VACANCY: Orinoco - Store Manager, Templars Square, Oxford

Job title: Store Manager, Templars Square, Oxford

Role summary: Orinoco The Oxfordshire Scrapstore's mission is to banish boredom and save the planet, using recycled materials to inspire creativity and play. Over the last three decades, Orinoco has saved lorry loads of interesting resources from ending up in landfill and helped turn them into fabulous and inspiring items.

Our Store Managers oversee day-to-day activities at our scrapstores in Oxford and Banbury, creating a welcoming, inspiring environment for customers, staff and volunteers. It's a fantastically varied role, with plenty of scope for growth.

We're looking for someone with a background in retail management, proven leadership skills and the ability to manage and motivate a diverse team. With a strong customer focus, you'll have excellent communication and organisational skills to plan and prioritise the workload and deliver results. You'll have a positive, 'can-do' attitude, with plenty of energy and enthusiasm, as well as the confidence to seek out new opportunities for development.

Job location: Templars Square Shopping Centre, Oxford OX4 3XH

Pay Rate: £27,300 per annum (£21,840 based on 30 hours per week)

Applications close on: Applications close on 1 November 2025. Interviews take place week commencing 10 November.

Hours: 30 hours per week, Tues-Sat (inclusive) including some early evening work

Contract is: Fixed term 12 months, with intention to extend subject to funding

Job description: Click here to view the full job description person specification. Click here to view the application form and guidance notes on applying. The successful candidate will need to have an enhanced DBS check (which we will pay for).