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About the Role
Cancer Research UK is seeking a motivating Store Manager to act as an ambassador, inspiring the team to maximize sales and fundraising opportunities in a thriving, high-profile location near the River Thames. This role is central to connecting the community with our mission and demonstrating the impact of their support in beating cancer.
Responsibilities
- Guiding, inspiring, and engaging a team of paid staff and volunteers, including recruitment, retention, and development.
- Taking ownership of the commercial running of the store, including display, merchandising, stock management, shop standards, store layout, sales, and income.
- Leading by example and providing excellent customer and supporter service.
- Maximizing profit through effective cost control and sales.
- Creating relationships with the local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
- Organizing and running creative fundraising events to achieve targets.
- Maintaining compliance with health and safety, safeguarding, security, administration, and HR policies.
- Performing manual handling and physical activity as part of daily duties.
Requirements
- Experience managing and inspiring a diverse team.
- Comfort working within targets and motivating others to achieve them.
- Ability to multitask in a lively environment.
- Working knowledge of excellent customer service.
- Commercial awareness.
- Knowledge of high street fashion retail.
- Adaptability in changing situations and ability to work effectively independently.
- Awareness of the price, value, and worth of items.
- Flexibility to work on a rota basis.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK.
- Satisfactory basic DBS check required.
Skills
- Team management
- Sales maximization
- Fundraising
- Customer service
- Commercial awareness
- Retail knowledge
- Adaptability
- Interpersonal skills
Location
- Hammersmith shop
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full time
- 37.5 hours per week
Experience Level
- Managerial experience
Salary/Compensations
- £28,586 - £32,749 per annum
Benefits
- Substantial retirement plan
- Generous and flexible leave allowance
- Discounts on travel and technology
- Gym membership
- Confidential wellbeing support from the Retail Trust
About the Company
- Cancer Research UK exists to beat cancer.
- We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day.
- Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do.
Equal Opportunity
- We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
- We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.
- Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.