Store Assistant Manager

We're looking for someone to join the team as a Retail Assistant Manager in our Thornbury shop.

Are you someone who is looking for their next career step, passionate about charity, fashion and wants to use their skills to make a real difference? Then we want to hear from you!

This opportunity is perfect for someone who is organised, hands on, proactive, creative and driven! You will enjoy one of the most diverse, career building and rewarding roles in retail. You will be joining a great team working in a supportive and collaborative environment for one of Bristol’s best loved charities.

The details:

• Working 30 hours per week, 4 in 7 days or 37.5 hours per week, 5 in 7 days
• Salary: £26,318 - £27,198 per annum, dependent on experience
• Permanent position

Key responsibilities:

• To assist and work alongside the manager in optimising sales, managing, and leading a team of staff and volunteers
• Delivering consistently high retail and customer service standards
• Actively supporting and demonstrating our values through your role
• In the manager’s absence ensure that all instructions and information from Head Office and line management are communicated to staff and actioned on a regular basis
• Promotion of diversity and gender rights

What we are looking for:

• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• A genuine interest in fashion, charity retail and second hand
• Excellent leadership, customer service and interpersonal skills
• Ability to earn trust, motivate and build rapport
• High levels of organisation with a proactive approach
• Open and adaptable to change and able to support others through it
• IT literacy and numeracy skills. Using email systems and online resources; use and understand basic spreadsheet
• Inspired to face the challenges of charity retailing

We know sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for jobs if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us, and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could just be what we're looking for!

For more information about the role, working in charity retail and to meet the retail team:

• download the job description located at the bottom of the page
• contact Samantha Little, Area Manager, Samantha.Little@stpetershospice.org
• click here https://www.stpetershospice.org/about-us/jobs/retail-jobs/
• click here https://www.stpetershospice.org/about-us/jobs/retail-jobs/meet-the-team/?retail

Due to the nature of the work involved, this role is exempt from the ROA and all job-holders are required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Sensitive DBS applications:
If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, please call 0300 131 2784 or email sensitive@dbs.gov.uk once the form has been issued to you.

Strictly no agencies.

We will review applications as they come in and therefore we may close the vacancy before the closing date, so candidates are advised to apply early.

About Us

We’ve spent over 40 years helping people die in peace, and with dignity. Combining compassion with clinical expertise, we provide patients with the best possible care at the end of their lives.

We’re here for the people around our patients too – those closest to them. Before, during and after a bereavement, we provide support that’s remembered forever.

We think it’s that unforgettable support that inspires people to give back to St Peter’s. To fundraise for us. Donate. Volunteer. We’re not exaggerating when we say that we couldn’t do what we do without our wonderful supporters. We really can’t thank them enough.

We want to help many more people to die well. And we’re doing this by teaching others. As a centre of educational excellence, we share our skills with other health professionals, helping the NHS and care homes to provide better end-of-life care.

We’re here for all, for free, forever.

St Peter's Hospice is a well-loved hospice that provides extensive inpatient and community services, in Bristol and the surrounding areas. Every year St Peter's Hospice makes a difference in the lives of thousands of patients and their families when it matters most.

Many of our staff work directly with patients and their families in nursing, health care and medical jobs. Others raise money to support patient care through our chain of over 40 charity shops and our fundraising activities. We also have a significant number of staff working in varied office-based roles.

Our aim is to provide an inclusive, safe and healthy workplace that boosts creativity and motivation.

Our Inpatient Unit is a state-of-the-art centre of clinical excellence, that was built with the generous support of the people of Bristol. Beyond our Inpatient Unit, you'll find our team in homes and on the phone 24/7. More recently in response to the pandemic we have moved some services online to continue support for our patients.

The Hospice is also a centre of educational excellence and we teach other healthcare professionals about how to care for people at the end of their lives, supporting the NHS and care homes provide end of life care.