Retail Supervisor Corstorphine Superstore

Cancer Research UK; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is seeking a Superstore supervisor (clothing/fashion) for our Corstorphine store in Edinburgh. This part-time role focuses on leading the clothing department, merchandising, stock management and delivering excellent donor and shopper experiences.

You'll work with store management to hit targets for donated stock, cash, and fundraising, while supervising staff and volunteers on a rota basis. Flexibility and initiative are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience of supervising and inspiring a diverse team of people.
• Comfort working in a vibrant and fast-paced customer facing environment.
• The ability to create relationships and communicate well.
• Commercial awareness.
• Adaptability to changing situations.
• Creativity and an ability to use your initiative and provide direction to a team.
• Flexibility to cover rota-based needs.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the commercial running of the clothing/fashion department. This includes display and merchandising, stock management and generation, maintaining shop standards, store layout, sales and income.
• Work with the superstore management team to meet targets for donated stock, cash, benchmark gift aid, average selling price, sell through and stock processing.
• Lead by example and provide excellent customer and supporter service.
• Support the organisation and delivery of creative fundraising events for the store.
• Dep­uising for the superstore management team by supervising colleagues and volunteers, assisting with training and undertaking keyholder duties when required.
• There will be a varied amount of manual handling and physical activity required.

Skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Commercial awareness

Flexibility

Communication

Initiative

Team direction

Job description

Endless pre-loved items. A talented team. One clear purpose. Superstore supervisor (clothing/fashion) £13.19 per hour plus benefits Reports to: Superstore manager Department: Trading Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time 37.5 hours per week Location: Corstophine Superstore Closing date: Sunday 18th October 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 determined, someone like you. You'll be acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK, supporting the superstore management team to maximise on sales and fundraising targets. Your superstore 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.

What will I be doing?

• Taking responsibility for the commercial running of the clothing/fashion department. This includes display and merchandising, stock management and generation, maintaining shop standards, store layout, sales and income.
• Working alongside the superstore management team to meet agreed targets for donated stock, cash, benchmark gift aid, average selling price, sell through and stock processing.
• Leading by example and providing excellent customer and supporter service.
• Supporting the organisation and delivery of creative fundraising events for your store.
• Deputising for the superstore management team by assuming additional responsibilities including supervision of colleagues and volunteers, assisting with team training and undertaking keyholder responsibilities when required.
• There will be a varied amount of manual handling and physical activity required within the day-to-day duties of the role.

What are you looking for?

• Experience of supervising and inspiring a diverse team of people.
• Comfort working in a vibrant and fast-paced customer facing environment.
• The ability to create relationships and communicate well.
• Commercial awareness.
• Adaptability to changing situations.
• Creativity and an ability to use your initiative and provide direction to a team.
• 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.

What will I gain?

We make sure you are supported by a generous salary and benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and 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 actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.

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.

We're the world's leading cancer charity, dedicated to saving and improving lives with our research. We work to reduce the impact of cancer on people's day-to-day lives through our research, influence and information. We are beating cancer – step by step, day by day. Our work means that people with cancer live better lives through earlier diagnosis and kinder, more effective treatments. Find a purposeful career that will empower you to grow and collaborate with like-minded experts.