Sunday Shop Supervisor in Stockport

Age UK is recruiting for a Shop Supervisor to join their fantastic team in Stockport! Age UK's shops are the face of the charity. On high streets up and down the country, our retail teams deliver a great shopping experience to customers while generating much-needed income for the charity, ensuring that we can provide services and support to older people who need it most. If you want to help us to help others, this might be the job for you!

Responsibilities

• Deliver an excellent retail service, ensuring that every customer has a great shopping experience.
• Contribute towards maximising shop sales and profits as well as the successful day-to-day running of the shop.
• Deputise for the Shop Manager and Assistant Manager in their absence.
• Support with sales, stock rotation, organising displays, store tidying and more.
• Represent Age UK in a professional manner and reflect our core values.
• Handle/lift bags of stock (up to 10kgs).

Requirements

• Experience in working in a customer-facing role.
• Experience of cash handling.
• Ability to lift and carry bags of stock up to 10kg.
• The ability to work as part of an effective team.
• Be able to lone work when needed.
• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as commitment to equal opportunities.
• A flexible approach to work with a requirement to work additional days to cover holidays and sickness or participate in trading outside of normal shop hours e.g. shop events.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• 25 days annual leave (pro rata for our part-time colleagues) + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
• Wellbeing days - 2 paid days per year (pro rata for our part-time colleagues).
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan and EAP.
• Car Benefit scheme, Cycle to Work scheme.
• Home & Tech: apply to buy any Home & Tech items from 'Currys' & 'IKEA', up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest-free.
• Blue Light Card scheme.
• You Did It Awards: recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

To comply with UK legislation, we cannot accept applications from candidates under the age of 18 as the successful candidate will be required to work on their own in the shop without the aid of other staff.

Equal Opportunities

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme.

Reasonable adjustments can be accessed by disabled job seekers at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment. Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.