Charity Shop Manager - Wilmslow

Charity Shop Manager - Wilmslow

Application Deadline: 5 May 2025

Department: Fundraising, Comms & Engagement

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Wilmslow

Reporting To: Area Manager

Compensation: £22,394 - £23,962 / year

Description

Contract: Permanent, full or part time (minimum of 28 hours, working either 4 or 5 days per week)

Salary: £22,394 - £23,962 per annum

Location: Grove Street, Wilmslow

Closing date: 5th May 2025

Interview date: 20th May 2025

Set within a unique high street, our charity shop in Wilmslow welcomes loyal customers and generous donations, supporting our mission to care for animals in need along with their owners.

As a Shop Manager, you will be the driving force behind establishing this role within the local community and sourcing quality fashion, accessories, and homeware from donations to regenerate and find a new home!

More about the role

Working with the Assistant Manager, you will recruit, train, and support our loyal volunteers to ensure our shop runs smoothly and efficiently. You must be confident in promoting and showcasing what we do to increase the number of volunteers and donations.

You will oversee day-to-day activities, support visual merchandising, and plan strategies to increase stock quality and quantity to grow our business.

Using your retail management experience, you will make this store thrive in its community. Ideally, you will be a local with strong connections and ideas for engaging with customers.

Your organizational skills and attention to detail will ensure smooth operations, enabling your team to provide excellent customer service.

Our shop is open Monday to Saturday from 09:00 to 17:00. Your working pattern may vary weekly based on business needs.

About you

Essential qualifications, skills, and experience:

• Retail management experience
• Commercial awareness to deliver sales
• Excellent interpersonal skills and relationship-building abilities
• Good IT skills and basic finance understanding
• People management skills
• Customer service excellence

Desirable:

• Full driving license
• Experience working with volunteers
• Fundraising experience

How to apply

Click the apply button below and complete the online application before the deadline. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Blue Cross benefits

We value our staff highly, and our benefits package includes:

• 38 days holiday (full-time equivalent), increasing to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)
• Wellbeing support programs
• Free 24/7 GP access via MetLife, including private prescriptions
• Physiotherapy advice and face-to-face intervention
• Health cash plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced pension scheme
• CPD and personal development support
• Life assurance
• 20% pet insurance discount
• Family-friendly policies
• Recognition schemes and annual volunteer days
• Retail discounts for charity workers

For more details, visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.