General Description

The Alaska Raptor Center seeks Gift Shop Assistants for Alaska’s premier raptor treatment center and educational facility, which is also one of the state’s foremost visitor attractions. The Alaska Raptor Center is located on 17 lush acres in the temperate rainforest of Southeast Alaska, nestled between mountains and the sea. We educate over 70,000 visitors each summer.

Responsibilities
-Ensure that our visitors have a positive experience.
-Show customers the locations of items they are looking for and suggest complementary items when appropriate.
-Provide customer service and process transactions in the gift shop.
-Restock shelves when needed to ensure availability of products.
-Prepare and distribute online-ordered merchandise.
-Help and maintain the cleanliness of the gift shop

Qualifications
-Candidates must be conscientious, reliable and punctual.
-Candidates must be enthusiastic, outgoing and have a willingness to work hard.
-Candidates must be able to operate a cash register and provide accurate change to cash-paying customers.
-Candidates must have strong interpersonal communication skills.

Position Type and Duration
-Seasonal full-time (40 hours per week).
-Flexible start date in late April / early May
-Position ends September 30th.

Supervision
The Gift Shop Assistant reports directly to the Operations Manager.

Compensation
-$15.50/hr.
-Shared, furnished, offsite housing will be secured for our seasonal staff. Rent is $300 bi-weekly inclusive of utilities and Wi-Fi.

Please send cover letter, resume, and three references, along with how you heard about the ARC to Meg Smith, Outreach Coordinator at [email protected].