Contract: 22.5 hours
Location: Covering Southend, Hockley, South Woodham Ferrers
Closing Date: Jan 25, 2022
We are looking for a Cover Manager for our Charity Shops in Southend, Hockley and South Woodham Ferrers.
Are you looking to join a team with ambitions to become the south-east’s premier retailer of sustainable fashion and preloved goods, whilst creating vital income for the leading hospice groups in the region?
We are recruiting for a Cover Manager to join our diverse and engaged retail team. This is a permanent role managing across some of our most important stores for three days a week.
As a Cover Manager, you will need to be a quick learner, fit in well within our diverse team and be able to lead, delegate and perform shop manager tasks.
About Us
Havens Hospices provides palliative nursing and supportive care to adults and children living with complex or incurable conditions.
Our specialist Care Teams can support them and their family living throughout illness, death and bereavement, in the comfort of their own home and through our hospices. We focus on their quality of life, caring for individual physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs, helping to “Make Every Day Count”.
Skills & Experience
Purpose of Role
To manage the Havens Hospice Charity Shop on a relief basis, ensuring an efficient and effective management of staff and volunteers and to maximise the efficiency and profitability of the shop.
To play a part in achieving the organisation’s mission by supporting the care services, both with direct financial support and by encouraging a profile in the community.
Key Relationships (internal)
Key Relationships (external)
You will report to your Area Manager. Alongside the Shop Manager, they will be responsible for the managing of the volunteers. They will be accountable for the day to day store operations, ensuring a safe and secure environment is maintained at all times.
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