Shop Team Leader – Kiln Farm

About the role

15 hours per week – Flexible working pattern over 7 days, including weekends
Fixed term until April 2022
£19,000 pro rata per annum

We are looking for a highly motivated part time Team Leader to support the Cluster Team Leader and a committed team of volunteers at our Willen Hospice retail shop in Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes.

Working closely with the Cluster Team Leader, you will actively engage with the community and contribute to achieving sales targets within the shop whilst providing high quality customer service.

The successful candidate will need to be physically fit due to the high volume of manual handling involved, you will be able to safely move and handle furniture, some of which will be heavy. You will have good organisational, communication and interpersonal skills as well as previous retail experience.

In return for your skills, you can expect to join a motivated team of Retailers, generous annual leave entitlement starting at 35 days pro rata (inclusive of statutory and bank holidays) and increases with length of service, pension scheme and enhanced maternity, adoption and sick pay provision.

About the shop

Our Kiln Farm Furniture Store is located in a large, open warehouse-style space with a great selection of new and pre-loved items which include Sofas, beds, new mattresses, wardrobes, sideboards, cupboards and bedside tables, dining tables and chairs and much more.

More information on all our stores can be found at www.willen-hospice.org.uk/support-us/shop-with-us/high-street-shops

For more information and to apply please email hradmin@willen-hospice.org.uk

Closing date: Positions opened until filled. Please note that we will be running this as a rolling recruitment and selection process during the recruitment campaign therefore please submit your application at your earliest opportunity.

In a typical year...
£11.23
our cost, per minute
11,000
phone calls to patients at home
600
fabulous volunteers
700
patients cared for at home
3,200
home visits
300
patients at the hospice
18,000
of cups of tea
290
counselling sessions
We can only provide the care we do thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, through their continued volunteering, fundraising and donations throughout the year. Your donation will enable us to continue providing care and support to those facing a life-limiting diagnosis, and to support their loved ones.