Assistant Shop Manager

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland; Biggar; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

generous holiday allowance

company sick pay

employee welfare support

life assurance

Job summary

Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) in Biggar is seeking an Assistant Shop Manager to lead the retail team and deliver real community impact.

You will drive engagement, meet key targets, and bring creativity to the shop floor. CHSS offers flexible recruitment and a commitment to equality of opportunity, with strong employee support and benefits.

This role is vital to helping people living with chest, heart and stroke conditions access support services across Scotland.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a passionate retail team of volunteers in our vibrant Biggar store
• Drive community engagement and deliver key performance targets
• Bring creativity and innovation to the shop floor - your ideas matter here
• Be a vital part of a charity that’s changing lives every single day

Job description

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Expiry date: 2026-09-13 22:59:00.000

Location: Biggar

Benefits: CHSS colleagues enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including

• Company pension scheme
• generous holiday allowance
• company sick pay
• colleague welfare support
• life assurance

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as Assistant Shop Manager you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Service provides access to a range of supported self management and community recovery services to support people across Scotland to manage their health as well as possible and adjust to life after a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or after a stroke.

Be the Spark Behind Real Change

Our Assistant Shop Managers don’t just help running a shop - they help transform lives!

Can you?

• Lead and inspire a passionate retail team of volunteers in our vibrant Biggar store
• Drive community engagement and deliver key performance targets
• Bring creativity and innovation to the shop floor - your ideas matter here
• Be a vital part of a charity that’s changing lives every single day

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including

• Company pension scheme
• generous holiday allowance
• company sick pay
• employee welfare support
• life assurance

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.