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Cancer Research UK is seeking a motivated Retail Store Manager for the Camberley shop on High Street. You will lead a diverse team of paid staff and volunteers, inspire performance, and act as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK, boosting sales and fundraising.
This permanent, full-time role (37.5 hours per week) offers a salary of £27,336–£32,067 per year plus benefits. You must be eligible to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available.
Endless pre-loved items. Acrucialsourceof fundraising. A store that runs your way.
RetailStoreManager
£27,336 - £32,067per annum+ benefits
Reports to: Area manager
Department: Trading
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Location: Camberley shop (High St)
External Closing date: 13 September 2026 23:55
Internal: In line with organisational policy this role will remain open for internal applications until: 13 September 2026 23:55
Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.
We’re looking for a motivating store manager to join Cancer Research UK’s trading team. You’ll be acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK, motivating your team to maximise on sales and fundraising targets. Your shop will be a place where your community gets to meet our people, understand our brand, and see some of the great things we do.
You’ll also be surrounded by people who are as dedicated to beating cancer as you are.
Guiding,inspiringand engaging a team of paid staff and volunteers. This includes recruitment,retentionand development of a diverse shop team.
Taking ownership and responsibilityfor commercial running of your storeincluding display and merchandising, stock management,maintainingshop standards,storelayout,salesand income.
Leading by example and providing excellent customer and supporter service.
Maximising profit through effective cost control and sales.
Creating relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
Organising and running creative fundraising events for your storeto achieve fundraising targets.
Maintaining compliance with health and safety, safeguarding, security,administrationand HR policies.
There will be a varied amount of manual handling and physical activity required within the day-to-day duties of the role.
Experience of managing and inspiring adiverse team of people.
Comfort working within targets and motivating others to achieve those targets.
The ability to multi-task in a lively environment.
Working knowledge of what makes great customer service.
Commercial awareness.
Knowledge of high street fashion retail.
Adaptability in changing situations, including being able to work effectively independently.
An awareness of the price, value and worth of items.
Flexibility, our retail teams cover the needs of their stores by working on a rota basis. Whilst a level of flexibility is needed to meet the needs of the business, we don’t forget that you have a life outside of work too.
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We make sure you are supported by a generoussalary andbenefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools,policiesand processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
Our retail teams also have access to confidential wellbeing support from the Retail Trust.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 0 20 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.