Closing Date: 26th May 2025
Interview Date: 4th June 2025
Role: 2 x Assistant Charity Shop Managers
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: 12 months fixed term
Salary: £23,907 per annum
Closing date: 26/05/2025
Interview Date: 04/06/2025
Wigan & Leigh Hospice is a wonderful place to work. Our staff are our greatest asset providing the very highest standard of care. All our teams are all part of the Hospice team: working together to make the Hospice the best it can be. We have achieved Outstanding in the last CQC inspection. Our values: Compassion, Accessibility, Respect, Excellence, are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to offer a wide range of benefits, including:
• A warm and welcoming working environment,
• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays (increasing with length of service),
• Contributary pension scheme,
• Cycle to Work Scheme,
• Shopping, leisure and holiday discounts,
• On demand GP,
• Westfield Health – Health Cash Plan,
• Life Assurance,
• A range of Wellbeing initiatives.
The available role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our busy Retail team as an Assistant Charity Shop Manager. We have two roles available.
As an Assistant Manager you will work alongside the Shop Manager and a team of volunteers to maximise the potential of our charity shops in Wigan – helping to generate much needed funds which will be used to provide palliative and end of life care to people living in the Wigan Borough. This is a chance to make a real and meaningful difference in a charity that is very much rooted in this community.
You will also receive industry specialised training to help you progress in your career in charity retail, which could see you running your own charity shop one day.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week on a salary of £23,907 per annum, on a 12 month fixed term contract. The role will involve working weekends, with a day off during the week. There may occasionally be a requirement to work hours outside of your normal working week.
These roles will mainly be based in Wigan, however, you could be asked to travel to the Hospice or between other Hospice shops, therefore, a full UK driving licence and access to a car insured for business use is essential.
How to apply
Applicants should submit an up-to-date CV with a supporting statement setting out how you meet the criteria for the role to hr@wlh.org.uk. Please have a look at the Recruitment Pack, which can be accessed via the Application Form tab below.
If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, this will mean you have been unsuccessful this time.
Successful appointments will be subject to Standard Disclosure and Barring Services Check (DBS) check.
Please note this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.
About us
Wigan and Leigh Hospice is a well-established charity which has been operating since 1983. We provide a wide range of palliative care services to people with advancing life-limiting illnesses of any diagnosis and to those people important to them. The support we offer is tailored to meet individuals’ physical, social, spiritual and emotional needs.
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