What are the responsibilities and job description for the Retail Sales Associate position at Alaska Geographic?
Come work for Alaska Geographic, the official nonprofit education and fundraising partner to Alaska's National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, National Forests, and BLM Conservation Lands, creating and delivering exceptional education programs and products through our collaboration with public lands agencies.
Our 30 stores in visitor centers across Alaska are education gateways to Alaska's parks, forests, and refuges. We offer the best books, trail guides, maps, and unique local gifts to enhance and extend the visitor experience. Revenue from our store sales is returned to the public lands to support education programs, stewardship projects, and youth programs.
The Retail Sales Associate is responsible for the daily operations at the Denali National Park and Preserve Alaska Geographic retail store. Housing is available for a small fee.
This position is scheduled to begin work in late April or early May and conclude in late September.
Duties include:
- Providing exceptional customer service to guests, partners, and coworkers.
- Be a positive representative of Alaska Geographic and its Partners to visitors.
- Maintain a positive working relationship with our partner, the National Park Service. Partners are considered our customers and should be treated with the utmost professionalism.
- Working with the sales team to meet or exceed daily/weekly sales goals
- Support Alaska Geographic Donation goals by promoting program benefits to customers and answering questions and working with Alaska Geographic Donation staff as appropriate.
- Proactively stock store shelves and prepare products for sale
- Help monitor product levels on the sales floor, including: work closely with Branch Manager to ensure product stay stocked within acceptable levels, and inventory received/transferred paperwork is done and turned in.
- Use the Square POS system
- Reconcile cash drawers daily
- Practice responsible/approved cash-handling techniques
- Alaska Geographic employees must follow HR policies, guidelines, and procedures as stated in the Employee Manual and Retail Training Manual.
- Other duties as assigned.
The Retail Sales Associate reports to the Branch and Assistant Managers at their location.
Desired skills, licenses:
- Proactively problem solve quickly and implement solutions.
- Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in written form.
- POS system experience preferred.
- Valid driver's license and/or independent mode of transportation.
- Ability to lift boxes weighing up to 15 pounds to a shelf height of 5 feet.
- High School Degree or equivalent required.
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This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by Corporate Managers to perform other instructions and duties. You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description. Management has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason. Alaska Geographic is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: From $18.00 per hour
Expected hours: No more than 40 per week
Benefits:
- Employee discount
Experience:
- Sales Experience: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $18