Location: Dublin, Kildare, & Wicklow
Salary range: €50,000 per annum; paid monthly
Experience: 3+ years of high volume retail management experience over multiple locations
Closing date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026
Description:
SVP is a large, national, voluntary organisation with extensive experience of working with a diverse range of people who experience poverty and exclusion. Through its network of volunteers and staff, it is strongly committed to working for social justice and advocates the creation of a more just and caring society. SVP employs people to support volunteers in a variety of settings including housing, community care, shops, administration, and other specialist areas.
The Role:
We are currently looking to recruit a Area Manager (Permanent Full Time; 37.5 hours per week) to join our East Region team in covering Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow, based in SVP House. The post holder will have responsibility for developing and leading a team of Shop Managers within the Region. To maximise sales, productivity, revenue opportunities and customer satisfaction levels through the efficient management of the Vincent’s shops by ensuring compliance within the SVP retail standards, current relevant legislation and SVP policy and ethos. This is a great opportunity to join one of Ireland’s largest voluntary organisations and make a difference in your community.
Education, Experience, Knowledge and Skills Required
Qualifications
- Professional Management qualification is desirable
Experience
- Multi-site experience is essential
- 3+ years of high volume retail management experience over multiple locations
- 3+ years’ experience of managing a large workforce, and ability to manage a wide range of staff and volunteers, across multiple locations
- Experience of management in the community / voluntary sector is desirable
- Full P+L accountability
- A proven track record of sales growth and business development
Knowledge
- Knowledge of the Society and of its mission and values
- Knowledge of needs and issues of the poor and disadvantaged is desirable
Skills
- Persuasive communication skills – ability to prepare reports present ideas clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences including members and senior management
- An ability to quickly establish and maintain working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders and manage on going working relationships and work plans
- Project Management skills – ability to build relationships with stakeholders across all functions
- Results orientated approach
- Ability to guide and motivate individuals and teams to achieve key objectives
- Strong conflict management skills – ability to de-escalate and resolve issues as they arise
- Excellent problem solving skills in interpersonal situations both internal and external to the organisation
- Demonstrable resilience and persistence in the face of barriers
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Mentoring, coaching and training skills
- Knowledge of EPOS, stock control systems and cash management systems.
- Basic computer literacy, including the use of Microsoft Office's Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Passion for the voluntary / not for profit / sustainability retail industry
- A Full Clean Driving Licence full-time access to a car
Appointment is subject to satisfactory references. Canvassing will not be accepted and may lead to disqualification. Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to candidates who are not shortlisted.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for this position, please apply as soon as possible as the role may be closed in advance of the date shown above due to high volume of applications.
SVP is an Equal Opportunities Employer
