Assistant Retail Manager - Edition
You will be responsible for:
- Supporting the Retail Manager to curate your donated product through great visual merchandising with enhanced feature displays and strong commercial windows to drive sales and footfall.
- Keeping up to date with the latest fashion trends and local market demands, identifying opportunities for growth.
- Supporting your store’s social media exposure, helping to create engaging content that promotes the charity message and also resonates across popular platforms.
- Championing our values, sustainability and ethical shopping ethos, inspiring volunteers and customers to join us in making a positive difference.
- Supporting the Retail Manager in meeting agreed sales targets, ensuring income is maximised from all stock within the store and direct costs are kept to a minimum.
- Supporting the Retail Manager in the proactive generation of donated stock, managing donated goods efficiently and effectively, and minimising any stock loss.
- Assisting the Retail Manager with recruiting and managing volunteers, to ensure effective operation of the store.
- Ensuring that Health and Safety procedures are adhered to and support the Retail Manager to ensure that all colleagues complete their mandatory training as required.
- Supporting the stores eBay and online marketplace operations
Key criteria:
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Ability to think creatively and adapt to competing demands/deadlines, including making quick decisions when required.
- Awareness of fashion trends & pricing, particularly in relation to high end brands.
- Awareness of health and safety legislation.
- Retail supervisory/ management experience in fashion/clothing.
- Previous experience in fashion retail visual merchandising.
- Experience of cash handling and financial management procedures (including completion of sales records)
- Experience in using social media effectively.
Please see the full job description here and our candidate pack here
For more information or an informal chat please contact Recruitment@MarieCurie.org.uk
Additional Information
Vacancy type: Permanent, part time
Location: Edition Store, Alderley Edge
Salary: £18,505.76, per annum + benefits
Hours per week: 28h
Closing date: 7th April. We are reviewing applications as they come in so early applications are encouraged.
Application Process
- To apply, please send us your most recent CV and a cover letter detailing your experience, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.
- In this role you will have sole responsibility for the running of the store, which will involve lone working. Due to this, we are unable to recruit anyone for this role who is under the age of 18.
Benefits you’ll love:
- 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
- Continuous professional development opportunities
- Industry-leading training programmes
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
- Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
- Access to Blue Light Card membership
At Marie Curie, our values are central to everything we do. They guide how we care for people, how we work together, and how we make decisions every day. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe for everyone — staff and volunteers alike — supportive, inclusive and rewarding. We take stringent steps to ensure that anyone who joins our organisation are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. We actively consider our impact on the planet, embedding sustainability into everyday decisions to create a lasting, positive difference for the individuals we care for and the world we share.
We believe everyone should have the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential. Marie Curie is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, recognising both the social justice imperative and the strength a diverse workforce brings. We actively encourage applications from people of all cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
We are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you require any support, please contact us at recruitment@mariecurie.org.uk.
Every application we receive is personally reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team, and in return, we ask that your application authentically reflects you — your experience, perspective and voice.