About this role
Come join our incredible Retail team!
Here's our Current Opening:
Position: Back to School Sales Associate – Temporary Contract
Division: Retail
Positions are available at all store locations, on the St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough campuses – you are applying for a position at the Scarborough* UTSC Campus.
*Paid parking is available on campus as well as access to public transportation.
Here's what you'll be doing ….
We are looking for energetic, outgoing customer service staff who will help us deliver an excellent customer experience. We are planning to hire approximately 100 people across all our store locations for our busy back-to-school RUSH and have a variety of positions available including Floor Staff, Cashiers, and Web Orders Staff from mid-August to late September.
Available shifts will range from 15 to 35 hours per week – including mornings, evenings, and weekends. Hourly rate $18.25.
When completing the online application, be sure to complete the section noting your days/hours of availability for the month of September.
Key Responsibilities:
• Greet and interact with customers both in person and online
• Help students find their course books, school supplies and other merchandise
• Pick merchandise for web orders
• Answer questions, ensuring customers have the information they need
• Operate a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, confidently handling all forms of payment
• Unpack boxes, stocking shelves, and merchandising products
Here's who we are looking for:
• Thoroughly enjoy interacting with people and helping them find what they are looking for
• Hardworking, energetic, positive outlook
• Thrive in a busy environment, comfortable with learning and working in a fast-paced work space
• Dependable - arrive on time for all shifts
• Previous customer service experience is an asset
• Move/lift/handle cartons/product weighing up to 15 kg
• Intellectual curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning is highly valued - a growth mindset
• Values matter to you. You bring your whole self to work and you live our values to be the trusted collaborator, lead with intention and ingenuity, and empower many views and voices
About our Retail team
The U of T Bookstore provides many important goods and services to the University of Toronto community. We operate four stores across the three U of T campuses (St. George, Mississauga, Scarborough, and Faculty of Law) and a large online shop that ships Canada-wide and internationally. We offer a wide selection of course materials including new, used, digital, and custom course pack options, all competitively priced with a student budget in mind. We also carry U of T–branded clothing and merchandise, gifts, trade books, technology products, school supplies, and more.
About University of Toronto Press
University of Toronto Press (UTP) is one of the largest university presses in North America, publishing landmark scholarship since 1901. Each year UTP releases over 200 new scholarly, course, and general interest books in both print and eBook format and over 45 journals. In addition, UTP manages the distribution for over 200 publishers and imprints in Canada, the US and around the world, with warehouses in Toronto ON and Buffalo NY. UTP also runs all of the University of Toronto Bookstores across the three main campuses, serving over 95,000 students and 15,000 faculty. For more information, please visit utorontopress.com.
As the leading university press in Canada and one of the largest in North America, we acknowledge our role and responsibility in effecting positive change. With this, we seek to continuously improve the diversity and representation of our publications and the clients we represent, as well as within the makeup of our organization. With strong commitment from leadership, we are collectively bringing forward change across the organization, both within our company culture and in our publishing, distribution, and retail endeavours. UTP operates with mutual trust, respect, and integrity as we strive to identify and remove barriers. We are committed to making UTP a great place to work by addressing and challenging systemic inequities.
Interested in applying?
We truly thank all applicants for their interest in joining the Press, only those candidates considered for an initial interview will be contacted.
The University of Toronto Press encourages applications from all qualified candidates. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies, please contact the People Team at (416) 645-1410.