Assistant Store Manager

1 month ago


Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, United Kingdom Age UK Full time

Age UK is seeking a talented individual to join our Leighton Buzzard team as an Assistant Store Manager.

As an Assistant Store Manager, you will play a crucial role in supporting our Store Manager in all aspects of the business, guiding and empowering our team of Sales Assistants and volunteers to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

You will have:

  • The ability to work collaboratively and consultatively with the Shop Manager
  • Ability to lift and carry bags of stock up to 10kg's
  • Be able to lead a team of volunteers and staff
  • Ability to delegate and coach staff
  • Excellent customer services skills
  • The ability to manage time under conflicting priorities
  • IT literacy and numeracy skills

Ideally you will also have:

  • The ability to understand and establish successful retail processes
  • Ability to understand basic financial reports
  • Experience in a customer facing role

What we offer in return:

  • A 21 hour working week
  • 25 days holiday (pro-rata) + bank holiday allowance
  • A generous pension – we will contribute 8%
  • Great discounts and rewards through Blue Light Card and BenefitHub
  • Life assurance, Bupa health cashback plan
  • Tickets for Good – Free and discounted tickets for events

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.

All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.

Is this the job for you? We know that men, of all backgrounds, and men and women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented in our workforce, and we want to change this So, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants from these groups.



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