Duty Manager - Sebastopol

Join one of Victoria's Leading Not-For-Profits!

Be part of a values-driven team of successful retailers

Part Time - Ongoing Position

The Role:

Vinnies Victoria is currently looking for a talented Duty Manager to join our vibrant team at our Sebastopol Shop. In this role, you will lead a team of staff and volunteers who are just as passionate about giving back to their communities as you are.

A hive of activity, this shop is offering a unique opportunity for a retail superstar to take on their next leadership opportunity. 

Key accountabilities include:

• Leading our volunteer team to deliver a memorable experience with our customers
• Striving for, meeting and beating sales targets
• Training and supporting our dedicated team of volunteers

About Vinnies:

We are the St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria or, more fondly, Vinnies Victoria. For more than 165 years we have been providing practical and compassionate support to people across Victoria whose daily struggles can include putting food on the table, paying essential utilities and ensuring their children remain at school to obtain an education.

Under our Good Works umbrella we have many services and programs, including soup vans, education programs, home visitation programs and VincentCare Victoria (VCV), which assists some of Victoria’s most vulnerable communities, such as people experiencing homelessness, the housing crisis and family violence, and the elderly. VCV also provides employment to people living with disability.

About You:

Retail to you is second nature and if you can channel your extensive experience into directly contributing to the community.

Great at visual merchandising? Love achieving results? Want to make your Shop an amazing place for our dedicated volunteers? If you have answered yes, this could be a truly great opportunity for you to make a significant impact. 

More specifically you will have:

• A real passion for delivering incredible customer service
• Retail management experience with a real focus on people
• Proven retail sales experience with a drive to beat sales targets
• Excellent communication skills
• A 'Can Do' proactive attitude and positive team spirit

In return we offer:

• Good Flexibility – where you can do good work your way.
• Good People – where you can be a part of a supportive team.
• Good Growth – where you undertake an exciting journey and grow both personally and professionally.
• Good Ideas – where you can contribute to evolving and growing the community. 
• Good Matters – where you can become a part of an organisation which advocates for change and restores people’s dignity. 

Grow with Vinnies

If making a difference in your local community is important to you and you meet our essential requirements, we can’t wait to hear from you.

Please send us your updated CV that tells us a little more about you and why you would be perfect for the role.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description.

Please note that prior to any offer of employment, pre-employment checks must be completed. These will include reference checking,  a national criminal history check and current working with children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria is proactive in supporting child safety

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences.

We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.