Assistant Store Manager Ely

Mencap; Ely; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading charity organization is seeking an Assistant Shop Manager for their new shop in Ely. The role entails developing store systems, achieving profit targets, and leading a team of volunteers. Applicants should have experience in retail management, capacity for budget maintenance, and a passion for charity work. Benefits include generous holiday, discounts, and additional offerings to ensure employee satisfaction.

Benefits

32 days of paid holiday

Discounts at leading high-street retailers

Access to health cash plans

Interest-free loans

Qualifications

• Experience as an assistant manager or supervisor.
• Ability to work flexible hours including weekends and Bank Holidays.
• Willing to travel for training and meetings.

Responsibilities

• Develop store systems and promote donations and sales.
• Represent the charity efficiently and charitably.
• Meet profit targets by maximizing sales.

Skills

Retail management experience

Budget maintenance

Team leadership

Ability to promote sales

Job description

Job Advert

Are you someone who is excited about charity retail, fashion, who can use their initiative? Do you have experience managing a retail team? Yes, then please keep reading as we may have the role for you.

We are looking for a passionate and motivated person to help our store reach its full potential as an Assistant Shop Manager to work in our new shop in Ely for 30 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Help develop in store systems and promote donations and sales to maximise profits.
• Represent Mencap as an efficient and charitable organisation by ensuring that your actions reinforce the Mencap aims and values.
• Strive to ensure stock is generated from the local area and donors.
• Sign up donors to the Gift Aid scheme and ensure maximum income is achieved through Gift Aid.
• Be responsible for achieving profit targets by ensuring sales are maximised and the costs are effectively managed.
• Maintain the store to a high standard of presentation throughout.
• Build an effective volunteer team and provide training, development, work reviews and appraisals to paid staff and volunteers.
• Be responsible for all financial and cash handling and health and safety.

Qualifications & Desired Skills

• Experience as an assistant manager or supervisor with the ability to maintain budgets and complete weekly income and banking sheets accurately, preferably with previous charity retail experience.
• Flexible approach to working hours and days including working weekend and Bank Holidays as appropriate.
• Willingness to travel to occasional team meetings, training events and, in the initial growth of the new retail, train assisting with setting up other new stores.
• Passionate about the Mencap values and will strive to ensure our Retail brand is successful.

*This is not an exhaustive list of the role and its requirements; please look at the full job description for further information.

Here at Mencap we operate a blinded recruitment process for many of our roles, please ensure you apply with a full application and covering statement.

Benefits

We offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package includes 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro‑rata), as well as discounts at leading high‑street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest‑free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team.

About Mencap

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

We work to support people with a learning disability, their families and carers, and fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society.

Everyone at Mencap works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

• Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
• Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes.
• Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long‑term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.