Shop Manager (Penicuik) – Job share (TRD4546)

About Us

Oxfam is a world motion of individuals working collectively to finish the injustice of poverty. Which means we sort out the inequality that retains individuals poor. Collectively we save, shield and rebuild lives. When catastrophe strikes, we assist individuals construct higher lives for themselves, and for others. We tackle points like land rights, local weather change and discrimination towards girls. And we received’t cease till each particular person on the planet can get pleasure from life free from poverty.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working collectively with companions and native communities within the areas of humanitarian, improvement and campaigning, in additional than 90 nations. 

Oxfam Objective

To work with others to beat poverty and struggling 

Buying and selling Objective

To make as a lot cash as doable to beat poverty and struggling

About our Oxfam Retailers

Open for enterprise since 1948, Oxfam outlets are on the coronary heart of the charity and their group, elevating very important funds and rising public consciousness of what we do. They’re all the time guided by our values of empowerment, accountability and inclusiveness and focussed on making as a lot cash as doable.

The Function of our Store Managers 

Commercially conscious and continuously searching for new enterprise alternatives, store managers inspire their groups and create a protected and energised work atmosphere. They’ve excessive requirements, a robust drive to attain outcomes and are accountable for his or her enterprise.

The function of the store supervisor is empowered, different, busy and provides the chance to work with some wonderful individuals. Store managers are pivotal for the success of our enterprise and may make an actual distinction. Oxfam operates a volunteer working mannequin, through which volunteers are empowered to take over many of the duties inside the store, together with operating the store within the supervisor’s absence. 

Usually the one paid member of employees, our managers are snug on this atmosphere, actually get pleasure from working with others and are nice at delegating to their groups. Wonderful communicators, they’re artistic, and all the time search for alternatives to draw new supporters daily.

Please word: this function is a job share.

Our Values and Dedication to Safeguarding

Oxfam is dedicated to stopping any kind of undesirable behaviour at work together with sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and monetary misconduct; and selling the welfare of youngsters, younger individuals and adults. Oxfam expects all employees and volunteers to share this dedication by way of our code of conduct. We place a excessive precedence on making certain that solely those that share and display our values are recruited to work for us.

We’re dedicated to making sure range and gender equality inside our organisation and encourage candidates from numerous backgrounds to use.

Key Abilities and Competencies required

• Important management qualities and expertise. (E)
• Capacity to construct, retain and develop a workforce. (E)
• Sturdy drive to attain outcomes by way of others. (E)
• Capacity to delegate, coach and hear. (E)
• Enjoys working with individuals and has a pleasant and approachable method. (E)
• Capacity to handle time below conflicting priorities. (E)
• Capacity to display resilience to the on a regular basis pressures that include the function. (E)
• Wonderful communication abilities.(E)
• Capacity to inspire self and others. (E)
• Excessive stage of motivation, enthusiasm and a way of enjoyable. (E)
• Open and adaptable to vary and in a position to assist others by way of it. (E)
• Business consciousness and judgement. (D)
• Capacity to ascertain and keep profitable retail processes and merchandising. (E)
• Capacity to know and interpret fundamental monetary studies. (D)
• IT literacy and numeracy abilities. (Utilizing e-mail techniques and on-line sources; use and perceive fundamental spreadsheets and phrase processing packages. Concentrate on and be open to the function of social networking and ecommerce.) (E)  
• Keen and required to stick to Oxfam’s ideas and values (click here) in addition to the promotion of range and gender rights (click here).  (E)
• Understanding of and dedication to stick to fairness, range, gender, little one security and employees well being and wellbeing ideas. (E)

How you can apply 

As a part of your on-line software, please add your updated CV and a overlaying letter explaining your suitability towards the important standards within the job profile.  

All affords of employment shall be topic to passable references and applicable screening checks, which might embody legal information and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB takes its obligation to guard the rights of youngsters and weak individuals very critically; subsequently, the profitable candidate for this submit shall be additionally topic to in depth background checking, together with a Disclosure and Barring Service test (DBS), as this function entails unsupervised entry to the above-mentioned teams.

For full info surrounding DBS and the emptiness, please view the complete job description. 

A thriving numerous Oxfam:

It’s individuals energy that brings about change. To play our half as a world organisation working to beat poverty and inequality, we want equality, range and inclusion throughout our group of employees, companions and volunteers. Collectively, we’re dedicated to turning into a extra numerous workforce, higher in a position to sort out the worldwide challenges that face our world at this time.

To try this:

• We have to dismantle the unequal energy buildings that exist in all places, this together with Oxfam and the broader improvement and charity sectors.
• We’d like an inclusive Oxfam the place everybody can convey who they’re to our work and feels celebrated for the variations they create.
• We would like and want everybody, and meaning we want you.