Donation Centre Manager 37.5 Hours per week
Description✓The role:
✓As the Donation Centre Manager, you will be responsible for the day to day running of the business
✓This will include receiving donations from the general public and local organisations as well as collecting from private houses and other locations, all of which will be processed and delivered to local SATCoL shops, sold on the premises or redistributed
✓We will also be offering a repair and reuse service to the community which helps divert as many unwanted goods away from landfill where practical.
✓Paid employees will assist in the delivery of this service but you will also need to recruit and maintain a bank of skilled and general volunteers who will be able to collect and sort clothing, repair and up cycle electrical and furniture items ensuring that we provide a high quality service to our donors, customers and the community
✓This role will also include establishing links with local businesses and individuals within the community, not only to provide donations but who can volunteer time to offer skills and train other people.
✓The ideal candidate will have:
✓* Have previous operational/retail management experience
✓* Proven KPI, financial and budget management
✓* Ability to lead a team to achieve targets
✓* Fantastic ideas for partnerships to deliver re-use and repair services with the local connections and knowledge to make them happen
✓* Knowledge of the environment, sustainability and waste industries
✓* Commitment to the ethos of Salvation Army Trading Company
✓All Shop Managers will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS Check
✓Please be aware that this advert may close sooner than the closing date in extreme circumstances
✓About Us
✓Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd is the trading arm of The Salvation Army in the UK and Republic of Ireland
✓We were established in 1991 to help fund The Salvation Army’s vital work with vulnerable people in the UK, and today we raise money and encourage reuse and recycling through over 240 charity shops and donation centres, and a nationwide network of around 8,000 clothing banks.
✓We are at the forefront of textile reuse and recycling, and we work closely with our key partners, including some of the biggest retail and online brands
✓Our work extends to different markets through other divisions, supporting our parent church and charity and music interests in the UK and internationally
✓With the support of the British public, we have raised over £80 million over the past 10 years to help the work of The Salvation Army.
✓Our core purpose is ‘enabling mission and providing resource to help the work of The Salvation Army’ which we do following our values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Equality Show more →
✓As the Donation Centre Manager, you will be responsible for the day to day running of the business
✓This will include receiving donations from the general public and local organisations as well as collecting from private houses and other locations, all of which will be processed and delivered to local SATCoL shops, sold on the premises or redistributed
✓We will also be offering a repair and reuse service to the community which helps divert as many unwanted goods away from landfill where practical.
✓Paid employees will assist in the delivery of this service but you will also need to recruit and maintain a bank of skilled and general volunteers who will be able to collect and sort clothing, repair and up cycle electrical and furniture items ensuring that we provide a high quality service to our donors, customers and the community
✓This role will also include establishing links with local businesses and individuals within the community, not only to provide donations but who can volunteer time to offer skills and train other people.
✓The ideal candidate will have:
✓* Have previous operational/retail management experience
✓* Proven KPI, financial and budget management
✓* Ability to lead a team to achieve targets
✓* Fantastic ideas for partnerships to deliver re-use and repair services with the local connections and knowledge to make them happen
✓* Knowledge of the environment, sustainability and waste industries
✓* Commitment to the ethos of Salvation Army Trading Company
✓All Shop Managers will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS Check
✓Please be aware that this advert may close sooner than the closing date in extreme circumstances
✓About Us
✓Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd is the trading arm of The Salvation Army in the UK and Republic of Ireland
✓We were established in 1991 to help fund The Salvation Army’s vital work with vulnerable people in the UK, and today we raise money and encourage reuse and recycling through over 240 charity shops and donation centres, and a nationwide network of around 8,000 clothing banks.
✓We are at the forefront of textile reuse and recycling, and we work closely with our key partners, including some of the biggest retail and online brands
✓Our work extends to different markets through other divisions, supporting our parent church and charity and music interests in the UK and internationally
✓With the support of the British public, we have raised over £80 million over the past 10 years to help the work of The Salvation Army.
✓Our core purpose is ‘enabling mission and providing resource to help the work of The Salvation Army’ which we do following our values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Equality Show more →