Retail Team Leader Job Vacancy

Summary

If you’re great with people and have a talent for making the most of a shop’s potential, we’re looking for a Retail Team Leader in the National Trust shop at Corfe Castle. In this role you can help everyone to have an enjoyable and memorable day.

Salary: £24,862.50 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 1950 hours per year. This role is based on annualised hours, where the amount of hours you work each month may vary, however your salary will be paid in 12 equal instalments over the year. Workingdays will usually be Sunday to Thursday, with hours varying seasonally. 

Potential start date: ASAP

For this role, you’ll need to complete our online assessment instead of using a C.V. or online application form. This will help us understand more about your strengths and give you more information on the role.

What it’s like to work here

Working in Retail is at the front line of raising the funds we need to deliver our cause, whilst delivering an exceptional service for our visitors.

Directly interacting with all the customers that visit our shops, our retail teams are in a key position to inform them of the amazing work we are doing as an organisation and where the money that is spent in our shops is being invested – whether this be investments in local projects or on funding our national strategy.

Corfe Castle is part of the wider Purbeck estate which stretches from Studland to Corfe Castle including coasts and countryside and holiday cottages.

The shop sits right in the village Square near the entrance to the Castle, which welcomes over 220,000 visitors a year, so we are a busy shop. 

To find out more about what it’s like to work within “Retail” at the National Trust,

What you’ll be doing

Working alongside the Retail Manager within a bustling retail location in Corfe Castle.

Your role as a Retail Team Leader will play a key part in creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere.

You will be monitoring stock, merchandising and promoting products to help meet stretching financial targets, assisting with inducting and training team members, delivering fantastic customer service and cash handling.

You will be supervising Retail Team Members on a day to day basis, both paid and voluntary, who are passionate about our cause.

You’ll help to manage the shop so that it’s both a delight for visitors and commercially successful. You’ll lead by example when it comes to focusing on income and profitability, which help to fund the National Trust’s vital conservation work.

You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don’t need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a picture of what’s possible in this role.

Who we’re looking for

We’d love to hear from you if you’re: 

The package

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

•Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

•Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

•Rental deposit loan scheme

•Season ticket loan

•EV car lease scheme 

•Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts

•Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.

•Flexible working whenever possible

•Employee assistance programme

•Free parking at most Trust places