Assistant Manager – Drake Mill
Date posted: July 28, 2025
Pay: £12.50 per hour
The role:
- Reporting to the Depot Manager the Assistant’s role is approximately 75% office based, on-boarding new clients, managing your existing client base and undertaking marketing activities to seek new clients. The other 25% is maintaining general site standards and housekeeping activities.
- To support the Depot Manager to grow and develop the site to achieve ambitious, yet realistic targets and goals through the provision of first-class customer service.
- We expect our sites to look great which means that the remaining time will be dedicated to the up-keep and maintenance of the site
- Promote Dainton Self-Storage in your local community, building relationships with key client groups
- Maintain a safe working environment, in line with Health and Safety Regulations.
- Deliver results by contributing to profitability and sales turnover.
- To promote and ensure effective account management.
- You will be required to work 13 hours a week which will include 09.00 to 16.00 on Saturday and 10.00 to 16.00 on Sunday, every week.
The Person
- Our Depot staff come from a wide range of employment backgrounds but all have the ability to use their own initiative often working unsupervised and most importantly a desire to succeed
- You will have excellent customer service skills, communicating effectively on the phone and face to face.
- Basic computer literacy, where training will be provided on our in-house systems
- A willingness to undertake light physical work is important to maintain your depot
- Ability to achieve realistic targets and goals
- Problem solving skills
- Able to communicate effectively and report to all levels
- You will preferably live within 20 minutes travelling time of the Depot at Drake Mill Business Park, Estover, PL6 7PS, to provide occasional call out cover and hold a full driving license.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 13 per week
Salary: £12.50 per hour
Schedule:
Job Type: Part-time
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Schedule:
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
- Retail sales: 1 year (preferred)
- Customer service: 1 year (preferred)
- Supervising: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person.
Dainton Self Storage, Drake Mill Business Park, Estover Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 7PS.
Application deadline: 17/08/2025
Expected start date: 30/08/2025
