Starting £23,979 pa + generous benefits (see below)

Full time (flexible working options available)

Permanent

Castle Cary, Somerset

Closing Date: 31 March 2025

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When you join Save the Children as a Store Manager in Castle Cary in Somerset you will have the amazing opportunity to channel your exceptional people skills and leadership experience across a team that is driven to bring the wonders of charity shops back to our high-street. You will also deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach. That’s why we are seeking passionate people like you to get us there.

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard.

About the Role

Located in the village, this is one of our family of classic shops, serving the community of Castle Cary. A small and busy friendly shop, with a welcoming atmosphere for both customers and volunteers.

As Store Manager, you’ll deliver the shops potential through the expert leadership of a strong volunteer team, focusing on growing our income. You will enable the shop’s continued success, building strong connections within the local community and focusing on key areas to drive the business.

About You

You will be someone with exceptional people skills, a leader who understands the importance of community and enjoys supporting people to exercise similar passions through volunteering.

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience of leading and motivating a team
• Ability to effectively manage challenges with a steady and positive approach
• Experience of working in a busy customer facing environment
• Good knowledge of brands essential

Ways of Working: This role will be based on-site in the Castlecary shop. We’re looking for someone able to work 4/5 days (28/35 hours) per week to include weekend working.

Our benefits package is extensive and generous, including:

• Competitive Pay - Our transparent pay policy ensures fair and equitable compensation. There is also opportunity to influence pay through performance.
• Generous Holidays - Start with 27 days off per year (pro rata for part-timers) and enjoy up to 32 days after 10 years.
• Pension & Life Assurance - Secure your future with excellent contributions.
• Employee Discounts - Save on groceries, high-street brands, home, tech, gyms, holidays, and more! Over 6,000 deals are available through our benefits platform.
• Maternity/Adoption Benefits - Get 21 weeks of full pay after just six months of employment.
• Paternity/Adoption Leave - Enjoy 10 weeks of full pay (plus statutory 2 weeks) after six months with us.
• Additional benefits include cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme, eye care, flu jabs, season ticket loan

Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
& Inclusion:

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be “Free to Be Me”. We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: From £23,979.00 per year

Work Location: In person