Save the Children and 54 reasons: A place where your purpose matters.
It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation yours included. We value a healthy work-life balance and ensure our people feel connected to each other and our impact. Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.
A place to make a difference:
Here youre empowered to make a difference in childrens lives by learning sharing and collaborating to find new ways to solve problems. In this casual role youll work as a part of our Retail team in our new concept Butler store to help us create lasting change for children everywhere. The casual Retail Assistant Manager plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children. Whether its supporting the management of the daily operations of the Save the Children Australia Butler op shop or building a co-operate team of volunteers youll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia the Pacific and around the world.
You will make a difference by:
Ensure store budgets are met by achieving targets.
Provide and maintain high levels of customer service in line with Save the Children customer service standards.
Develop drive and support local and national marketing campaigns and promotional activities.
Ensure Save the Children merchandise and information is readily available to customers.
Manager customer complaints and feedback
A place to feel valued:
Your deep expertise in retail store management is invaluable. We recognise your contribution and provide you the support to ensure you can bring your best knowing here you have the space and opportunity to grow. Bringing your best every day means:
Experience working in a retail customer service environment
Experience in managing a team in a retail environment
Outstanding organisation skills with strong time management ability
Ability to present well and provide a high level of customer service
Ability to perform routine manual labour tasks including moving boxes of stock and displays
A place to belong:
It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities backgrounds and talents embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation and offer a range of rewards for your effort including:
Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.
Internal employment and development opportunities
Support for workplace wellness including access to our free confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. Weve established internal networks to support our diverse workforce foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if thats what you want!) ( Parents and Mental Wellness Alliance First Nations Advisory Committee).
Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.
Does this sound like the place for you
Wed love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.
Applications close COB Friday 31st October 2025..
Position Description Casual Retail Assistant Manager
*We understand the need for work-life balance. Weve advertised this role as casual but if youre looking for something different please let us know. We offer flexible hours remote working and individual flexibility plans to ensure were providing you a personalised career.
We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didnt quite hit the mark for you please let us know at Were dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported no matter your race ethnicity gender age disability sexuality neurodiversity culture and beliefs.
Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check a Working with Children Check and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.
Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.
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Required Experience:
Manager
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