Retail Area Manager

Bring your natural gift of leading, coaching and building outstanding teams where each person is confident they are using their best talents to see local lives changed.....

About us:

Church 4 Life Op Shops are the place where people can “find good things here”. We go beyond great products at affordable prices. We have served our community through our Op Shops in Tanilba Bay since 2009, in Cardiff since 2019, Warners Bay in 2021, Woodrising in 2023, Boolaroo in 2025 and looking towards serving more communities in the near future.

As a charity we have an honest, respectful and hardworking team of volunteers and employees who work together to turn the generous donations of our community into life giving opportunities for people locally, globally and eternally, while helping our environment.

We are a friendly, passionate and diverse bunch who love the exciting adventures and opportunities of a growing charity that is creating real social change.

Our five-year Mission is to see 1,000 local lives changed by 4 April 2027 through the generosity of our donors; the support of our customers, church and community; the hard work of our staff and many miracles from heaven.

About you:

You have proven passion and drive to build teams that thrive at work. You lead, coach, motivate and develop your people to be their best at work to deliver outstanding results in customer service and sales. Your teams are fully engaged in our charity as together we change local lives.

You have demonstrated experience in successfully leading retails teams, managing supply chains, motivating growth and ensuring exceptional customer service across multiple stores.

You have solid experience managing budgets, meeting sales targets, recruiting, training and managing staff.

You have relevant tertiary qualifications in retail, business and/or management.

The invitation to join the adventure of opening new op shops excites you.

You are:

· Willing to undertake a Police Check and Working With Children Check

· Willing to work in an overtly Christian organization

· Strongly aligned with the Values of Church 4 Life Charities

About the job:

In this job you will lead all our op shop teams to serve their communities with excellence. This is a hands on, working with the team on the shop floor as you coach on the job to bring out the best in each person and each store. Desk work is minimal.

This includes the following:

· Provide effective leadership to create, train and motivate teams of dedicated staff and volunteers across all our stores

· Embed outstanding customer service, operational and visual merchandising standards across all stores

· Drive increase in sales to reach KPI’s, including training staff in sale technics

· Source and introduce new product lines

· Improve processes, sales and community engagement

· Meet financial and organisational KPI’s

· Be responsible for implementation of company policies including WHS

· Champion staff and community support in our charity wide campaigns such as our Hampers With Heart Christmas Appeal

· Work in partnership with other department Leaders to see our Mission succeed

As we grow you will be responsible for setting up future new op shops.

This role is a permanent full-time salary position based from our Warners Bay site and will require you to travel to our other op shops on a regular basis.

You will be required to work some weekends to lead weekend teams.

Benefits of Joining Our Team

• Rewarding workplace where your work changes lives in our community
• Opportunities to grow in your career
• Friendly team environment in a growing charity
• Attractive tax free salary packaging benefits which can increase your take home pay by up to $15,900 p.a.

What next:

If you are an experienced leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, who is passionate about customer service and is ready to put in the hard work needed to create a team that makes a difference and this opportunity excites you, submit your resume and a cover letter, addressed to the Church 4 Life Charities Managing Director, selling me on the 3 reasons why you would be ideal for this job at

If this sounds like you, don't wait - apply now, we are interviewing applications as we receive them.