Fast paced and rewarding retail role in pre-loved goods store
Permanent part time. Thursday, Friday and Saturday (18.5 hours per week)
Maximise retail income to help provide Hospice services to your community
Mou | For you
Our Harbour Hospice culture is built upon trust, connection, care and professional interactions that are delivered with our values at the core. Our values are more than words. They are the foundation of every interaction we have with patients, family, whanau, our community and each other. We welcome applications from all backgrounds who share our values of aroha (compassionate), tautikanga (professional), and mo te katoa (inclusive).
Your role as Assistant Retail Manager will give you a strong sense of purpose as you help connect the community with the care hospice provides. You'll contribute to raising a third of Harbour Hospice's annual funding needs. You'll enjoy an extremely busy and varied day and be able to inject your personality into all you do. You'll work with volunteers who freely give their time and energy, which will make for some very special and unique relationships. Best of all, you'll join an organisation where your work matters.
Mo te tunga | About the role
The Assistant Retail Manager role in our Hospice shop in Warkworth is not for the faint hearted! It's physical, it's busy, and it's full on. But you're not on you own as you'll have the support of your Manager and a wonderful team of fantastic volunteers to help you.
In this role you will support the Manager with the overall running of the shop and ensure a fantastic customer experience for donors, customers and volunteers alike. You'll get involved in everything that's required in running a successful pre-loved fashion and homewares store. From sorting to merchandising, to delegating, completing timesheets and cashing up, to ensuring the volunteers are having a break and a cuppa.
This is a permanent part time role working every Thursday (8am – 12:30pm), Friday (8am – 4:30pm), and Saturday (8am – 2:30pm).
He korero mou| About you
Your retail background means you live and breathe great customer service. You take pride in your work and have high standards of presentation. You enjoy variety and are willing to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in on the busy days. When it's quieter, you'll show your initiative and lend a hand where it's needed. You get on well with all walks of life and can motivate and lead a team of dedicated volunteers in a collaborative, open and positive way. You will demonstrate:
A track record of achieving sales results
Highly organised and ability to work at pace in a busy environment
Curiosity and ability to identify brands and appraise vintage treasures and their value
Visual merchandising experience. Ability to create retail environments that are captivating, enticing and relevant
Confidence making decisions
You'll also have flexibility to change your hours on the odd occassion, to cover leave and to provide extra support as needed.
Ko matou tenei | About us
Harbour Hospice is one of the largest hospices in Aotearoa and has been caring for turoro (patients) and their family and whanau for more than 40 years. Every day we care for close to 400 people across the North Shore, Hibiscus Coast and Warkworth/Wellsford regions, supporting them at home, in one of our two inpatient units, or in community programmes offered at each of our three sites. Our specialist services, given free of charge, include medical care, spiritual, cultural, psychological and social support, physiotherapy, occupational and complementary therapy, social activities and more. We are a progressive organisation that puts each patient, whanau and family, our community and our people, at the heart of everything.
Me pehea te tuku tono | How to apply
We encourage you share your true self in your CV and cover letter. Tell us what your motivations are and how your work and life experience align with our core values.
Please reach out to Peggy Newton, Recruitment Specialist via ****** with any questions, or to arrange a korero (chat) before you apply, if that is what you need from this process.
Applications close Sunday 8 September 2024
You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and pre-employment checks including health screening where applicable, are part of our recruitment process.
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