Shop Manager

Full time | 35 hours per week | £22,000 - £25,000 DOE

Our Buchanan Galleries Store has just celebrated its 2nd birthday, and we are looking for a talented Shop Manager, with a passion for providing excellent customer service.

As the Shop Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the shop. You will engage with customers and ensure that goods donated are prepared and checked in, in line with all organisational and statutory requirements.

Volunteers are at the heart of our shop and as Shop Manager you will be responsible for inducting, training, and supporting our shop volunteers.

You will also manage our online pre-loved shop on Vinted.

This role is perfect for someone creative, who loves working with people and wants to help make a difference to the lives of children and families attending the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow.

Please email your CV and cover letter before Wednesday 23rd October at 5pm, to Fiona Deans, Retail Lead by clicking on the s1jobs APPLY button now.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 30th October.

Please note that appointment is subject to 2 references and clearance from Disclosure Scotland to work with children.

As a compassionate organisation we care about our staff and have a range of employee benefits that make Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity a great place to work.

Salary & Financial Benefits

• Salary - employee salaries are benchmarked against the Scottish charity sector
• Pension - 5% employer pension contribution
• Enhanced Maternity Pay after 2 years’ service
• Health Club Concession (via Westfield Health Plan)
• Personal Accident / Accidental Death Cover (via Westfield Health Plan)
• Personal Accident / Permanent Disability (via Westfield Health Plan)
• Personal Accident Travel for Business Insurance Cover
• Death in Service Cover
• Professional subscriptions
• Mileage - essential car mileage at 45p per mile, non-essential car mileage at 25p per mile
• Discounts and offers on a wide range of goods and services at over 450 high street/online retailers (via Westfield Health Plan and Blue Light Card)
• Eligibility to join the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Credit Union

Work/Life Balance

We offer a number of policies to help support employees to achieve a work/ life balance:

• Staff are entitled to 10 days bank/public holidays in addition to annual leave each year
• Ability to buy 5 days additional annual leave per year
• Flexible Working policy (applications considered on an individual basis)
• A generous Sick Pay policy
• A policy to cover ‘other leave’ acknowledging when an urgent and exceptional domestic situation or personal crisis arises
• Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) provided for any additional hours worked

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Please note that due to the volume of responses, we cannot respond to all applicants. We will contact all shortlisted applicants within two weeks of the closing date; if you have not heard from us, you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in working for Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity.