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Lead a Sustainable Fashion Movement with Save the Children UK in Bath as our Shop Manager
Overview
Salary
£23979
Location
Bath, UK - On-site
Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation summary: Join Save the Children UK, an organisation committed to ensuring every child has a bright future. With our focus on health, education, and protection, we’re a beacon of hope in times of crisis. You'll be part of a global team striving to create significant, lasting change for the most vulnerable children. Embrace the chance to make an impactful difference on the high-street with sustainable fashion.
- Lead and inspire a volunteer team in a vibrant community setting.
- Drive volunteer recruitment and community engagement for a successful charity shop.
- Champion sustainable fashion and retail excellence in a bustling location.
- Exceptional leadership and people skills are a must.
- Experience in managing volunteers or retail teams is highly valued.
- Passion for sustainable fashion and community-led initiatives is crucial.
- Flexibility, a positive attitude, and the ability to seek support as needed are essential.
Benefits: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including a Cycle to Work Scheme, EAP, eye care, flu jabs, season ticket loans, and more, along with supportive policies for parental and special leave, and ample opportunities for learning and development.
We're looking for a Shop Manager with a passion for sustainable fashion to join our team in Bath! We want to bring the wonders of charity shops back to our high-street and we need driven and passionate people 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. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the Role Located in Bath, this is a busy shop in a brilliant location, with a vibrant community! As Shop Manager, you'll be leading the volunteer team, as well as focusing on further recruitment to grow our volunteer team and building strong connections within the local community to ensure the shop's continued success.
Job requirements 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 leading and motivating teams, ideally having managed volunteers, or a retail team previously - A strong understanding of what good looks like in a busy and successful community-led shop, ideally with some experience within Retail or a clear passion for sustainable fashion and knowledge of products and trends - A can-do attitude and ability to approach challenges in a positive way, knowing when to reach out for support and guidance where you need it.
Previous charity retail experience is ideal, but not essential. If you have transferable leadership skills or experience managing volunteers in other settings and are looking for a new challenge, we'd love to hear from you!
Benefits We offer a range of benefits including Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Eye Care, Flu Jabs, Season Ticket Loan, Pension & Life Assurance, Remote Equipment Allowance, Employee Benefits Platform, Apprenticeship Scheme, Annual Leave, Flexible Working, Learning & Development, Parental Leave, Special Leave.
Application details 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.
