Assistant Shop Manager - Didcot Furniture Shop
This is a Permanent, Part Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
We are looking for a dynamic, experienced, and dedicated individual to join our retail team as an Assistant Furniture Shop Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in generating the essential income required to sustain and grow a valued local charity that makes a significant difference to the lives of our service users and their families.
This is a permanent part-time role for 30 hours per week. This role will require you to work regular weekends on a rota basis. Flexibility is required as working patterns will change regularly, subject to the needs of the business and the levels of staff and volunteers available to work.
JOB PURPOSE:
- To support the manager in running a profitable furniture retail outlet, achieving maximum profit and sales targets consistently.
- To take responsibility for the day to day running of the shop, optimising sales and maintaining effective stock management, including manual handling and constructing donated furniture on a daily basis.
- Instore merchandising and space planning to ensure stock is in the right place at the right time to ensure delivery and collection schedules are met.
- Regular liaison with third party transport company and act as a point of contact in the delivery of excellent customer service.
- To support the manager in recruiting, training and leading a team of shop volunteers and one other part time member of staff, based at Helen & Douglas House furniture shop in Didcot.
- To act as a role model for volunteers and staff living the Hospice values.
We are committed to getting the best out of our applicants and employees. We have therefore made the commitment to sharing interview questions prior to interview. Should you be offered an interview, we will share interview questions with you in advance. Interviews will be conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams.
Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community.
The Company
Helen & Douglas House is a registered hospice charity based in Oxford, providing palliative, respite, end-of-life and bereavement care to life-limited children and their families.
We foster a climate where team members feel able to openly question, debate and appropriately challenge their own and the practice of others; as such, we welcome new ideas and strive to constantly improve our delivery of care to our patients.
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