Shop manager and assistant shop manager jobs in wetherby, west yorkshire
Assistant Shop Manager
Starting salary £22,932 a year (£12.60 an hour)
Ilkley LS29 9EE
Make a real difference to the lives of disabled people.
Would you like to work at the heart of your local community? Are you able to inspire a team of brilliant volunteers? Do you have retail or customer service experience and are looking for the next step in your career? If you answered yes to these then we have the perfect opportunity for you.
The role
Permanent - full time, 35 hours a week
Scope's Ilkley shop - 48 The Grove Promenade, Ilkley LS29 9EE
As Assistant Shop Manager at Scope's Ilkley shop you will be able to use your creativity and flair to flourish in our retail environment. Our retail roles are full of variety, and every day is different! One day you might be generating and processing stock and designing an eye-catching window display. The next day you might be recruiting and training our wonderful volunteers. Every day there will be a different challenge that you’ll find extremely rewarding.
You may also deputise and be responsible for running the shop when the shop manager is absent. We are looking for a great attitude and a willingness to learn.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will:
· Have proven experience in a retail or customer service environment.
· Be passionate about retail
· Be a dedicated team player and have the ability to motivate and lead the shop team and volunteers.
· Have a strong customer focus
· Have solid IT skills.
· You will have a good attention to detail and have a creative eye for shop displays.
Please make sure you explain in your application, with examples, how you can meet these important skills.
We ask you to show an appreciation of Scope’s values and our ambition of creating equal futures with disabled people.
Shop hours
It’s important for you to know that Scope Charity Shops are open every day. So, some weekend and Bank Holiday cover is needed. Our full-time hours are 35 hours a week, working five days out of seven. Weekly hours for part-time vacancies are on a seven-day rota.
Our values - pioneering, courageous, connected, open, fair
By living our values and trusting each other, we empower our colleagues to make decisions. By giving our colleagues freedom and space to spark creativity for innovation, we can push boundaries, change mindsets and be empowered to change the game with grit and determination and a sense of urgency.
Disabled candidates
We are a disability equality charity. We encourage applications from disabled people and people with impairments, conditions, and access needs. We want to create a workforce that is a true reflection of the communities we serve.
Scope will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the post. This is part of our commitment as a Disability Confident Leader. Just let us know in your application that you are applying under the Offer an Interview Scheme. This was previously known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
Some applicants might need adjustments during the application process. If you require adjustments through your journey with us, please email us via our website. You can find out more about interview adjustments on the Scope website.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
At the heart of everything we do at Scope is Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
We encourage people of colour and other underrepresented communities to apply and join Scope. We believe that this will bring new ideas and help us work better. We know that a variety of perspectives and viewpoints will greatly support the work we do and help us to reach all communities.
We want everyone to feel like they belong. We value each person as an individual. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect and we want to recognise all parts of a person's identity.
We are a disability equality charity. So, we will build a culture that is accessible and inclusive first. We will aim for the same high standards in all our work. We will listen, learn and keep improving.
Scope benefits
We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition. We offer a wide range of benefits including:
· 35 days annual leave
· Flexible working (where we can)
· Company pension
· Excellent training and career development
· Strong colleague networks across disability, LGBTQ+, race equality, carers, women and young colleagues
· Wellbeing incentives like a discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, and much more.
One in four of us in the UK are disabled and we are a diverse, proud, and vibrant community. We’re here to create an equal future with all disabled people. We campaign to transform attitudes to disability, tackle injustice and inspire action. We are creating a powerful movement of disabled people, allies, organisations and businesses.
Together we will be unstoppable.
To apply please visit our website via the link.
Please note that successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Application closing date – 02.12.25
Thank you!
Job Title: Hertfordshire Project Assistant
Salary: £27,150 (London Fringe weighting)
Position Type: Full time/Fixed term (until December 2028)
Reports to: Scaling Manager
Based at: Remote, with travel to schools in Hertfordshire
Working Hours: 5 days a week, 9am-5pm (flexible)
Pension: School Food Matters matches pension contributions at 7% of pensionable earnings
Holiday: 31 days including bank holidays that fall on working days. Holidays must be taken during the school holidays
This role requires occasional work outside of core hours (for example, if visiting a school breakfast club). It also requires travel to schools across Hertfordshire, so access to a car would be desirable. Training for delivery of the programme will be provided online and in person, and you will be expected to travel outside of Hertfordshire for some of these sessions.
Background to School Food Matters
At School Food Matters we believe that school food can unlock a happier, healthier, more sustainable future for every child. We want a school food system that delivers for all children, so they can enjoy nutritious, delicious and sustainable school food and leave school with an informed and positive relationship with food. To achieve this, we campaign for a better school food system, bringing the voices of children, parents, and teachers to government policy, and deliver fully funded food education programmes in schools across the country.
Background to Nourish
Our Nourish programme supports schools to create a food environment that puts children and young people's nutrition first. The evidence-based, multi-component programme helps schools to develop action plans and policies to cover the food served across the whole school day. Nourish uses a collaborative whole school approach to food involving everyone across the school community to create lasting positive change.
Job purpose
· To support two Project Officers with the delivery of Nourish in 40 schools in Hertfordshire (primary, secondary and SEND settings) over 3 years
Key tasks include
· Recruit schools to take part in Nourish
· Shadow and support project team to deliver in person food audits in schools
· Build relationships and work closely with teachers, teaching assistants, cooks, kitchen teams and senior leaders in schools in Hertfordshire to improve the food they offer their students
· Provide practical support to the project team with setting up workshops including paperwork and food shopping
· Provide admin support to the project team
· Tailor Nourish resources for Hertfordshire schools where required
· Collect data and maintain accurate records relating to the project
· Gather content for our comms team, website and social media platforms
· Keep project team fully updated on progress
· Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures.
· Maintaining the ethos of the charity and positively promoting our work at all times
· You will also be expected to undertake any other tasks relevant to the affairs of SFM that may arise from time to time. Therefore, being flexible and approaching the job with an open and positive mindset is essential.
Person Specification
Essential
· Excellent administrative and organisational skills with great attention to detail
· Excellent IT skills including excel, word and email
· Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed
· Comfortable engaging with variety of audiences (students, school staff and parents), incl. writing and responding to email, conducting telephone, virtual and face to face meetings, and running workshops
· Self-motivated and optimistic with a can-do attitude
Desirable
· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation
· Experience of working in schools
· An interest in food education and children’s health
· Access to a car
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We campaign for a better school food system. We support schools, local authorities and MATs to improve food in schools.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Safety and Assurance Officer
Location: Homebased, based in the Southern Area
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: £32,000 gross per annum
Closing Date: 21 November 2025
Are you a Safety Specialist looking for a new opportunity?
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure and also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development. Working with our employees, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a strong vision and five-year Future Ready strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide, both for young people, seafarers and maritime professionals – and the thousands who aspire to be the sea cadets and marine professionals of the future. It is also about equipping them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world, while growing our charity to benefit even more people – including those from under-represented or marginalised groups.
We are currently looking for a Safety and Assurance Officer to join our team.
About the role
The Safety & Assurance Officer (SAO) is an employee of the MSSC and a member of the MSSC National Safety Assurance Team (NSAT). This is a home-based role, with a primary focus on the Southern area, predominantly the South-East. The SAO will report to the Head of Safety, Health, and Environment.
The SAO will work closely with other SAOs and will be functionally accountable to:
The Head of Inshore Boating for inshore boat assurance
The Staff Royal Marines Officer for weapons and ammunition safety and security assurance
The role requires regular travel within the area of responsibility and, on occasion within the UK. It will involve evening and some weekend work to fulfil the role’s responsibilities.
Requirements
Qualifications: Good general education and NEBOSH (or equivalent), with completion required during probation if not already held.
Safety & Environmental Management: Experience implementing safety and environmental management systems, conducting risk assessments, and working within formal assurance frameworks.
Incident Management: Experience managing, investigating, and reporting incidents.
Training & Support: Ability to deliver training, guidance, and support to non-specialist staff or volunteers on safety, health, environmental, and assurance matters.
Workload & Volunteer Management: Proven ability to manage a busy workload and effectively support and manage volunteers.
Responsibilities
Join the Marine Society & Sea Cadets as a Safety and Assurance Officer, ensuring the highest standards of safety, health, environment (SHE), and operational compliance across our units and facilities.
You’ll lead assurance inspections, maintain compliance with legislation and organisational regulations, and support the safe management of weapons, armouries, and inshore boating activities. Working closely with other members of the National Safety and Assurance Team (NSAT) and Area teams, you’ll oversee safety at events, camps, and competitions, conduct audits, and monitor incident reporting.
This role plays a vital part in upholding the safety and welfare of our cadets and volunteers through proactive assurance, training, and continuous improvement.
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Benefits
25 days annual leave per annum, increasing with length of service
Hybrid working for many roles
Volunteering Leave
Life assurance (4x salary)
Private medical insurance
Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
Cycle to work scheme
Access to the Marine Society Digital Library
Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
Additional Information
MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.
We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.
All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a criminal record check.
