Position Title: Ichabod Shop Event Assistant (FWS)
Department: Ichabod Shop
Advertised Pay: 11.00
Campus Location: Washburn University
Position Summary:
The Event Assistant works in the Ichabod Shop’s merchandise department and also works directly with the Merchandise Buyer and Management team to work at events.
About Washburn University:
Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.
Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.
Essential Functions:
Customer Service includes greeting customers, assisting customers with finding the merchandise they are looking for, using suggestive selling, and closing a sale. Cash Register and Proper Cash Handling responsibilities include ringing up customers at the cash register on a daily basis. Must be able to operate the different types of cash registers with limited supervision or assistance when at the store and
out at events. Be able to count down cash drawer at the end of their register shift timely and accurately. Use proper cash handling procedures at all times, this includes counting back change to customers, checking bills larger than $20 with counterfeit
pen, checking for proper ID when accepting checks and credit cards. Ichabod Shop responsibilities include arriving on time, greeting customers, knowledge of bookstore merchandise and departments, ability to assist customers find appropriate textbooks for their courses. Adhere to the Ichabod Shop dress code.
Event responsibilities include:
• arriving with enough time to set up booth prior to event starting
• packing bookstore tubs according to pack list and event demands
• setting up a display for customers to shop
• working independently and securing merchandise at the end of the event
• transporting cash according to procedures
• unpacking the merchandise after event is over
• communicating sales and customer requests to buyer
• maintaining Bod Shop at the Bowl
Performs additional job related duties as assigned
Availability: Store hours, with some nights until 7pm, sporting game days which
include Saturdays, Sundays, and evenings until 9pm. Sample listing of events this
position could be working:
• Back to School periods
• Alumni events (Friday nights till 7:30 pm)
• Graduation events (evening till 10 pm)
• Football, Soccer, Volleyball, and Basketball game days
• Author events
• Sidewalk sales and other bookstore sales
Required Qualifications:
Must be a student currently enrolled at Washburn University
Minimum of 1 month cash handling experience
Understanding of US currency and counting cash
Physical Requirements:
Must be able to move a minimum of 25lbs, and able to stand for long periods.
Preferred Qualifications:
Previous college bookstore experience
3 months of retail experience
Experience using a touch screen register
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Hourly
Background Check Required