Overview
Shop Supervisor – LE16 8YF
Our Benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
Cafe Supervisor
(This post is currently open for NNC internal applicants only)
An exciting opportunity has arisen within North Northamptonshire Council’s Country Parks Service area for a Shop Supervisor based at East Carlton Country Park . This role will focus on developing the Woodland Shop and extending the retail opportunities across all North Northamptonshire Council managed country parks. The role will entail serving Woodland Shop customers, checking stock levels, ordering and rotating stock. Complying with cash handling and safety regulations.
This will include maintaining strong relationships with customers, colleagues, suppliers and contractors.
You will work closely with the Parks Commercial Development Officer and wider country park teams to provide a high quality retail offering that compliments other services within the country parks.
This is a dynamic and varied role where you will provide advice on produce, goods and plants. You will also contribute to service development, performance monitoring, and the delivery of innovative initiatives that support the delivery of the councils corporate plan.
To succeed in this role, you will need excellent communication and negotiation skills, a good understanding of retail, and the ability to work collaboratively and proactively in a busy environment.
The role will require the post holder to operate across the North Northamptonshire area.
If you wish to discuss the position further, please contact Lloyd Baines-Davies on 01536807049
About you
Essential Skills and qualifications
GCSE English and Math’s, or equivalent
Extensive experience in working in a retail environment
Front of house experience
Experience in stock ordering and rotation
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken and written English is essential for the post.
Excellent customer service skills
To be presentable, reliable and flexible
Capacity to undertake physical aspects of the role including manual handling, standing for long periods of time and fine dexterity skills.
Ability to demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behaviour, physical, social and welfare needs.
Working knowledge of Country Parks and Woodlands
Experience in a supervisory role
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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