Job Vacancy - CBC243108 - Retail Development Manager - Markets and Pavements
Reference: CBC243108
Salary details: £39,186 to £42,403 per year
Job term: permanent
Appointment type: full time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Market Hall
Department: Town Centre Operations
CBC243108 - Job description and person specification.
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We are looking to appoint an experienced, commercially focussed, retail professional, who has a wide knowledge of town centre retail in all it's formats, be it markets, high street stores or shopping centres.
In this ever-changing retail world, high streets are on a journey to re-invent themselves.
Our markets and shopping centre are at the forefront of our vision for the future of the town centre.
We are currently investing significantly in our market through the Revitalising the Heart of Chesterfield project, where you will assist the project team and work with traders to ensure we deliver a vibrant, welcoming, and dynamic space where traders can sell their wares effectively, events can entertain, and the space be enlivened for everyone to enjoy and benefit from.
The Pavements Shopping centre sits alongside our market and is a major asset to the town centre. We need to ensure it benefits and thrives from the multi-million-pound investment in the town centre that the council has secured from the Levelling Up Fund. Your experience in retail will help shape the centre’s future, encompassing both future retail and leisure use and demand.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day management of a busy market, market hall and shopping centre, managing and developing a large team, reviewing, challenging, and adjusting performance levels whilst building excellent relationships and being a strong leader of people with excellent interpersonal skills.
Alongside this, you will also be supporting market traders and retail tenants, demonstrating the highest levels of customer service. Experience of managing significant income budgets, health & safety, maintenance, tenancy management, marketing and events are all essential requirements for this position.
If you have the enthusiasm, drive, and experience we would love to hear from you!
For an informal conversation on this vacancy please contact Andy Bond, Town Centre Operations Manager, on 01246 936223 or via email at andy.bond@chesterfield.gov.uk. For further information, please view the job description and person specification attached.
As an employee of Chesterfield Borough Council, you will have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including hybrid working, competitive leave entitlement, local government pension scheme, and a range of staff discount and flexible benefits schemes.
Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.
If you don't already have a CV you can use our template below. We also have advice about how to write your cover letter.
Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
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Closing date: 6 October 2024
Provisional interview date: 16 October 2024
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