Deputy Shop Manager

Location – Dyer Street, Cirencester

Salary – £23,096.77 (FTE)

Hours – 30 hours (including weekends) 4 days out of 7 days

We are looking for an experienced Deputy Shop Manager with excellent customer service skills to join our Dyer Street Shop in Cirencester. In this role, you will be supporting the Shop Manager and Retail Area Manager to ensure our Cirencester shop meets its full potential, and as such you will also be responsible for assisting in the shop’s day to day running. You will be responsible for staff and volunteers working in the shop, offering encouragement, support and advice whilst ensuring that both staff and volunteers have a friendly and helpful attitude to all customers.

We have 20 amazing shops across Gloucestershire run by a professional team of staff and volunteers. Working in our shops is different to working in commercial retail, every day you will be making a difference to people’s lives within your community.

Longfield is a community hospice charity, in a beautiful setting near Stroud. We believe that everyone touched by a life-limiting illness in Gloucestershire should benefit from free hospice care. Our 3 year strategy envisages significant changes in the way we operate to enable us to reach many more people across the region. We have set our sights high because we believe everyone deserves high quality care at the end of life. We are seeking passionate individuals in their field of work who share our values that underpin our culture, what we do and how we do it.

We offer a competitive benefits package which includes 33 days holiday (pro rata), increasing with service to a maximum of 38 days per annum, life Assurance scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, cycle to work scheme, access to discounts through National Discount Schemes, long service awards and a truly fabulous working environment as well as the option to join our company pension scheme.

If you would like to arrange an informal visit or to discuss the position in further detail, then please contact [email protected].

Closing date: 9am, Friday 17th January

This position is subject to a Basic Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check