Retail Superstore Manager Designate

Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust are looking for a Designate Superstore Manager to cover shops in the Northeast Birmingham area, until a permanent store is established.  You'll lead a team of volunteers, achieve set targets and maximise sales opportunities, working 37.5 hours per week, including some weekend working.

About the Role

Acorns Children's Hospice are a children's charity, offering specialist palliative nursing care and support for local children and their families.  We have a network of charity shops across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire, which help to provide the funding that we need to provide this care.

As Community Superstore Manager Designate, you will:

• Temporarily run superstores within the Birmingham area, when the Manager is away
• Make decisions about stock, setting levels of pricing and leading a team of volunteers
• Encourage donation and customer purchases
• Manage processes for the effective collection, delivery and processing of goods

About You

• Retail experience and experience of working towards targets
• Experience of leading and motivating a team
• IT skills
• Happy to work weekends
• Enjoy a role that involves significant levels of manual handling
• Ability to travel independently to cover shops in the area

What We Offer

• £29,640 per annum
• 37.5 hours per week
• Employee discounts from leading retailers
• Employee gym discount scheme
• Bike-to-Work scheme
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan
• Acorns group life assurance scheme

Interviews are scheduled to be held on 30 April 

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?