Endless pre-loved items. A

crucial

source of fundraising. A store that runs your way.

Retail

S

tore

M

anager

£

25,008

• £2

9,337

plus

benefits

Reports to:
Area manager

Department:
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Trading

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Contract:
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Permanent

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Hours:
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Full time 37.5 hours per week

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Location:
Burgess Hill

Closing date

:

Open until filled. We will be shortlisting on a rolling basis and will close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

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At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

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We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.

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We’re

looking for a

motivat

ing

store manager to join Cancer Research UK’s trading team.

You’ll

be

acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK,

motivating

you

r t

eam

to

maximise on sales and fundraising targets

.

Your shop will be

a place where your community gets to meet our people, understand our brand, and see some of the

great things

we do

.

You’ll

also be surrounded by people who are as dedicated to beating cancer as you are.

What will I be doing?

Guiding,

inspiring

and engaging a team of paid staff and volunteers. This includes recruitment,

retention

and development of a diverse shop team.

Taking ownership and responsibility

for

commercial running of your 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.

Maximising profit through effective cost control and sales.

Creating relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.

Organising and running creative fundraising events for your store

to achieve fundraising targets.

Maintaining compliance with health and safety, safeguarding, security,

administration

and HR policies.

There will be a varied amount of manual handling and physical activity

required

within the day-to-day duties of the role.

What

are you looking for

?

Experience of managing a

nd inspiring a

diverse team of people

.

Comfort working within targets and motivating others to achieve those targets.

The ability to multi-task in a lively environment.

Working knowledge of what makes great customer service.

Commercial awareness

.

Knowledge of high street fashion retail

.

Adaptability in changing situations, including being able to work effectively independently.

An awareness of the price, value and worth of items.

Flexibility, o

ur retail teams cover the needs of their stores by working on a rota basis. Whilst a level of flexibility is needed to meet the needs of the business, we

don’t

forget that you have a life outside of work too.

What will I gain?

W

e 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.

How do I apply?

W

e

operate

an anonymised shortlisting process

in our commitment to equality,

diversity

and inclusion

. CVs are

required

for all applications; but we

won’t

be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you

quickly,

fairly

and objectively.

To support your training and development in this role, you will spend 4 weeks in a training shop, learning from a Training Shop Manager, this may be at a different location to the role you applied for.

Owing to the nature of this position, any offer of employment for this role will be subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.

For more information on this career opportunity please

visit our website

or contact us at

recruitment@cancer.org.uk

.

.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.

Please contact

recruitment@cancer.org.uk

or

0

20 3469 8400 as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.