Team Leader for Erikshjälpen Second Hand in Skövde

Erikshjälpen is a child rights organization with a non-profit second-hand operation.

We work on around 100 projects in 16 countries and operate about 50 stores under Erikshjälpen Second Hand in Sweden, Norway, and online.

We work towards the vision of “A changed world where children's dreams come true.”

Our mission is to combat poverty and vulnerability by realizing children's rights worldwide.

Erikshjälpen, together with partners, is now seeking a team leader for the departments of Clothing, Shoes, Children & Sports for our store in Skövde. In Skövde, the store is operated in collaboration with the Pentecostal congregations in Skövde and Stöpen, Elim Church, and Erikshjälpen Second Hand.

If you want to contribute to realizing children's dreams and rights by leading the store's operational work together with colleagues in the management team, this is the role for you.

Welcome with your application!

Description

As a team leader, you are operational and lead and participate in the daily work in the store to achieve established surplus goals, social goals, and environmental goals.

Responsibilities

Examples of responsibilities:

Your focus area in the store is to lead the work in our departments for clothing, children, shoes, and sports; other departments may be assigned after the position is filled.
You lead and participate in the daily work in the store together with the store management and the store's employees.
You act as a team leader for employees, volunteers, and individuals undergoing work trials, activities, or other employment through authorities.
You share responsibility with the store management for the sale of goods.
Jointly responsible for the store during opening hours, will also have store responsibility for certain Saturdays during the year.
You introduce, coach, and develop individuals through labor market initiatives.
Together with the store management, you develop the operations.
In close collaboration with the operations manager, you plan, process, and develop the store and its working methods.
You contribute to and create joy at work in the store.
You report to the operations manager.

Qualifications

You have:

relevant work experience in leadership.
good social skills and experience in customer interactions.
a passionate interest in aid and second-hand work.
share our values (https://erikshjalpen.se/var-vardegrund/ (https://erikshjalpen.se/var-vardegrund/)) based on three core principles: the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the spirit of Erik, and a Christian view of humanity.

It is an advantage if you have:

experience and/or knowledge of valuing second-hand goods.
documented experience from retail operations.
experience in the fashion industry.
experience in voluntary work and leading volunteers.

You are:

a relationship builder who is used to meeting people in various life situations and contexts.
self-driven, responsible, and enjoy working goal-oriented and structured.
a joyful leader who can lead people based on their own abilities.
genuinely engaged with people and see each person's unique opportunity for personal development and change.
solution-oriented and have the ability to work towards the whole based on set goals, to develop and drive the operations forward.

We offer you

As an employee at Erikshjälpen, you will work in an organization where you, together with an engaged team and colleagues around the world, work to promote children's rights in Sweden and globally by generating funds for social and humanitarian efforts. By promoting and developing the reuse of second-hand goods, you contribute to sustainable development and a more efficient use of the earth's resources. You will also be part of a broad social community, as Erikshjälpen Second Hand stores provide meaningful employment for employees, volunteers, and interns. We care about our employees having a good balance between work and leisure. We offer our employees a wellness allowance of 2000 SEK per year. As an employee, you are covered by the collective agreement for non-profit organizations between FREMIA and the Trade Union for Employees in Commerce. As an employee with us, you have the opportunity to make a difference - for a future where children's dreams come true. We welcome applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds and value diversity in all forms.