About us
Our mission is to help reduce the effort it takes to reduce waste in your daily life. We provide a wide variety of low-waste & plastic-free home goods, refillable soaps & cleaners, a selection of sustainably made crafts from local artists, and more! We know everyone's lifestyle is different, so we aim to offer a way for anyone to make simple changes that can have a big impact.
As a young small business, we are looking for someone who is adaptable, great at problem solving, and excited about the opportunity to help us develop our store, brand, and culture.
What You’ll Do
- Provide a welcoming, friendly, and helpful experience for all customers
- Efficiently operate our refill station and complete customer transactions
- Become an expert on low waste methods and our products
- Maintain a fully-stocked, clean, organized storefront and storage room
- Uphold our commitment to sustainability in all store operations
- Keep our digital inventory databases updated
- Help us reach and engage the community
- Help promote the business on social media
- Perform occasional local pickups from vendors, recycling drop-offs, or other errands
- Other duties as assigned. We are a small family business, and all employees will need to help out in all areas. You’ll need to be willing and able to occasionally handle everything from managing a busy shop full of varied customer requests by yourself, to cleaning the bathrooms, to creating product displays or social media posts, to spending an entire day running errands or organizing the stock room, etc.
What We Need
- Positive mindset and enthusiastic approach to your work
- Self-motivated and proactive problem solver
- Familiarity with low-waste lifestyle and products
- Ability to communicate clearly with customers and associates in person and via e-mail & telephone
- Availability to consistently work for at least some portion of each day from Tuesday-Saturday
- Adaptable to changing and varied needs of a small business
- Able to lift 35 lbs
- Must be at least 18 years old
What We Value
- Sincere interest in long term growth with the company
- Experience in retail or other directly related field
- Passion for sustainability and long-term experience with low-waste methods and products
- Crafty and artistic enough to create signage and displays in the store from leftover packaging
- Comfortability with social media
- Skill with spreadsheets
- Experience and comfort with online databases or web design
- Spanish language skills
- Access to a vehicle
Why You’ll Love It
- Consistent hours with flexibility when needed
- Help shape direction of the business
- Help your community reduce waste
- Open at 10am, closed by 6pm
- Closed on Sundays, Mondays, and Holidays
Position Type
Part Time
$16.00 per hour
Saturday availability is mandatory. Amount of weekly hours is negotiable.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $16.00 per hour
Expected hours: 6 – 20 per week
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Shift:
Weekly day range:
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: In person