Casual Stock and Sales Officer

Art Gallery of New South Wales; Sydney; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney CBD NSW seeks a customer‑focused retail assistant to sell art books, merchandise and publications across our outlets. You will assist with restocking, displays and process web orders, while handling cash with care and ensuring a welcoming customer experience.

The role offers a casual, hourly rate with loadings and weekend penalties. At least two years in retail, preferably with book selling, and experience with a digital POS are required.

Qualifications

• At least two years’ experience in a busy retail environment, preferably with book selling experience.
• Experience using a digital point of sale system.
• Previous responsibility for retail cash handling.

Responsibilities

• Provide high level customer service while selling specialist art books, AGNSW merchandise and publications as well as giftware, homewares and personal accessories across retail outlets.
• Carry out general retail duties: restocking, store display, cash handling, banking and processing web orders.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

POS system experience

Tools

POS software

Job description

Art Gallery of New South Wales – Sydney CBD NSW

Casual hourly rate $40.81 + loadings and weekend penalties

Established in 1871, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is located in Sydney’s The Domain adjacent to the Royal Botanic Garden and near the Central Business District, the Gallery acknowledges the original custodians of this land – the Gadigal people.

The Art Gallery attracts around 2.6 million visitors annually and runs Australia’s largest education program with over 90,000 student and teacher visits per year.

With our expanded campus the Art Gallery has a new state-of-the-art building located next to our existing and much-loved building. Providing us with close to double the exhibition space, the expanded Art Gallery enables us to share more art with more people and provide more family, learning and educational programming for all our audiences.

We are seeking diverse, collaborative, supportive and brilliant individuals to work alongside our existing talent and build on our rich history to create an even more inspiring Art Gallery for the future.

For more information about the Gallery and our future, please visit our website www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.

About the Role

To provide a high level of customer service whilst selling specialist art books, AGNSW merchandise and publications as well as giftware, homewares and personal accessories. Carry out general retailing duties including re-stocking, store display, cash handling, banking and processing web orders in all retail outlets across the Art Gallery.

Part of the assessment process may include additional online capability testing, skills testing or work samples in accordance with the Government Sector Employment Act 2013, therefore you may be contacted to participate.

What Technical/Soft Skills you require

At least two years’ experience in a busy retail environment, preferably with book selling experience.

Experience using a digital point of sale system.

Previous responsibility for retail cash handling.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and flexible workplace and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTIQA+, people with a disability and other diversity groups.

We strive to achieve an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to the recruitment team via ***********@ag.nsw.gov.au. You can also view our diversity and inclusion strategic frameworkhere.

Pre-employment checks are a critical part of our recruitment process and can include reference checks, working with children checks, criminal history checks, medical assessments, as well as various other checks to ensure your suitability for the role. It should be noted that discretion may be granted from the Art Gallery for those with a background check record. This is dependent on the role, its requirements, and the impact it has on the Art Gallery as a whole. A risk assessment will be carried out before a determination is made in this regard. Any criminal record information is kept in the strictest confidence, is not placed on an applicant's personal file, and is destroyed within very strict timeframes.