Qualified Florist

Qualified Florist  

Robertson’s Farmgate is a busy, vibrant florist, homewares and nursery who is looking for a motivated Qualified Florist / sales assistant who is enthusiastic, hardworking, reliable, well presented and organised to join our growing business located on the Surfcoast. 

The position will include the following responsibilities:

·      Floristry - made to order service and shop display

·      Customer service in the shop for flowers and homewares enquires

·      Wrapping, pricing, and preparing flowers and homewares for sale 

·      Daily management of flowers and ensuring best practice post-harvest care

·      Stripping and cleaning flowers and foliage

·      Picking, sorting and grading flowers and foliage grown on the property

·      Fulfil and process store, website & phone orders 

·      Customer service including taking orders, providing advice & offering product knowledge.

·      Quality control for all products

·      Assist with management of stock

·      Maintaining cleanliness and safety of work areas

·      Other duties as directed

You will have qualifications and experience in:

·      Fully qualified with at least 2 years’ experience in a similar role

·      Excellent customer service skills

·      Passionate about floristry and plants

·      Exceptional Floristry and plant knowledge, especially post-harvest care

·      Visual merchandising of flowers 

·      Attention and eye for detail

·      Ability to follow directions

·      Be enthusiastic and willing to take on any task necessary

·      Ability to work alone and in a team

·      Enjoy working in a dynamic, fast paced and fun environment

·      Possess a collaborative, mature and inclusive working style reflective of the organisation's values 

·      Experience in POS systems and stock control

·      Highly motivated and excellent communication skills

·      Hold a current Victorian Drivers License

The position is located in Mt Duneed and will be between 10-20 hours per week and will include weekend work. 

• Flexible hours available
• 2-3 years of relevant work experience required for this role
• Working rights required for this role