Contract: Permanent, full time (35 hours over 5 days)
Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 per annum
Location: East Street, Bridport
Closing date: Sunday 12th October 2025
Interview date: Interviews will be arranged as applications are received
Our Bridport charity shop is opening soon and we’re looking for energetic team members! Jump in early, get involved from the start and help build a shop that’s all about community, people and pets.
More about the role
Working with the Assistant Manager, you will recruit, train and support our incredibly loyal volunteers to ensure our shop runs smoothly and efficiently. You must be confident in promoting and showcasing what we do to increase the amount of people who are able to volunteer with us or donate stock.
You will be providing oversight on day to day activities, supporting with visual merchandising and planning strategies to increase stock quality and quantity to enable us to grow our business.
As a Shop Manager, we need you to use your experience in retail management to make this store thrive in the community it sits in. Ideally you will be a local person with great connections and ideas in how best to sell and engage with our customers.
Your great organisation skills along with an eye for attention to detail will guarantee smooth operations, allowing your team to come together and provide quality customer service. Our shop is open Monday to Saturday from 09:00 till 17:00. Your normal working pattern may change each week, subject to the needs of the business.
About you
Essential qualifications, skills, and experience:
Retail management experience
Commercial awareness to deliver sales
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong external relationships.
Good IT skills and a basic understanding of finance
Good people management skills
Excellent customer service skills
It would also be great if you had:
Full driving licence
Experience of working with volunteers
How to apply
Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Blue Cross benefits
Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.
In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.
Our generous benefits package includes:
Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)
Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family
Free physiotherapy advice and face to face intervention
Health cash plan
Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support.
Life assurance
20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance
Enhanced family friendly policies
Recognition scheme
Annual volunteer days
Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers
To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.
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