Temporary Sales Manager – City of Somerville – Mobile Farmers Market
Position Description:
The City of Somerville seeks a Temporary Sales Manager for The Somerville Mobile Farmers’ Market. The market is led by The Office of Food Access and Healthy Communities (OFAHC) within the City of Somerville’s Health and Human Services Department. The market supports OFAHC’s mission to improve equitable access to healthy, affordable food.
Employment Details: Dates of Hire: June 21st – October 21st Market Schedule: July 8th – October 15th, Fridays 9:00AM-6:00PM and Saturdays 8:45AM-4:30PM. Must be available to work a minimum of 13 out of the 15 market weekends.
Pay: $17.50/hour, 16-16.5 hours a week. Not benefit eligible.
Essential Functions:
• Serve as lead cashier
• Keep cash, receipts, and sales data organized at the market for easy reconciliation after the market
• Spot-check and reconcile cash after each market site to limit discrepancies
• Supervise other volunteers and staff at the check-out counter
o Assign roles for weighing of produce, bagging of produce, and more as necessary
o Keep check-out processes streamlined
• Provide excellent customer service and ensure a positive, dignified shopping experience for customers
• Help market manager with accounting and sales reconciliation when necessary
• Help market manager adapt mobile market model to adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols, when applicable. • Other related market duties as assigned by their supervisor
• Not required, but ability to drive market van a plus. Safety Sensitive Position.
Recommended Minimum Qualifications:
• Comfortable and confident with leadership and delegation roles
• Cash Management
• Experience with point-of-sale technology
• Customer service experience
Desired Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills:
Knowledge: Retail or customer service; understanding of food systems, environmental racism and justice, and issues of equity and oppression; awareness of and sensitivity to cultural and linguistic diversity; produce knowledge (cooking, farming, health, etc.)
Abilities: Flexibility; working with many types of people; teamwork; comfort driving van preferred Skills: Accounting; technology and computer literacy to learn and utilize Square, Excel, and debit/credit/EBT card processing software; bilingual or multilingual skills preferred
Work Environment:
Work requires some agility and physical strength, such as standing or walking most of the work period. This work requires lifting heavy objects and carrying them. There may be need to stretch and reach to retrieve materials. Usually, the work will require extended physical effort over a significant portion of the work day. Duties generally do not present occupational risk. Injury could occur, however, through employee failure to properly follow safety precautions or procedures. Examples of injury include bruises from falls, cuts or burns, or muscular strains from lifting, pushing or carrying heavy equipment or work materials. May be exposed to wet/humid conditions, extreme temperatures, oils, moving mechanical parts, and/or potentially hazardous agents/chemicals. May be exposed to elevated noise levels.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the position’s essential functions.
Physical Skills Work effort principally involves standing, reaching, bending and walking to perform work tasks, with intermittent periods of sitting. May be required to lift and carry up to 50 pounds, and push/pull up to 95 pounds.
Motor Skills Must be able to frequently talk/listen, grasp, push, reach, stoop/kneel/crouch, and use repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement. Must be able to regularly move and operate mechanical equipment. Minimal motor skills are also required for activities such as operating a telephone, personal computer and/or office equipment. Visual Skills Visual demands include clarity of vision, three-dimensional vision, precise hand-eye coordination, and ability to identify and distinguish colors. Employee will also require visual skills to constantly read documents for general understanding and analytical purposes.
City of Somerville residents are especially encouraged to apply.
The City of Somerville is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability or any other protected category. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Auxiliary aids and services, written materials in alternative formats, and reasonable modifications in policies and procedures will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities free of charge, upon request.
[Part-Time (Hourly)] Hourly Rate: 0-17.5
Schedule Requirements:
Fridays 9:00am – 6:00pm
Saturdays 8:45am – 4:30pm
June 21st-October 15th
Minimum Requirements:
Recommended Minimum Qualifications:
• Comfortable and confident with leadership and delegation roles
• Cash Management
• Experience with point-of-sale technology
• Customer service experience
Level of English Required: Intermediate
How to Apply:
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