Assistant Store Manager Godmanchester

Mencap; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

32 days paid holiday

Discounts at leading retailers

Health cash plans

Interest-free loans

Many more offerings

Job summary

Assistant Store Manager – Godmanchester at Mencap in Huntingdon, UK, is a full-time permanent role offering 37.5 hours per week. Working on a 7-day rota, with flexibility and weekend/bank holiday work.

The role focuses on driving store performance, promoting donations, and representing Mencap’s values while leading a team and ensuring compliance with cash handling and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experienced assistant manager or supervisor with the ability to maintain budgets.
• Ability to complete weekly income and banking sheets accurately.
• Preferably with charity retail experience.

Responsibilities

• Help develop in store systems and promote donations and sales to maximise profits.
• Represent Mencap as an efficient charitable organisation and uphold its values.
• Maximise profit targets by driving sales and controlling costs.
• Maintain high store presentation standards at all times.
• Build and train a volunteer team and conduct reviews.
• Oversee all cash handling and health and safety compliance.

Skills

Assistant manager experience

Budgeting

Banking & cash handling

Charity retail experience

Job description

Assistant Store Manager – Godmanchester

Company: Mencap

Salary: £25,453 to £25,453 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Huntingdon, PE29

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 4 Nov 2026

Closing date: 3 Dec 2026

Job Description

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 excited to be looking for an Assistant Shop Manager to work in our Godmanchester for 37.5 hours per week, on a permanent position. Shifts are worked on a 7‑day rota (Monday–Sunday). We’re flexible with days and happy to discuss what works best for you. We are looking for a passionate and motivated person to help our store reach full potential.

Key Responsibilities

• Help develop in store systems and promote donations and sales to maximise profits
• Be representing 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 cost 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.

Professional Requirements

• An experienced assistant manager or Supervisor with the ability to maintain budgets and complete weekly income and banking sheets accurately, preferably with previous charity retail experience.
• Have a flexible approach to working hours and days including working weekend and Bank Holidays as appropriate.
• Willing 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.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation and we particularly welcome and encourage disabled applicants and those from the Black and Asian communities to apply for the role as they are under‑represented within the workforce.

Applications Close

Applications close on 17 November 2026.

Benefits

• 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata)
• Discounts at leading high‑street retailers
• Access to health cash plans
• Interest‑free loans
• Many more exciting offerings

About Mencap

We’re here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

At Mencap, everyone 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.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles with us. To find out more about the scheme please visit the direct gov website.