Retail store manager
Salary: £27,882 – £32,749
Reports to: Area manager
Department: Trading
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Wantage
Closing date: 12th July 2026 23:55 (may close earlier if filled)
Note: You must be eligible to work in the UK. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
Job Overview
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. We need to go much further and faster, and are looking for a motivating store manager to join our trading team. You will act as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK, motivating your team to maximise sales and fundraising targets. Your shop will be a place where your community meets our people, understands our brand, and sees the great impact of our work.
Responsibilities
- Guide, inspire and engage a team of paid staff and volunteers, including recruitment, retention and development of a diverse shop team.
- Take ownership and responsibility for the commercial running of the store, including display, merchandising, stock management, store standards, layout, sales and income.
- Lead by example and provide excellent customer and supporter service.
- Maximise profit through effective cost control and sales.
- Create relationships with the local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
- Organise and run creative fundraising events to achieve fundraising targets.
- Maintain compliance with health and safety, safeguarding, security, administration and HR policies.
- Spend four weeks in a training shop to learn from a Training Shop Manager (may be at a different location).
Skills and Experience
- Experience of managing and inspiring a diverse team of people.
- Comfort working within targets and motivating others to achieve those targets.
- Ability to multi‑task in a lively environment.
- Working knowledge of what makes great customer service.
- Commercial awareness.
- Knowledge of high‑street fashion retail.
- Adaptability in changing situations, including the ability to work effectively independently.
- Awareness of the price, value and worth of items.
- Ideally experience of retail management.
Benefits and Development
We provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities, and high‑quality tools, policies and processes to support you in your role. Benefits include a substantial retirement plan, a flexible leave allowance, discounts on travel, technology and gym memberships, and more.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the application process, interview process and while at work. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under‑represented. We also require all applicants to be 18 or older to protect young people from health and safety and safeguarding risks.
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