Deputy Community Superstore Manager

Acorns; Darlaston; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts

Health cash plan

Gym membership discounts

Time off to volunteer

Bike2Work scheme

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

Acorns Children’s Hospice is seeking a Deputy Community Shop Manager to support the Shop Manager, lead volunteers and drive sales across our retail network in the West Midlands area. The role is based in Bescot, 37.5 hours per week, with a 6-month fixed-term contract and some weekend work.

You will help shape the shop floor, manage stock and pricing, and work toward targets while prioritising the charity’s values and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Retail experience and ability to work towards targets.
• Ability to lead and motivate a team, including volunteers.
• Willingness for manual handling as part of the role.
• Ability to travel independently to cover shops in the area if needed.

Responsibilities

• Support the Shop Manager to create an engaging shop floor experience.
• Decide on stock quality, pricing and merchandising style.
• Lead a team of volunteers.
• Achieve sales targets through donations, purchases and gift aid.
• Travel to cover shops in the area as needed.

Skills

Retail experience

Target-driven

Team leadership

Volunteers management

Job description

Acorns Children's Hospice 734 subscribers

We are now looking for a Deputy Superstore Manager to support the Bescot Shop Manager in leading a team of volunteers, achieving set targets and maintaining standards. You’ll work 37.5 hours per week, including some weekend working. This is a 6 month Fixed term Contract (FTC)

About the Role

Acorns Children's Hospice are a children's charity, offering specialist palliative nursing care and support for local children and their families. Every year, we support over 750 children and nearly 1,000 families, including those who are bereaved. We have a network of charity shops across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire, which help to provide the funding that we need to provide this care.

As Deputy Community Shop Manager, you will:

• Support the Shop Manager to create an exciting shop floor experience that makes Acorns stand out from our competitors
• Make decisions about the quality of stock, levels of pricing and style of merchandising
• Lead a team of volunteers
• Achieve sales targets by encouraging donations, purchases and gift aid
• Retail experience and experience of working towards targets
• Ability to lead and motivate a team
• Enjoy a role that involves significant levels of manual handling
• Ability to travel independently to cover shops in the area if needed

We want our Shop Managers to firmly embed their shop into the fabric of the local community by being proactive in assessing opportunities within the community for the shop to get involved in, so ideally you’ll be based in the local area.

What We Offer

• 37.5 hours per week
• Based in Bescot
• Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
• Discounts on refurbished tech
• Health cash plan
• Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
• Time off to volunteer
• Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
• Wellbeing, legal and financial support
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

As a UNICEF GoldRights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.