This role is based in the Chalfont St Peter shop which is currently trading as South Bucks Hospice. In October 2025, Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity is merging with South Bucks Hospice, so the appointed person will be employed by Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity.  

You can make a real difference to people in your local community by joining the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity Retail Team.

Our shops are the face of the Charity, seeing supporters and raising vital funds to support local patients and their families, every single day on high streets, retail parks, and a farm all across Buckinghamshire and its borders.

We have a fabulous opportunity for you to bring your enthusiasm and love for fashion to an ethical and sustainable industry at our Chalfont St Peter shop.

What will I be doing?

You’ll work with the Shop Manager and a volunteer team to engage support for the charity from the local community, maximise sales and profit, and actively promote Gift Aid and the Hospice Lottery.

You will have responsibility for:

• Assisting in achieving agreed income targets, through sales, Gift Aid and Hospice Lottery
• Supporting the recruitment, induction, training and retention of volunteers, promoting a happy and productive working environment for the volunteers
• Helping to maximise sales through effective stock management, pricing, display and merchandising
• At all times, safeguard the Charity’s reputation by working in a professional manner and personifying our values

About You

• Experience of supervising a team in charity or fashion retail

• Demonstrable experience of working as part of a team to achieve sales targets in a customer facing retail environment.

• Experience of working with volunteers, and able to work positively with people of all abilities.

• Demonstrable organisational, customer service and stock management skills.
• Highly motivated, creative and a keen interest in fashion and/or donated product.
• Physically fit and able to lift and carry large quantities of donations of stock including waste and recycling on a daily basis.

 

About Us

In joining our friendly, positive and ambitious retail team, you’ll be rewarded with an interesting role, a competitive salary, a supportive culture that encourages a healthy work-life balance.

Ultimately you will be raising money to support the best hospice care for local people.

So if you want a career that also makes a difference in your community, we’d love to hear from you!

For You

• Workplace pension – up to 6% ER contribution
• 217.5 hours annual leave
• Generous company sick pay allowance
• Employee Assistance Programme (including counselling)
• Smart Health & well-being services (including access to online GP)
• Life assurance policy
• Membership of the Blue Light scheme, offering a wide range of discounts

How to Apply

Please read the full job description and requirements here and send your CV or our application form together with a covering letter explaining your suitability for the role to recruitment@fnhospice.org.uk

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from all parts of the community, especially those in underrepresented groups.