Area Manager

Scope; England; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering charity as an Area Manager, leading a dedicated team across multiple locations. You'll inspire and empower shop teams, driving sales while promoting sustainable fashion. This role offers a chance to make a real impact in the community, fostering a culture of inclusion and support. With flexible working options and a commitment to equality, this position is perfect for those passionate about retail and social change. If you're ready to take on a rewarding challenge in a vibrant environment, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

35 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working

Company pension

Excellent training and career development

Wellbeing incentives

Strong colleague networks

Qualifications

• Experience managing multi-site teams in retail or charity sectors.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to drive sales.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support 13 shop teams to achieve sales targets.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders and promote Scope.

Skills

Leadership

Retail Management

Team Building

Sales Maximization

Coaching

Education

Experience in Retail

Background in Charity Sector

Job description

Area Manager

GBP36,429.86 a year + Car allowance of GBP5,000 per annum or a company car.

We are looking for an experienced Area Manager to lead and support 13 dedicated shop teams in the South. These include Andover, Aylesbury, Bedminster, Bridport, Calne, Cirencester, Gillingham, Ilfracombe, Leamington Spa, Oxford, Penzance, Ross on Wye and St Albans.

In this pivotal role, you will inspire, guide, and empower your shop teams to perform at their best. Through strong leadership and a hands-on approach, you ll drive commercial success while building teams who are passionate ambassadors for Scope in their local communities.

Permanent - 35 hours per week (Monday - Friday does include quarterly weekend working). Some home working is involved. Overnights stays and travel will be an expected part of the role.

The role

The role is ideal for an experienced Area Manager with a background in fashion and the charity sector, but we also welcome candidates from the retail industry with strong transferable skills as well as a great attitude and willingness to learn:

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Maximise sales and effectively manage expenditure to achieve profit targets.

• Oversee shop teams composed of both paid colleagues and volunteers to drive performance.

• Support and deliver key activities from the Retail Strategy and Business Plan.

• Identify and develop the potential of colleagues across the area.

• Build effective working relationships and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

• Positively promote Scope with the public in the local community.

About You

• You will be passionate about retail

• You will have a love of sustainable fashion and bring extensive, multi-site experience managing a large team.

• You will be commercial, resilient, have a can-do attitude and be a great coach and an inspirational leader.

• You will be a dedicated team player with a strong work ethic, a great attention to detail and solid reporting skills.

Please make sure you explain in your application, with examples, how you can meet these important skills.

We ask you to show an appreciation of Scope s values and our ambition of creating equal futures with disabled people.

Our values are being pioneering, courageous, connected, open and fair

By living our values and trusting each other, we give our colleagues freedom and space to be creative, push boundaries and change minds.

Disabled candidates

We are a disability equality charity. We encourage applications from disabled people and people with impairments, conditions, and access needs. We want to create a workforce that is a true reflection of the communities we serve.

Scope will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the post. This is part of our commitment as a Disability Confident Leader. Just let us know in your application that you are applying under the Offer an Interview Scheme. This was previously known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require adjustments through your journey with us, please email. Find out more about asking for adjustments at interview.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At the heart of everything we do at Scope is Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.

We encourage people of colour and other underrepresented communities to apply and join Scope. We believe that this will bring new ideas and help us work better. We know that a variety of perspectives and viewpoints will greatly support the work we do and help us to reach all communities.

We want everyone to feel like they belong. We value each person as an individual. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect, and we want to recognise all parts of a person's identity.

We are a disability equality charity. So, we will build a culture that is accessible and inclusive first. We will aim for the same high standards in all our work. We will listen, learn and keep improving. You can find out more about our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion on the Scope website.

Scope benefits

We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition. We offer a wide range of benefits including:

• 35 days holiday plus bank holidays

• Flexible working (where we can)

• Company pension

• Excellent training and career development

• Strong colleague networks across disability, LGBTQ+, race equality, carers, women and young colleagues

• Wellbeing incentives like a discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, and much more.

One in four of us in the UK are disabled and we are a diverse, proud, and vibrant community. We re here to create an equal future with all disabled people. We campaign to transform attitudes to disability, tackle injustice and inspire action. We are creating a powerful movement of disabled people, allies, organisations and businesses. Together we will be unstoppable. For more information go to our website.

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We welcome all applications by 11:59pm GMT, Wednesday 21 May 2025.