Job Description

When you join Save the Children as a

Store Manager in Bath

, you'll step into a unique opportunity to lead an exceptional team of volunteers and bring the magic of charity retail to a thriving high street. Your people skills, leadership experience, and passion for community will help deliver real change - not just locally, but for millions of children around the world, including the hardest to reach.



We're looking for an inspiring, community-driven leader to help shape the future of our high-street presence. If you're passionate about people, purpose, and preloved fashion, we want to hear from you.

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard.

About the Role

Our Bath shop is located in an artisan district, surrounded by independent retailers, benefiting from strong footfall. This classic-style charity shop has a big presence in the community and an energetic, welcoming atmosphere.



The shop specialises in mid- to high-end clothing and thrives on a team of around 15 dedicated volunteers. As Store Manager, you'll be the heartbeat of the shop -- driving performance, inspiring your team, building strong local relationships, and growing our volunteer base.

About You

You will be someone with exceptional people skills, a leader who understands the importance of community and enjoys supporting people to exercise similar passions through volunteering.



You'll bring:


Proven experience of leading and motivating a team. Ability to effectively manage challenges with a steady and positive approach. Experience of working in a busy customer facing environment.

To learn more about the position, please review the

How Our Shops Operate

and

in the attached Documents.

Ways of Working

: This role will be based on-site in the Bath shop. We're looking for someone able to work

5 days (35 hours) per week

including weekend working but will also consider someone who can work

4 days (28 hours) per week

.

Our benefits package is extensive and generous, including:

Competitive Pay

: Our transparent pay policy ensures fair and equitable compensation. There is also opportunity to influence pay through performance.

Generous Holidays

: Start with 27 days off per year (pro rata for part-timers) and enjoy up to 32 days after 10 years.

Pension & Life Assurance

: Secure your future with excellent contributions.

Employee Discounts

: Save on groceries, high-street brands, home, tech, gyms, holidays, and more! Over 6,000 deals are available through our benefits platform.

Maternity/Adoption Benefits

: -Get 21 weeks of full pay after just six months of employment.

Paternity/Adoption Leave

: Enjoy 10 weeks of full pay (plus statutory 2 weeks) after six months with us.

Additional benefits

: cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme, eye care, flu jabs, season ticket loan

Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.



We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.



To see our full statement please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/our-policies/diversity/

Salary Structure:

Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff. To see our full offer please visit this link: Save the Children | Careers

Interview Expenses:

Candidates should note that unfortunately it is not our policy to reimburse expenses accrued when attending interviews at Save the Children UK unless you are requested to attend an interview in an alternative location to where the role is based.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:


a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable) receipt of satisfactory references proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

If you have any questions, we have an

FAQ section.

For anything else you can email us on: careers@savethechildren.org.uk

Division: Fundraising & Marketing
Location (Role): Bath (England)
Contract Type: Permanent Contract
Full / Part Time: Full time (flexible working options available)
Closing Date: 18 August 2025
Salary Range : 24,650
Hours Per Week: 35