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PMU SECOND HAND – Your find changes lives and the environment

PMU Second Hand is Sweden's most nationwide second-hand chain. Together with our partner congregations/associations, we operate 56 stores from Trelleborg to Haparanda. 23 of these are fully managed by PMU, which means we have direct employer responsibility there. The purpose of the stores is to create financial resources for the international projects that PMU or our partners support. Through the stores, we also make significant social contributions locally. Shopping second-hand is also the most environmentally friendly option for consumption. We want to challenge the congregations to see PMU Second Hand as a tool for the congregation to be just that – a congregation.

We believe that a second-hand store needs to be run in a businesslike manner, but customers must still feel that they are making great finds. We want to make donors, employees, and customers feel that they are truly part of changing lives and the environment. Everyone's contributions are so important.

Our mission as a central organization is to provide support to the stores to run and develop their operations successfully. We also have a mission to start more stores.

ABOUT THE STORE

The store is centrally managed by PMU Second Hand but operated locally in collaboration with the Pentecostal Church in Karlskoga.

The goals of the store are to:

• generate financial surplus for social and humanitarian efforts through the projects that PMU and the congregation are engaged in
• be a social meeting place
• provide employment for people outside the regular labor market
• actively make a significant difference for our environment
• spread knowledge about the situation in developing countries
• be a platform to make PMU and the congregation, and thus the gospel, better known in Karlskoga

ABOUT THE POSITION

As a team leader, you will work alongside other staff to lead volunteers and individuals in various forms of work training. The role of the team leader is very hands-on, where your own execution of the work also leads and develops others. You will assist the operations manager and store manager in the daily operations of the store, which largely involves creating as much turnover of donated goods as possible.

The operations manager is your immediate supervisor, and you will receive good central support from the regional manager, store developer, marketing communicator, and management team. The position is full-time and starts in May or by agreement.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As a person, you are organized, results-oriented, and clear in your communication, as well as having good knowledge of the Swedish language. You will have extra responsibility for certain product groups represented in the store, so if you have knowledge in household items, fashion, furniture, textiles, or similar, it is an advantage. You should have experience in similar jobs and love second-hand. However, you can also bring other important experience that can contribute to the growth of our store.

Your social skills are very important, and we will base our decision on personal suitability. You have an open and representative manner and have a good ability to develop and lead people based on their own conditions.

If you are applying …

• Want to be part of changing lives and the environment
• Have experience in leading others
• Can educate, motivate, and inspire store employees
• Share our Christian faith and values
• Have a driver's license

YOUR APPLICATION

Do you want to know more about how you can help change the world every day? Contact operations manager Angelica Ärlandsback at 072-092 72 21 or [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible, but no later than March 1. Please send your personal letter and CV via email to [email protected]. Please describe how your Christian faith impacts your daily life. Mark your application with “Team Leader Karlskoga.” We reserve the right to call for interviews on an ongoing basis.

PMU – A PART OF PINGST

PMU, the Pentecostal Mission's development cooperation, is one of Sweden's larger aid organizations. PMU is the department for international development work and humanitarian efforts within the legal entity of Pingst Second Hand. PMU's mission is clear: We want to combat all forms of poverty, and we want to do it together. This is our faith, our will, and our calling as a church. We believe in the equal value and rights of all people. Our work is based on human rights and the conviction of every person's inherent ability to change their life. By empowering individuals and influencing decision-makers, we can contribute to sustainable change.

In addition to the direct work with development projects and humanitarian efforts, we work with advocacy, communication and fundraising, and second-hand stores in Sweden. Please read more at www.pmu.se