Job Description

Are you a highly motivated, positive and commercially focused retailer, with experience of area management? You will work autonomously, making your own decisions, but also be part of a welcoming and committed retail field team.

Mencap stores are the face of our retail brand, run by a dedicated, creative, and passionate team. Focusing on sustainable fashion, engaging with local communities and leading our store colleagues and volunteers to deliver a great colleague and customer experience. Experience of the charity retail sector would be a bonus but more importantly you will have a passion for retail, fantastic people skills, and the drive and tenacity to succeed at everything you do.

Your role

As a Mencap Area Business Manager, you\'ll be out and about supporting a team of between 10 - 20 dedicated Shop Managers between Loughborough, Derby, Nottingham, South and North East Yorkshire. Overnights stays and travel will be an expected part of the role.

You\'ll provide great leadership, inspiration and support to help our team be the very best they can be. You will develop your team to deliver commercial success and be passionate ambassadors for Mencap within the local communities.

Do you have experience or skills in the following areas as well as a great attitude and willingness to learn?

Retail knowledge

• You\'ll love retail, enjoy the high street experience and be confident in maintaining high merchandising standards in your shops.
• You will have an understanding of all the product types we sell
• You will be able to understand the value of our stock identifying commercial sales opportunities on your area.

Do you have the experience to be our next Area Business Manager?

• You\'ll have substantial leadership experience and will strive to motivate, inspire and influence your team to be the very best they can be.
• You will need to have strong distance management skills, be an effective communicator and be able to organise and prioritise a busy working day.
• You will also play a vital role in the recruitment, development and wellbeing of our Shop Managers, Assistant Shop Managers and Volunteers.

Teamwork

• You will work as part of the Retail management team and will encourage strong teamwork within your shops.
• We will help you to become confident in talking about the important work of Mencap.

At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap!

Job ID: 29784

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles with us. To find out more about the scheme please visit the direct gov website.

Benefits

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people\'s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

• 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
• Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
• Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don\'t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
• Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
• Loans for debt consolidation,bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program
• Access to award winning training and development

*T&C\'s apply based on contract

About Mencap

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.

Our work includes;

• providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
• providing advice through our help lines and web sites
• campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want

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