Assistant Shop Manager

Fixed Term Contract until 31st May 2021

Part time 15 hours per week over 6 days

£18,192 pro rata/ with annual progression up to £18,755 pro rata

Location - Sawston Book Shop

We offer many enhanced benefits including; 28 days holiday a year - plus Bank Holidays and stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%. Full details about our benefits can be found on our website.

We are looking for an Assistant Shop Manager to work alongside the Shop Manager in our Sawston Book shop. Are you self motivated with strong interpersonal skills and thrive on challenges and opportunities that come with assisting in the running of a shop? Can you assist the Shop Manager in driving sales and profits and able to work closely with staff and Volunteers to ensure we deliver the best level of customer service.

We are looking for someone who loves working with people and has the ability to lead in the absence of the Shop Manager, inspire and empower people around them. We are looking for someone who is friendly and positive in their approach and can instil an energy to those around them. Have you got a creative ability that you can bring to the role?

You will make a real difference to young people in England by helping to raise vital funds needed to support our frontline work.

It is important that you have good communication skills both inside and outside the shop, reaching out to the local community to help build support for the shop.

If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support your Shop Manager to be the best, then this is the place for you!

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The Children's Society is committed to Safer Recruitment and as such a range of pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with recommendations made by the Bichard Enquiry, and current best practice. To include a basic DBS check, these will be required before employment can commence.

28 days annual leave in addition to public holidays, excellent non-contributory pension.

Flexible working considered. All staff are currently working fully from home, with expected 2 days in Godalming office in future.

This brand new role will identify, build, engage and grow an online communities, developing a framework giving people the space and power to influence and play an active role in the League, with the aim to mobilise communities into action, be it donating, campaigning or advocacy. 

You will have an excellent opportunity to develop and deliver the League’s social media and online digital strategy; combining a data driven approach with a passion for multimedia content and storytelling; and to set KPIs and analyse results and campaigns, translating qualitative and anecdotal data into recommendations. 

Managing the Social Engagement Officers, as a team you will develop and communicate the League’s shared vision, through social channels being an advocate for the League, engaging in online dialogues with our communities; and internally, working collaboratively with the marketing, fundraising and campaigns teams to integrate all marketing channels and deliver the campaign activities online. 

You will have at least four years’ experience in a senior media/digital role with demonstrable experience of developing a successful online digital/social engagement strategy, based on testing and metrics and experience using creativity and immersion in social media. Alongside SEO, ‘Search and Social’, content management knowledge you will have strong management skills. 

Our benefits include generous holiday entitlement of 28 days in addition to public holidays, excellent non-contributory pension scheme, discounts on shopping and cinema, working in a dog friendly office amongst others, but most importantly working with a passionate and committed team.

The League Against Cruel Sports is Britain’s leading charity working towards a kinder society where persecuting animals for ‘sport’ is in the past.

Redefining what is acceptable and inspiring change, we were instrumental in helping bring about the landmark Hunting Act 2004. Driven by compassion and empowered by knowledge, we manage sanctuaries to protect wildlife, carry out investigations to expose law-breaking and cruelty to animals, and campaign for stronger animal protection laws and penalties.

United, we will end animal cruelty in the name of ‘sport’.

Job Title: At Home Support Worker

Contract: Casual Contract, Part-time

Hours: Casual (min. 12 hours desired)

Salary: £9.90 per hours (inc. holiday pay)

Location: London Borough of Merton (support provided in clients' homes)

Job description

We are recruiting to grow our team of At Home Support Workers, there a number of positions available.

We are looking for caring, friendly and hardworking people with excellent communication skills to provide domestic support to help older people stay connected, safe and independent.

The role will provide domestic support for older people across Merton as part of our At Home Services. The role will primarily deliver housework, cleaning and shopping but the service also provides people with regular social connection, companionship and access to our wide range of other services. Duties will include cleaning, laundry, ironing, bed changing, shopping, and preparation of light meals. This list is not exhaustive. There will be no personal care duties.

You may also be required to work at short notice to provide cover or support for clients discharged from hospital.

Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service and references.

Applicants with 2 years prior experience within health, care or a similar role will be prioritised.

Skills & experience required

• Experience of working with older people in their own homes in an enabling supportive role
• A compassionate nature, good communication skills and a professional approach.
• Ability to communicate in a clear concise effective manner with a wide range of people including those with sensory, cognitive and physical impairment
• An empathy with and understanding of the needs and dignity of vulnerable older people and of the contribution they can make to society
• Able to cope with potentially physically demanding domestic work e.g. vacuum cleaning, mopping etc.
• High level of personal integrity and excellent people skills
• Driver with access to own car desirable

Covid-19

Due to Covid-19 we have implemented rigorous new health and safety procedures to ensure the safety of both workers and clients. You will be given a comprehensive induction on these guidelines and support to deliver your role safely. All workers will be provided and expected to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Once in a while a rare opportunity comes along for a suitably qualified individual to put their already amazing combination of ‘people skills’ - including patience, integrity and a sense of humour – plus an innovative approach to learning to full use.  This is it!

The postholder will be one of three Creative Learning and Engagement Officers (CLEOs) employed at Moat Brae, the National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling, in Dumfries.  In this role they will help to ensure that our programme of creative learning engages with, and is accessible to, as wide a range of audiences as possible, in support of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust’s objectives to encourage reading and storytelling.

Reporting to the Centre Director, the role involves developing, implementing, evaluating and coordinating delivery of a range of creative learning initiatives using a mixture of arts-based practitioners (actors, authors, illustrators, etc), online activities, outreach, dedicated on-site workshops, public events, pupil/student and volunteer placements, staff training and specialist research or academic support. 

With a strong emphasis on participation, the postholder will work directly or indirectly - through community partners, cultural organisations and specialist charities and other agencies - with relevant audiences including: local residents, schools, youth projects, people with additional learning needs or English as a second language, in vulnerable groups or from deprived backgrounds, plus volunteers and staff.

The post is permanent and full-time, subject to a three-month probationary period, with a salary of between £24-27,000 / year depending on experience.  

This post is supported by: The Holywood Trust

The Garfield Weston Foundation

The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Museums And Galleries Scotland