Why Work for Us?
* You have management background in Retail
* You want to be part of a pro-active professional team?
* You have a passion for working collaboratively in an environment thriving on positive change
* You want to go home knowing you've made a difference to families across east Kent
We are seeking well-motivated and forward-thinking professionals to join our team, in supporting the development and growth of our hospices across east Kent.
Key duties include:
* Support the Retail Manager with the day to day running of the shops
* Meeting and exceeding financial targets
* Maintaining effective stock management and merchandising
* Picking and sorting or ordering stock when required from our central distribution site
* Supporting volunteers
* Carrying out shop administration as required
* Ensuring cash handling policies are followed
* Ensuring health and safety policy and procedures are followed
* Supporting the growth of our Gift Aid scheme
As a member of the retail team, the successful candidate will be involved in corporate day-to-day activities supporting the quality, growth and success of a much valued charity.
Working Arrangements
This is a part-time role (21 hrs per week) and is based at Pilgrims Hospices' Deal Store. Working days will be 3 days between Monday and Sunday, allocated via a monthly rota, although you should be flexible.
About You
To be successful in this role you should have:
* Experience working in a target-driven retail environment.
* Entrepreneurial and commercial mind.
* A good standard of Numeracy and English
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, personable and able to relate to volunteers
* A flexible and positive attitude
About us
As an award-winning employer, Pilgrims provides end-of-life care services to patients and their families across east Kent.
Our commitment is to provide open, compassionate care and expertise for patients and their families – both in the community and in-patient units.
Our Vision
“Of a community where people with a terminal illness and their family and friends are supported and empowered to live well in mind and body until the very last moment of their life”.
We recognise that our workforce is integral to the delivery of our Vision and our charitable aims. Pilgrims Hospices continues to create a highly skilled, motivated, engaged and healthy workforce by providing an environment where staff and volunteers feel highly motivated to perform their roles to a consistently high standard, and actively role model our charitable behaviours and values.
To achieve our Vision, we have a shared set of values and behaviours that enable us to be the people and the charity that patients and their loved ones need us to be. They form our CODE, which guides us in our daily working and decision making:
Compassionate We treat everyone with compassion and care
Open We communicate openly, honestly and effectively
Dynamic We are dynamic, improving and developing our service
Empowered We empower people to achieve their outcomes
Other benefits
As an Employer of Choice, our commitment to supporting our employees and volunteers is a key priority.
Our Health and Wellbeing Strategy is an important step in ensuring the sustainability of our workforce, and clearly outlines our strategic intentions to improve employee capability, resilience, and engagement, to adapt to and embrace change as the health sector continues to develop.
Our hospices offer:
* Modern, friendly and highly professional working environments
* Opportunities for professional development through a range of extensive learning
* Alignment with NHS pay rates and continuity in membership of the NHS pension scheme
* A sense of achievement in supporting a worthwhile cause
* A sense of wellbeing
* A good work-life balance
* Locations across well-populated areas of east Kent – all providing very good road and rail links
* NHS and financial discounts i.e. Blue Light Card
* Cycle to Work Schemes
* Free hospice parking
We invest in our employees, which is one of the key things that makes us an award-winning employer of choice.
If you think this is your ideal role and want to join us and contribute to providing high quality patient care and support to those at the end of their life, please apply now.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £12,520.00 per year
Benefits:
* Cycle to work scheme
* Enhanced maternity leave
* Sick pay
* Store discount
Schedule:
* Day shift
Work Location: In person
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