Shop Manager

The Shakespeare Hospice, based in Stratford upon Avon, offers a diverse range of services across South Warwickshire and surrounding areas. Patients and their families/carers can access one or more specialised services: day hospice, hospice at home, adult and children's counselling for pre and post bereavement, and spritual, emotional and complementary therapies. We pride our offer as one that is all inclusive and embraces not only the patient but their complete support system, family and loved ones.

The Hospice has seven charity shops and an active online presence selling a variety of new and donated quality goods. Profits raised from our shops play a vital role in our income generation activities, helping us to generate the £3 million per year it costs to deliver our services.

Overview

We are looking for an experienced, passionate and motivated Shop Manager to manage our shop in Alcester. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in a growing organisation, where your retail experience will help generate vital funds to support our hospice services.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will have excellent communication and management skills, to lead a dedicated team of staff and volunteers to achieve income targets.
• You will be able to create visual merchandising displays which are innovative and engaging, and provide a positive shopping experience for all our donors and customers.
• This role is hands-on and will require manual handling of larger items.

Qualifications and Skills

• Our ideal candidate will have previous retail management experience, with a sharp business mind-set.
• Willing to be an active and leading presence on the shop floor.
• Excellent organisational, planning and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of the relevant health and safety practices and high quality people management skills.

Requirements

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibilty to work in the UK
• The Shakespeare Hospice reserves the right to close adverts early, should we receive enough applications.
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