Shop Supervisor - Caversham

Age Uk; Reading; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave (pro rata)

Wellbeing days

Excellent pension scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Blue Light Card

You Did It Awards

Job summary

Age UK in Caversham is seeking a Shop Supervisor to help deliver an excellent retail service, drive sales, and oversee day-to-day shop operations. You will deputise for the Shop Manager and Assistant Manager in their absence, supporting with stock rotation, displays and tidy shop maintenance with a professional representation of Age UK.

The role requires working 21 hours across a 7-day rota, including Saturdays and Sundays, on a flexible schedule.

Qualifications

• Experience in working in a customer facing role.
• Experience of cash handling.
• The ability to work as part of an effective team.
• Be able to lone work when needed.
• Ability to fulfil the stock-handling requirements of the role, including moving items weighing up to 10kg.
• Commitment to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and treating colleagues and customers with dignity, fairness and respect.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an excellent retail service and ensure every customer has a great shopping experience.
• Contribute towards maximising shop sales and profits and the smooth day-to-day running of the shop.
• Deputise for the Shop Manager and Assistant Manager in their absence.
• Support with sales, stock rotation, organising displays, shop tidying and more.
• Represent Age UK in a professional manner and reflect our core values.
• Work 21 hours across a 7-day week, including Saturdays and Sundays on a rota basis.

Skills

Customer facing

Cash handling

Teamwork

Lone work

Stock handling

Equality & inclusion

Job description

Age UK is recruiting for a Shop Supervisor to join their wonderful team in Caversham (Church Street).

Age UK's shops are the face of the charity. On high streets up and down the country our retail teams deliver a great shopping experience to customers while generating much needed income for the charity, ensuring that we can provide services and support to older people who need it most.

If you want to help us to help others, this could be the job for you!

We are recruiting for a Shop Supervisor to deliver an excellent retail service, ensuring that every customer has a great shopping experience. As a valued member of the Age UK team, you will contribute towards maximising shop sales and profits as well as the successful day to day running of the shop, deputising for the Shop Manager and Assistant Manager in their absence.

The successful candidate will support with sales, stock rotation, organising displays, shop tidying and much more, whilst representing Age UK in a professional manner and reflecting our core values.

Please note this opportunity will require the successful candidate to work 21 hours across a 7-day working week, including Saturdays and Sundays on a rota basis.

To ensure the smooth running of our stores, we will be conducting interviews throughout the advertising process. Early applications are advised.

Must haves:

The letters after each competency should indicate what stage in the selection process this area will be assessed. The letters are: Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

• Experience in working in a customer facing role (A, I)
• Experience of cash handling (A, I)
• The ability to work as part of an effective team. A,I)
• Be able to lone work when needed (I)
• Ability to fulfil the stock-handling requirements of the role, including moving items weighing up to 10kg, with reasonable adjustments where needed (I)
• Commitment to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and treating colleagues and customers with dignity, fairness and respect (I)

Any other details

On occasion there may be a requirement for a flexible approach, working additional days to cover holidays and sickness or to participate in trading outside of normal shop hours e.g. shop events.

Please note many Age UK shops are split-level; please get in touch if you want to discuss accessibility in the shop you are applying to.

What we offer in return:

• Competitive salary, 25 days annual leave (pro rata for our part-time colleagues) + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Wellbeing days - 2 paid days per year (pro rata for our part-time colleagues)
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan and EAP
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Home & Tech - apply to buy any Home & Tech items from 'Currys' & 'IKEA', up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free.
• Blue Light Card scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Use of AI

We recognise that candidates may use AI tools when preparing their application. This is acceptable, but submissions must be personalised, accurate, relevant and reflect your own experience, skills and interest in joining Age UK. Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.

To comply with UK legislation, we cannot accept applications from candidates under the age of 18 as the successful candidate will be required to work on their own in the shop without the aid of other staff.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme

Age UK is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We reserve the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered and therefore it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

All equalities monitoring information is anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel.

Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential, shared only where necessary, and will not be considered as part of the hiring decision.

We review applications as they are received and may close the advert early, so early applications are encouraged.

We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Is this the job for you? We know that men, of all backgrounds, and men and women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented in our workforce, and we want to change this! We are particularly keen to hear from applicants from these groups.