What are the responsibilities and job description for the Floral Team Member Seasonal - Easthampton position at RIVER VALLEY MARKET LLC?
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Description
River Valley Co-op Our Mission: River Valley Co-op staff members are all empowered ambassadors for our cooperative’s mission of creating a just marketplace that nourishes the community.
Cooperative values and the larger cooperative movement inspire us to work together for a more sustainable and just future. As a team, we work to leverage our grocery retail's economic impact for positive social change in the food system, our environment, and our community. We are committed to social justice and developing our anti-racism and multicultural skills throughout our organization.
Our cooperatively-owned business values working together in partnership with our local food producers, other vendors and service providers, community organizations, employees, and our customers to serve our community food needs in ways that sustainably support our mutual needs and aspirations. We prioritize building and sustaining our business operations capacity to generate positive impacts for our employees, business partners, customers, local economy, the common good of our community, and the environment.
Our friendly store operations specializing in fresh, local, organically grown, and natural foods, builds community resilience and grows our local economy. We work hard and have fun doing it, act with honesty, kindness, and respect, and strive to improve every day.
Position: FLORAL TEAM MEMBER SEASONAL
Requires open availability, including evenings and weekends.
Status: Reports to Produce Managers
Pay Level: II, non-exempt.
Location: Easthampton, MA
Purpose: To assist the floral department in maintaining healthy happy plants while providing prompt, friendly, and helpful customer service.
Responsibilities
- Assist customers with product questions.
- Offer suggestions for the purchase in a friendly, courteous manner.
- Receive floral deliveries; check for damage, quality, and accuracy.
- Maintain floral displays; trim, hydrate, and display fresh cut flowers; water and maintain outdoor plant starts; water and maintain indoor houseplants.
- Ensure accurate pricing and signage of products.
ALL STAFF DUTIES
- Attend department and storewide meetings.
- Perform other tasks assigned by the Produce Managers.
Qualifications
- Familiarity/knowledge and experience with floral and plants.
- The ability to lift 40 pounds continuously.
- Ability and willingness to work in hot/dry/wet and cold/dry/wet conditions; both inside and outside.
- Ability to self-supervise and make decisions when needed.
- Ability to stand for a long period.
- Ability to project a friendly, outgoing personality.
- Experience serving the public.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends.
- Regular, predictable attendance.
River Valley Co-op is an equal opportunity employer encouraging excellence through diversity.
Qualifications
Salary : $18 - $21
