Store Lead & Fundraising Champion

Cancer Research UK; Marlborough; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is seeking an assistant shop manager to join our trading team. You will help support the shop manager and a diverse team of paid staff and volunteers to maximise income through excellent customer service, stock management, and effective store merchandising.

You will collaborate with the shop manager to meet targets for donations, cash handling, gift aid and stock turnover, while delivering engaging fundraising events and maintaining compliance with safety and HR policies.

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced retail or charity shop setting.
• Ability to lead volunteers and paid staff.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Flexibility to work on a rota.
• Commitment to Cancer Research UK's cause.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the shop manager to guide, inspire and engage a diverse team of paid staff and volunteers.
• Support the commercial running of the store including display and merchandising, stock management, maintaining shop standards, store layout, sales and income.
• Leading by example and providing excellent customer and supporter service.
• Work alongside the shop manager to achieve targets for donated stock, cash, gift aid, average selling price, sell through and stock processing.
• Creating relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
• Supporting the shop manager in the organisation and delivery of creative fundraising events for your store to achieve fundraising targets.
• Maintaining compliance with health and safety, safeguarding, security, administration and HR policies.
• Deputising for the shop manager in their absence.
• There will be a varied amount of manual handling and physical activity required within the day-to-day duties of the role.
• A working knowledge of what makes great customer service.
• Experience of working in a lively and vibrant environment.
• Adaptability in changing situations, including being able to work effectively independently.
• Commercial awareness.
• The ability to create relationships and communicate well.
• Flexibility, our retail teams cover the needs of their stores by working on a rota basis. 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.

Skills

Customer service

Team leadership

Retail operations

Communication

Job description

Cancer Research UK is seeking an assistant shop manager to join our trading team. You will help support the shop manager and a diverse team of paid staff and volunteers to maximise income through excellent customer service, stock management, and effective store merchandising.

You will collaborate with the shop manager to meet targets for donations, cash handling, gift aid and stock turnover, while delivering engaging fundraising events and maintaining compliance with safety and HR policies.