** Sales Assistant - Part Time**

**Job Category****:** Retail **Requisition Number****:** SALES001191 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

***Responsibilities:***

* Operate the cash register

* Make cash, check, and credit card sales

* Assist customers with information

* Increase sales through product knowledge, instigating customer contact and rapport, using selling techniques to motivate larger total dollar sales, and insuring customer's satisfaction and return

* Take special orders and route mailing requests to manager

* Keep a point of sale inventory and alert manager to need for special requests, reorders

* Restock, assist in merchandising and display, and cleaning and straightening of shelves

* Accurately close out, count money, make sales reports, and deposits at end of day

* Assists in training of all other bookstore and gift shop sales staff

* Acts as supervisor when manager is unavailable

***Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:***

* Good communications and interpersonal skills

* Knowledge of art/art history

* Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to work with minimum supervision

* Ability to perform light lifting, climb ladder and physically able to stand for long periods

***Education and Experience:***

* Some college

* One or more years experience in sales

* Courses in art or art history desirable

The MFAH has extensive COVID mitigation protocols in place to provide for a safe working environment, including:

* Masks required;

* Plexiglas partitions for staff members who do not work in offices;

* Temperature checks at entrances;

* Onsite COVID testing for staff who work in close contact with colleagues or visitors;

* Sanitizing stations

***Equal Opportunities for All***

At the MFAH, we believe that diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusivity are fundamental to our organization. We welcome all candidates whose experience has prepared them to contribute to our organization and to our pledge for workplace diversity, inclusion, and excellence.

Our commitment to our policy and practice of nondiscrimination represents more than good intentions. It provides for employment decisions that are made without regard to race, creed, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as established by law or any other reason unrelated to your ability to join and contribute to our organization and support our mission to provide a museum experience for all.

The MFAH is equally committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals interested in employment with the organization. As part of this commitment, we want to ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation needed to 1) participate in the job application or 2) interview process; 3) perform essential job functions; and/or 4) participate in the benefits and privileges of employment with the MFAH. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the human resources department: HR@mfah.org

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