E–Commerce & Buying Assistant (maternity cover)

The Museum is looking for an E-Commerce & Buying Manager (maternity cover).

About the role

E-Commerce & Buying Assistant (maternity cover)
Fixed Term (12 months)
Full-time
London
£24,547 per annum

The Royal Air Force Museum is a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity, with two sister sites at London and Cosford. Our purpose is to share the RAF story, past, present and future – using the stories of its people and our collections in order to engage, inform and inspire. Our overall vision is to inspire everyone with the RAF story – the people who shape it and its place in our lives.

We are looking for a passionate, creative and experienced E-Commerce & Buying Assistant with analytical/numerical skills to work within our Retail and Admissions team. This is a 12-month maternity cover role.

The ideal candidate will have a flair for retail, motivation and a positive ‘can-do’ personality. They will support product development, buying and stock control, plus the content management of the e-commerce channel, including the creation and uploading of images and content. The ideal candidate will have prior buying experience, with a customer driven and design-led approach. This role necessitates the ability to juggle multiple projects with attention to detail, requiring a highly organised and flexible individual. Due to the creative nature of the role, being skilled in using design software is a must.

Reporting to the Head of Retail and Admissions, this role is a fantastic opportunity for a retailer with buying, design, e-commerce and stock control skills.

The post will be based at our London site. Some travel between the Museum sites will be required.

To apply:

• Please provide your current CV with a supporting statement which provides specific examples which demonstrate how you meet the competencies in the person specification. Please note that the shortlisting process will give greater weighting to the essential technical competencies. Please send the completed documents to michelle.grant@rafmuseum.org with ‘E-Commerce & Buying Assistant’ on the subject line.

• Please also complete the following task and send it with your application:

Look at the Museum’s shop homepage: rafmuseumshop.com.

We do not use fashion models or photographic studios. We create lifestyle images for our online shop by using simple camera phone photography and design software.

Please create a lifestyle image (like those displayed on the homepage) that you think could be appropriate for the RAF Museum Shop.

• If you have a portfolio of designs or ranges etc. that you have designed previously, please supply these to support your application.

• Closing date for applications: 30 March 2022 at 12 noon

• Interviews will take place on: 14 April 2022

Download job description here