Gift Shop Associate

Children's Museum Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Children's Museum of Houston is seeking seasonal staff for its gift shop. You will ensure attractive displays, provide friendly customer service, and handle cash with accuracy.

Responsibilities include registering sales, stocking merchandise, assisting in the cafe when needed, and training new employees. Flexibility for evenings, weekends, and holidays is required for this seasonal role.

Qualifications

• Must have register experience.
• Able to lift up to 25 lbs repeatedly.
• Ability to stand for extended periods.
• Work in an inside gallery shop environment.
• Flexible schedule including Thursdays, holidays and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Greet visitors, assist with purchases and complete sales transactions.
• Open/close the register and secure cash at closing.
• Stock, price and organize merchandise; manage stockroom cleanliness.
• Maintain store appearance: dust, vacuum, front merchandise and restock.
• Assist in the café when needed (take orders, run food, clean).
• Train new gift shop employees and handle daily paperwork.

Skills

Register experience

Lifting 40% to 70%

Stand for extended time

Inside Gallery Shop conditions

Flexible schedule

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Attention: This posting is for seasonal only.

SUMMARY OF POSITION

We are seeking dynamic and motivating people to work at the Children's Museum of Houston's gift shop. The associate will be responsible for ensuring the visual appearance of the store high standards of customer service and accurate cash handling.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Customer service: greeting each visitor, offering help, and completing sale transactions.
• Register operations: opening, closing, customer transactions, securing money at closing in safe.
• Freight: stocking, pricing, putting overstock in stockroom. Doing a daily pull. Keeping stockrooms clean and in order.
• Store appearance: dusting daily, vacuuming when needed, straightening, fronting and facing merchandise, and keeping items stocked.
• Markdowns: recording on markdown sheet, adjusting inventory in POS, tallying the cost of items.
• Café backup: helping in the café as needed (registering, running food, cleaning, taking orders)
• Count sheets: counting inventory when asked to ensure accurate level.
• Train new employees in all aspects of the gift shop.
• Turn in all paperwork nightly (sign-off sheet, packing slips, coupons, etc.)
• "Sell" to the visitor, not merely a "hi may I help you" and ignore them when they say "no, just looking"
• Year-end inventory
• Other duties as assigned/needed

Please note that duties in addition to the ones you have listed above may be assigned.

The list above contains the Essential Functions of the job & may not be altered without changing the basic purpose and objectives of the position:

EDUCATION REQUIRED

High school diploma or equivalent.

SKILLS REQUIRED

• Register experience
• Frequent light lifting, 40% to 70% of the time over 5lbs. to 25lbs.
• Ability to stand for extended time
• Inside Gallery Shop conditions for the majority of work time
• Available to work late on Thursday for Free Family Night, some holidays, and weekends - a very flexible schedule.

PHYSICAL DEMAND

Manual Effort Applied Percent of On-the-Job Time

Manual Effort is Applied (Check one)

__ Negligible Lifting up to 1 lb __ Rare Up to 15% of work time

__ Very Light Lifting over 1 lb & up to 5 lbs __ Occasional Over 15% & up to 40%

_X Light Lifting over 5 lbs & up to 25 lbs __ Frequent Over 40% & up to 70%

__ Average Lifting over 25 lbs & up to 60 lbs __ Continuous Over 70% of work time

__ Heavy Lifting over 60 lbs

Must be able to stand for long periods.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Inside of Greater Houston Metropolitan Area

_X_No travel required

___Travel is a routine, regular part of job; less than 25% of working time

__ Travel time is equal to or greater than 25% and less than 50%

__ Travel time is equal to or greater than 50%

Outside of Greater Houston Metropolitan Area

__ No travel required

__ Travel is a routine, regular part of job; less than 25% of working time

__ Travel time is equal to or greater than 25% and less than 50%