We have an exciting opportunity for a Store Manager to come and join our friendly and supportive team based at our Age UK Saffron Walden shop, one of only a few Boutique shops in the Age UK retail network offering a range of high-end brands and vintage clothing.
The successful candidate will manage a dedicated team of employees and volunteers, providing a high-quality retail service, aiming to surpass targets and expectations, and ensuring every customer has a great shopping experience.
If you are an experienced Store Manager with passion for Retail and would like to use your skills to support a charity that helps thousands of older people across the UK, then this could be the role for you.
Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to handle/lift bags of stock (up to 10kgs.)
Please note: These advertised rates will be in effect from the 1st April, 2024
You will have:
1. Experience in a performance driven retail/customer centric environment
2. Experience of managing people
3. Ability to lift and carry bags of stock up to 10kg’s
4. Ability to build, retain and develop a team
5. Strong drive to achieve results through others
6. Ability to delegate, coach and listen
7. Ability to manage time under conflicting priorities
8. Ability to motivate self and others
9. An open and adaptable approach to change and be able to support others through it
10. Experience of communicating with a diverse workforce and customer base
11. Ability to establish and maintain successful retail processes and merchandising
12. IT literacy and numeracy skills
What we offer in return:
13. A 35 hour working week
14. 25 days holiday + bank holiday allowance
15. A generous pension – we will contribute 8%
16. Great discounts and rewards through Blue Light Card and BenefitHub
17. Life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan
18. Tickets for Good – Free and discounted tickets for events
Additional Information
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.
All CVs and covering letters will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview. We are trialling this functionality to strengthen our recruitment process and offer a fair, unbiased selection process.
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! So, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants from these groups.