Inventory Clerk, Shop Garden

Inventory Clerk, Shop in the Garden page is loaded## Inventory Clerk, Shop in the Garden locations:
UBC Vancouver Campus - Vancouver, BC, Canada time type:
Part time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
JR23660

Staff - Union### ##
** Job Category
** CUPE 116## Job Profile

CUPE 116 Hourly - Stores Assistant### ##
** Job Title
** Inventory Clerk, Shop in the Garden### ##
** Department
* * Administrative Support | Botanical Garden and Centre for Horticulture### ##
** Compensation Range**$22.72 - $24.00 CAD Hourly### ##
** Posting End Date
** February 25, 2026
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* Note:

** Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.
** Job End Date
** March 31, 2027

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students.

Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.
** Vision and Mission – UBC Botanical Garden
** Vision: UBC Botanical Garden’s living plant collections, landscapes and people inspire communities, ideas and actions for a resilient, biodiverse world.

Mission: UBC Botanical Garden’s foundational work in documented plant collections, innovative horticulture and engaging education invites curiosity and learning. We connect communities with science through research, exceptional visitor experiences and academic service. We conserve biodiversity, demonstrate sustainable practices and provide spaces to encourage health and wellbeing.
** Job Summary
** The primary focus of this position is customer service, receiving and inventorying all shipments to the Shop in the Garden, as well as ensuring that the inventory is well maintained and well organized in the point-of-sale system (Shopify). A strong understanding and passion for plants, botanical gardens and curiosity to learn are all vital elements in providing excellent experiences for all of UBC Botanical Garden's visitors.

This position is part-time and has flexible hours, averaging 12 hours per week.

** Organizational Status
** The Inventory Clerk reports to the Associate Director, Administration, and works closely with the HR and Administrative Specialist, the Shop Staff and Friends of the Garden Volunteers to ensure the successful operations of the Shop in the Garden at UBC Botanical Garden.

** Work Performed
** o   Receives, prices and barcodes inventory, including verifying received stock goods, preparing and affixing labels and/or barcodes to stock, shelves and inventory stockroom.o   Enters inventory in retail point of sales system, Shopify.o   Ensures stockroom shelves are well stocked, organized and goods are labeled. General organization of stock/shelves throughout the Shop in the Garden, including moving and unpacking of shipments.o   Tracks sales of goods and assists in ordering replacement of retail goods.o   

Acts as first point of contact and responds to incoming phone calls, emails and handles forwarding to appropriate buyer and/or Garden employee.o   Greets and serves customers, handles customer requests for special order items, prepares and records sales using point of sales system.o   May be asked to instruct and/or train other Shop staff.o   Recommends and implements projects or system changes to make improvements to the inventory and purchasing of Shop retail items.o   

Carries out any other related duties as necessary in keeping with the requirements of the job.o   Performs physical inventory counts/cycle counts and related inventory data entry tasks in Shopify and Stocky point of sales system.o   Collaborates on drafting processes and procedures within the Garden.o   Ensures that software and hardware are in working order and escalates issues for resolution.o   Maintains accuracy of inventory database, adding new vendors and discontinuing lapsed vendors.o   

Contributes to expanding Garden Branded product lines.o   Ensures that any updates to point of sales system are relayed to Garden cashiers, including addressing discounted items, and changes to the look/feel of…