Primary tasks and responsibilities include:

• Overseeing, managing, and scheduling part-time worker-members
• Ensuring the overall functioning of the store, including (but not limited to):
  • addressing customer complaints
  • working the till
  • general store maintenance
  • processing books as they arrive and pricing them
  • placing orders, completing book returns, communicating with suppliers
  • communicating with professors
  • inventory management
• Organizing events, including semesterly used book sales
• In coordination with the Finance Coordinator, performing sales analyses and commenting on general sales trends
• Liasing with the Board of Directors, including presenting a monthly staff report and implementing Board directives
• Generally doing what needs to be done for the store!

Requirements: The ideal candidate will…

• Have experience working in a retail environment
• Have management experience
• Have exceptional organizational skills and/or project management experience
• Have excellent communications skills and good people skills more generally
• Have good problem-solving skills
• Be self-motivated
• Be able to deal with problems that arise during stressful situations/be able to work under pressure
• Have a familiarity with Mac computers, as well as Microsoft Office (Excel especially) and Google Drive
• Share similar values with the Co-op’s mission and mandate and be committed to upholding those values in the workplace, including: not-for-profit business models and other alternatives to capitalism; left/radical politics; social justice, including issues affecting oppressed groups including (but not limited to): people of colour, women, queer people, trans people, and people with disabilities
• Be willing to give a lot of time, energy, and love to the Co-op and its membership!

Assets: It would also be great if the candidate had…

• A Bachelor’s degree or other experience as a student in post-secondary education
• Experience with Lightspeed OnSite
• Experience working in a bookstore, library, or other book-related field
• Spoken & written French (intermediary)
• The ability to lift and carry boxes up to 30lbs
• Experience working with/knowledge of Concordia University and its communities
• Experience with non-profits, not-for-profits, community organizations, or other alternative business models

Salary: 16,50$ per hour at 32 hours a week

Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, and will begin Monday, July 29th.

Deadline to submit applications is Wednesday, July 31st at 5:00PM.

To apply: Please fill out this form

For more information on anything about this application, you can contact Naj or Linzey at 514-848-7445 or email us at finance.coopbookstore@gmail.com