AddressOur Eco Garden and Home Store is looking for an experienced Casual Retail and Online Store Assistant who is customer-focused, has fantastic attention to detail and is passionate about all things Permaculture and sustainable living.
- Up to 20 hours a week for the right applicant
- Competitive above award hourly rates + Super
- Ability to work on weekends – penalty rates apply
- A great opportunity to work within a small passionate team of people who all actively work to lessen their impact on our planet and educate others to do the same.
- Central location close to Perth City.
Company Overview
We are a bricks-and-mortar store in Victoria Park, Perth, an Online Store, a recycling hub, a community resource, and a small but mighty force for change towards a regenerative future for our planet. Our passion for growing food, composting, and lowering our impact on the Earth formed the foundations of who we are today.
Our products have been thoroughly researched and tested by us to provide the most sustainable, ethical, quality, and local products possible.
Wherever possible products offered are made from natural and compostable materials and ideally supplied in natural and compostable packaging.
Our ultimate goal is to supply products that are home compostable, leaving no trace when they return to the soil at the end of their life.
Our team is passionate about learning and sharing knowledge with our customers and community who want to learn more about sustainable living, composting, permaculture, growing food, creating soil, reducing waste, recycling, and more.
About the Role
The Retail & Online Store Assistant role is primarily to work at our Vic Park Eco and Garden store to assist customers with product information and various queries, sales, receive and replenish store stock, maintain store aesthetics, pack online orders, and maintain products on the inventory and Online Store systems.
The ideal candidate is vibrant with a passion for improving how we impact the Earth in urban environments. They have a sound knowledge of methods (which are in use at home) to live a greener lifestyle. They have growing food, soil improvement and composting know-how and a Permaculture Design Certificate, or be working towards one. If you also enjoy talking with people, have retail experience, happy to assist at events and have competent computer skills, you will be a key member and perfect for our small team.
In return, you will expand your skills in the many and varied aspects of running a small business and managing various software systems. You will also increase your knowledge on sustainability, the latest eco-friendly products and urban food growing design, giving you invaluable experience in an industry that is taking off, as well as expand your networks of similarly minded people, including your colleagues and customers.
Key Selection Criteria
- Understanding of Permaculture Principles and Ethics via a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) or similar qualifications in Horticulture or Landscape Design. Applicants currently working towards their PDC will also be considered.
- Strong PC skills including proficient use of MS Office suite and ability to learn new systems
- Proven retail experience and experience using Point of Sale (POS) systems
- Able to work weekends as required
Desired Experience
- Experience with e-commerce website
- Inventory Systems experience
- Retail Business Skills
- Ability to present at workshops including for local councils, businesses and schools, or industry events such as Garden Festivals
- Experience with social media platforms
Personal Attributes
- Ability to work under pressure, work independently and follow direction
- Excellent communication skills and exemplary personal presentation
- Veggie gardener, composter, passionate about reducing human impact on the earth
- Friendly, approachable and helpful demeanour - happy to engage and share knowledge
- Highly motivated, reliable, and adaptable, with high attention to detail and a love of learning
- Engaging and competent writing skills with good spelling, presentation, and grammar
We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our small team.
