promotions, stock generationactivitiesand income from new goods
• Encouraginga safe environment that embracesnew ideasand originality
• Helping the manager keep the shop lookingit’svery bestto deliver maximum income to the hospices
• Encouragingthe work of volunteers and co-ordinate the volunteers work and rotas
• Assisting the Manager in recruitment, induction, training, and development of volunteers

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK.

We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. 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.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Chestnut Tree Houseis the 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.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Your application and interview should give us an accurate and authentic picture of your skills and experiences.Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated byartificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Before you submit an application, we will ask you to confirm the information you provide is true and accurate.Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated byartificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

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 Medicash 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
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.