Grocery Market Clerk Key Holder

**As a Market Clerk/Key Holder at Quest Outreach Society, you will help serve Quest Client Communities and support Grocery Market activities. If you’re a creative and driven individual, and carry a passion for food security, then this is the job for you**

**About Quest**

Quest Outreach Society exists to disrupt the cycle of poverty through access to healthy and affordable food. By bridging the gap between food banks and traditional grocery stores, Quest provides a grocery experience based on principles of dignity, access, and sustainability. Quest believes in a grocery model that simultaneously supports community while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A leader in redistribution, we work to actively redirect healthy, good food that would otherwise end up in the landfill and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Almost all of Quest’s food is donated by local food partners from across British Columbia and delivered across our five Lower Mainland markets at reduced cost to our client communities. Quest’s five grocery markets are located in Burnaby, Surrey, North Vancouver, East Vancouver, and the Downtown Eastside.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Take care of our people.
- Get the right product at the right time to our clients.
- Create safe and beautiful spaces.
- Recognize our supporters.
- Be recognized as leading experts in food security.

**Reporting to the Market Manager, the Market Clerk/Key Holder is responsible for**:
**Key Holder Role**:

- Opening and closing duties of the Market location
- Recording day-end totals and bank deposits
- Ensuring employees work safely
- Supporting management and leadership in the market as required
- Assuming Market leadership in lieu of the market manager when they are unavailable, away sick or on vacation

**Customer Service**:

- Greet and welcome all Quest clients
- Facilitate client shopping: explain, show, demonstrate and assist
- Suggest products, point out specials, bring attention to promotions and sales

**Financial Transactions**:

- Tally shopper totals, receive money and make accurate change
- Complete documentation, give receipts and provide documentation for payment
- Understand Quest policies and procedures for each type of payment the Market accepts
- Submit daily transactions, money and documentation

**Preparation and Cleanliness of Grocery Market**:

- Ensure Market is free of packaging, boxes, pallets, etc.
- Ensure produce, bread, freezer, fridge and shelf displays are full and clean
- Ensure Market is swept, mopped and clear of debris
- Ensure shopping baskets, bags and other items are available
- Ensure Market is free of pests reporting any evidence of activity to the Market Manager

**Create and Maintain Food Displays**:

- Sort and refresh the produce display daily
- Arrange and maintain display shelves
- Create presentation and promotional displays as directed

**Maintain Stock and Display Stock Levels**:

- Arrange stock in visually appealing, functional and accessible ways
- Maintain and refresh the display stock levels as required

**Maintain Current Pricing and Signage**:

- Ensure Quest pricing is followed as directed by the Market Manager
- Maintain signage
- Create new signage as required

**Other Tasks/Assignments**:

- Participate in training and workshop opportunities as required and directed by Quest Senior Management
- Willing to undertake special projects as required

**Required Skills and Experience**:

- Understand Quest’s non-profit grocery market model
- A team player with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to interact effectively with the general public
- Able to take direction and initiative
- Excellent time management skills with analytical and decision making abilities
- Able to lift 25 lbs. repeatedly

**Nice-to-Have-But-Not-Required**
- Post-secondary education or training that supports the skills and expertise required
- Previous experience in the grocery or retail sector

**Compensation & Commitment**

This position is based at our Hastings Market in Vancouver.

The hourly wage is $19.40.

**Shifts are Tuesday to Saturday 10am-6 pm**

**To apply**:

- Your resume

If there are any accommodations we can provide to make our hiring process more accessible, or if you have ideas for improving our hiring process, please reach out to us directly. We'd be happy to do our best to set you up for success.

**After You Apply**:
**Thank you for your interest in working with Quest**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $19.40 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Vision care

Shift:

- 8 hour shift

Work days:

- Every Weekend

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-11-13