Assistant Shop Manager

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland; Stockbridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Generous holiday allowance

Company sick pay

Employee welfare support

Life assurance

Job summary

Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Manager for our Stockbridge store. You will lead a team to engage with the community and deliver set Key Performance Indicators, with autonomy to be innovative in achieving targets.

CHSS emphasises health and wellbeing for colleagues and offers benefits such as a generous annual leave allowance, pension, sick pay, and support services. Flexible working options are available, and safeguarding checks apply.

Qualifications

• Retail experience is preferable, though not essential.
• Positive can-do attitude is valued.
• Creative and enjoy working with others, including volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to engage with the community to meet set KPIs.
• Oversee store operations and drive innovative approaches to achieve targets.
• Support community-focused initiatives as part of the Stockbridge store.

Skills

Team leadership

Community engagement

Retail experience

Job description

We are excited you have visited our Careers page. We are seeking talented individuals that are excellent in their field of expertise and are posed with all potential and skills necessary to help us meet future business challenges.

Reference: SEP20260512

Expiry date: 2026-09-20 22:59:00.000

Location: Stockbridge

Benefits: CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

Working for Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland in our shops will allow you to use all your skills to meet the challenge of turning a bag of donated items into income. Retail experience is preferable, although not essential. A positive can-do attitude is what we value. If you are creative and like working with others, especially a team of loyal volunteers.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant manager for our Stockbridge store. You’d be responsible for leading a team to engage with the community to deliver the set Key Performance Indicators. You will have the autonomy to be innovative in achieving your targets.

Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland is an organisation that takes the health and well-being of everyone seriously, including all colleagues. We have a schedule of activities and learning opportunities focused on Health and Wellbeing. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, a workplace pension scheme, paid time off for ill health and access to an employee assistance package.

As well as being a vital member of the local community, you’d be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again.

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.