Seasonal PartTime Cashier Weekends

Lifestyles for the Disabled Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a vibrant team at an exciting seasonal position as a Concessions Cashier at a popular zoo. This role involves providing exceptional customer service, taking orders, and ensuring a clean and welcoming environment for guests. You will engage with visitors, handle transactions, and contribute to a positive experience at the Zoo Café. If you thrive in fast-paced settings and enjoy working with the public, this opportunity is perfect for you. Bring your cheerful demeanor and can-do attitude to help create memorable moments for families visiting the zoo during the summer months.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Effective communication skills and a team player attitude.

Responsibilities

• Provide friendly and efficient service to zoo visitors.
• Handle cashier duties, including processing payments and taking orders.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of work areas.

Skills

Customer Service

Interpersonal Communication

Team Collaboration

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Tools

POS System

Job description

We currently have a seasonal part-time cashier opening at our Zoo Café on the weekends from May through August. You will be responsible for processing and receiving payments and issuing receipts to customers as they leave with their purchases. Cashiers also handle additional items necessary, such as taking orders, while providing an excellent customer service experience.

THE ROLE

The Concessions Cashier is responsible for providing quick, friendly and efficient service to the Staten Island Zoo visitors. The Concessions Cashier position entails a variety of duties. These duties include cashiering, hot and cold beverage service, cold food preparation, concession snack item service, stocking of refrigerators and shelves, buffet set up and maintenance for events and cleanliness and sanitation duties of the work area and dining space.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Obsessed with client satisfaction, asking, “How can I exceed your expectations today?”
• Approaches all tasks with a “can-do” attitude
• Presents a cheerful, positive manner
• Shows initiative and takes action with an appropriate level of independence
• Greets all guests both internal and external and a warm and friendly manner.
• Demonstrates a complete understanding of daily menu items and explain same to customers accurately
• Demonstrates complete understanding of department policies and procedures
• Offers the highest level of customer service to internal and external guests
• Relays relevant comments received from customers directly to supervisor
• Maintains a professional attitude and appearance
• Complies with sanitary practices for food handling, general cleanliness and maintenance of kitchen and/or serving areas
• Greets customers and takes their orders by entering in POS system, computes and collects method of payment
• Checks orders to ensure that guest is receiving a complete and correct order
• Collects payment from guest and makes change

QUALIFICATIONS

• Able to work weekends
• Able to work under pressure
• Effective interpersonal and oral communication skills
• Team Player
• Practice safe work habits, follow all safety policies and procedures and regulations, complete company-wide safety training and additional job specific safety training