WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

• Genuine work/life-balance opportunity
• Transform your Senior Retail Management aspirations
• Great team of Cluster Managers and volunteers
• Your retail nous, skills and experience are highly valued
• Professional Development opportunities
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Salary packaging available up to $18,550 and 17.5% leave loading
• Permanent part-time 0.6 – 0.8 FTE negotiable

ABOUT YOU

As EF’s retail expert you are in a unique position to lead the direction of our retail operations. As such, you are confident in working autonomously and dealing with a diverse and changing work agenda. You are a strong leader, self-motivated and driven; an energetic and dynamic Retailer with proven management experience. You have the people skills and drive tomotivate a team of strong Managers, devoted volunteers and loyal customers. 

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOU:

Will excel in strategic management, operation, coordination and recognise growth opportunities for EF’s retail operations. You will provide leadership; and nurture the Op Shop Team’s performance and participation in retail management. You will be people-focused and have particular empathy for vulnerable members of the community. 

YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:

• Being people-focused
• Managing multiple stores/departments
• Leading a team of staff who manage multiple retail stores
• Annual budget setting/monitoring and ability to interpret financial reports
• Developing and maintaining relationships with charitable recycling organisations
• Commercial lease negotiation and maintaining excellent relationships with landlords/real estate agents
• Managing small projects within the business; concurrently with normal duties
• Practices for recycled/donated clothes and goods
• Strategic and Business Planning 
• Understanding of working with volunteers will be highly regarded
• Monitoring and improving team outcomes; and in providing genuinely constructive feedback and coaching individual performance toward improvement
• Experience in opening new stores

next steps

Make initial enquiries via email to Karen Hansen: [email protected], using the subject line: Retail Operations Manager - Epilepsy Op Shops enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

A position description is attached.

We are keen to snap up the best talent quickly! Shortlisting and invitations to appropriately skilled candidates for interview will occur as applications are reviewed. 

The Epilepsy Foundation is an Equal Opportunity employer and a child safe organisation.