Budtender Part Time

COWLITZ INDIAN TRIBE; Ridgefield (WA); On-site; USD 23,196 - 33,037; Part time

Job summary

Cowlitz Indian Tribe is seeking a part-time Budtender in Ridgefield, WA. The role involves assisting customers, recommending cannabis products based on effects and usage, processing payments, and maintaining a clean, compliant dispensary environment.

Responsibilities include keeping digital menus updated, handling inventory, and ensuring age verification and safety guidelines are followed. Weekend and evening shifts are required.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail with cannabis budtending preferred.
• Ability to explain products, effects, and safe usage to customers.
• Ability to process cash transactions accurately and securely.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and provide exceptional service.
• Explain cannabis products and recommend suitable options.
• Handle cash, dispense correct change, and issue receipts.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

POS system

Cannabis knowledge

Communication

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Point-of-Sale system

Job description

Level: Entry

Job Location: Ridgefield, WA 98642

Position Type: Part Time

Salary Range: $20.41 - $20.41 Hourly

POSITION TITLE: Part-Time Budtender

DEPARTMENT: Cannabis Dispensary

LOCATION: Ridgefield, Washington

REPORTS TO: General Manager

STATUS: Hourly; Part-Time

WAGE RANGE: $20.41 per hour + tips

SCHEDULE: The work week will include working on both Saturday & Sunday, and evenings (e.g., 2:00 pm - 10:30 pm or 4:00 pm -12:30 am).

CLOSING DATE: open until closed.

If you are an American Indian/Alaska Native and/or a Veteran and would like this to be considered a preference in hiring, please upload documentation with your resume and cover letter. Acceptable documentation includes Tribal Enrollment card, a letter from your Tribe stating your enrollment, or BIA 4432 and/or DD214.

Position Summary

Under the direct supervision of the General Manager, provides and recommends appropriate cannabis-related products based on effects and usage, and performs cash register and currency transactions for the Cannabis Dispensary. Creates an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Honors and represents the mission, vision, and values of the Cannabis Dispensary.

This list of duties and responsibilities is illustrative only of the tasks performed by this position and is not all-inclusive.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Collects payment, dispenses accurate change, and provides customers with purchase receipts for cannabis products; handles refunds and exchanges of products.
• Utilizes a Point-of-Sale system to maintain customer transactions.
• Always maintains the security of all funds in the register, including making timely cash drops to maintain the cash drawer below the maximum level of funds; secures monies and financial transactions in the safe.
• Completes opening and closing responsibilities, ensuring adherence to specified procedures.
• Updates digital menus and tools; conducts inventory; ensures that the sales floor is adequately stocked.
• Maintains the cleanliness and organization of all store areas in accordance with established policies, procedures, and health and sanitation regulations.
• Exhibits a professional appearance, greets customers in a welcoming and professional manner, and maintains a friendly, cheerful, and courteous demeanor at all times.
• Communicates clearly and openly with customers; explains and educates customers on different types of cannabis-related products, including effects and safe usage; and advises customers on suitable cannabis products based on the customers’ needs, preferences, budget, and personal reactions to different strains of cannabis.
• Adheres to budtending procedures, ensuring not to exceed daily limits per patient or recreational customer.
• Correctly weighs, packages, and labels cannabis products.
• Verifies identification and legal age for all customers.
• Maintains current knowledge of all dispensary products and stays abreast of developments in cannabis laws, industry trends, and products.
• Coordinates with Assistant Manager and Inventory Coordinator to ensure compliance with all dispensary procedures; ensures current compliance with all tribal rules and regulations and with all legal and statutory requirements.
• Addresses customer complaints, concerns, and questions and refers them to the supervisor as appropriate.
• Contributes to a team effort and accomplishes related results as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of traditional form of government and tribal customs and traditions.
• Knowledge of cannabis products and strains, medicinal benefits, methods of consumption, and effects of products.
• Knowledge of business English, proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, and basic arithmetic.
• Skill in treating internal and external customers with tact, courtesy, and respect.
• Skill in operating various word-processing, spreadsheets, and database software programs in a Windows environment.
• Skill in operating a cash register.
• Ability to adapt to new rules, regulations, products, systems, and team members.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to interact and maintain good working relationships with individuals of varying social and cultural backgrounds; ability to present a professional, positive demeanor with customers and staff.
• Ability to communicate efficiently and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment.
• Ability to be reliable, prompt, and honest.

QualificationsMinimum Qualifications

• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• High School Diploma/GED.
• One year of retail experience with cannabis budtending experience preferred.
• Experience working with a point-of-sale system and processing cash transactions is preferred.
• Must be able to successfully pass a background screening/investigation according to the established requirements below.

Background Investigation Requirements

• Pre-employment drug screen (marijuana is excluded).
• Reference checks, education, and employment verification.
• State, and/or tribal criminal history checks.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands or arms, and talk or hear. The employee occasionally is required to climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include clarity of vision at close distances.

Work Environment

Work is generally performed indoors in a retail setting, under artificial lighting, where employees may have frequent contact with the public. Exposure to dust, fumes, chemicals, airborne particles, and secondhand smoke. Employee is required to stand for eight or more hours. Extended work hours, including evenings, holidays, and weekends, are required. Tight time constraints and multiple demands are common.