Union Square Children's Bookseller

Union Square Full Time Children's Bookseller

Department: USQ Sales Floor

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Union Square

Reporting To: Floor Managers (various)

Compensation: $17.50 / hour

Job Type: Full Time, Non-Exempt Bargaining Unit

Reports to: Floor Managers (various)

Location: 828 Broadway, Strand’s flagship location in Union Square

Schedule: This position will be scheduled for 40 hours, 5 days per week including both Saturday and Sunday. We are currently in search of candidates willing to work all closing shifts. At Strand’s location in Union Square, closing shifts are from 12:15PM-9:15PM.

As a bookseller in our Children’s Department, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and organizing our extensive inventory of books. You will assist patrons with their purchases and provide book-in-hand customer service, always doing your best to track down the right book for the right customer.

Please note: Booksellers in our Children’s Department work on the 2nd Floor of the Strand’s flagship location. While we are in search of booksellers with extensive knowledge and passion for children’s books, please be aware that this bookseller will provide coverage in other areas of the store as well as needed, particularly in our Art Department.

• Maintain and organize inventory on shelves, ensuring that the stacks are neat, organized and alphabetical whenever possible.
• Shelving in sections as delegated and depending on wherever the priorities might be.
• Practice book-in-hand delivery to guarantee that customers receive the items they are looking for and make recommendations to customers as much as possible.
• Complete recovery and other maintenance tasks across the floor as necessary, including but not limited to: tidying up tables of books and displays of merchandise, sweeping and cleaning behind information desks and registers, keeping workstations clean and tidy, taking out trash, bringing our clearance carts in and out of the building at the beginning and end of the day, etc.
• Process POS (point of sale) transactions, completing them accurately and efficiently.
• Assisting other departments with work as needed (i.e. helping in set up or break down of events, helping with inventory or web orders as directed, the pricing and receiving of used books).

• Must be able to complete tasks with speed, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to lift, pull, push and carry items or merchandise weighing up to and greater than 50 lbs. (including our clearance carts of books which line the exterior of the store).
• Comfortable standing for long periods of time, including up to a full 8-hour shift.
• Can be trusted to work independently while also maintaining a sense of urgency and concentration as needed.
• Must be flexible and solution based.
• Comfortable working with computers.
• Available to work 40 hours, 5 days per week.
• Weekend shifts are a requirement for this position.
• Must be comfortable working with and alongside children and their families/caretakers.
• A love of books, with a special appreciation for children’s literature.

• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
• 401(k)
• Union membership*
• Commuter Benefits
• A dangerous store discount

* Full Time Booksellers at Strand are a unionized workforce. Those hired for this position will be on track to membership with U.A.W., local chapter 2179.