Farm Store Assistant

Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming • Nelsonville, NY

just now • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a dependable, enthusiastic, and food-loving Farm Store Assistant to join our team. The Farm Store Assistant will work alongside the Farm Store and CSA Coordinator to help run the store's everyday operations, creating an enjoyable shopping experience for our customers. The right candidate will have an understanding of food and farm businesses and an ability to work in a fast-paced setting, while maintaining excellent hospitality. Prior experience in retail, particularly food retail, is strongly preferred.

The Glynwood Farm Store is a mission-driven local foods store and retail destination, located in a beautiful setting on Glynwood's working farm and 250-acre, historic property. The Farm Store serves as both a welcome center and gateway to the public (visitors, supporters, customers), as well as a reliable food access point for our community. At the shop, we sell our own grown USDA-Organic vegetables, nose-to-tail cuts of Animal-Welfare-Approved meat, and distinctive products from regional farms.

Requirements

• Ability to provide high-level of customer service
• Confidence in cooking with meat, vegetables, and locally-sourced ingredients
• Have excellent communication and organization skills
• Proficient in Google Suite
• Ability to lift 50 pounds regularly
• Submit weekly timesheets and request time off via online application
• Attend trainings in administrative procedures and safety as required

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in retail, particularly food retail, is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Opening the Store: Stocking shelves, fronting merchandise, creating visually striking displays, keeping a tidy store space, cleaning as necessary.
• Running the Store: Staffing register and processing customer transactions through POS system (Square), greeting customers, mingling with shoppers, educating around Glynwood's organizational work and mission, educating around Farm Store products and sharing culinary knowledge, restocking as needed
• Closing the Store: Restocking shelves, breaking down produce displays and storing produce accordingly, donating leftover perishable product, cleaning as necessary, taking out trash and recycling, closing out of register.
• High level of attention to detail: Helps maintain back-of-house product data and support front-of-house labeling systems, including barcodes, price labels, product signage, and inventory updates.
• Organizing walk-in, maintaining shrink log and assisting with CSA questions and needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed