Retail Floor Assistant

Position Title: Retail Floor Assistant

Department: Ichabod Shop

Advertised Pay: $14.00/hr

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Deadline:  Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by: February 21, 2025.

Position Summary:  Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a multiskilled faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a vibrant learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community, and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Part-time position as a Retail Floor Assistant at the Ichabod Shop. The position primarily provides customer service, operates a cash register, and restocks goods when needed. Provides cross-departmental support where needed. Hours are variable.

Essential Functions:
• Customer Service includes greeting customers, assisting customers with finding the merchandise they are looking for, using suggestive selling, and completing a sale.
• Cash Register and Proper Cash Handling responsibilities include ringing up customers at the cash register on a daily basis. Must be able to operate the different types of cash registers with limited supervision or assistance when at the store and out at events. Be able to count down cash drawer at the end of their register shift timely and accurately. Use proper cash handling procedures at all times, this includes counting back change to customers, checking bills larger than $20 with counterfeit pen, checking for proper ID when accepting checks and credit cards.
• Ichabod Shop responsibilities include arriving on time, greeting customers, knowledge of bookstore merchandise and departments, ability to assist customers find appropriate textbooks for their courses. Adhere to the Ichabod Shop dress code.
• Provide cross-departmental support where needed. Including, Course Materials, Web Fulfillment, Shipping & Receiving, and Merchandising.
• Performs additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate.

Non-Essential Functions:
• May assist with completing the Daily Cash Report if requested.

Required Qualifications:
• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Understanding of US currency and counting cash.
• Knowledge of Microsoft office Retail Management Software.

Physical Requirements:
• Must be able to move a minimum of 25lbs.
• Must be able to stand for long periods.

Hourly, Part-time 
Background Check Required