Housekeeper - Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op

Why Work with Us?

For many people, it's the opportunity to work for an inclusive, local, values driven business that provides healthy, delicious, and sustainable foods to their community; it's also about people - the ability to work with a great team to create amazing customer experiences. Whatever your reason for joining us, know this, working with us makes a difference!

Position Summary:

Housekeepers help maintain the store, both inside and outside, by keeping the sales floor and common areas neat, clean, orderly, and safe, ensuring a positive customer experience.

Location:

Schedule: Current shifts available may vary and can include day, evening, weekend, and holiday hours to meet department needs. Flexibility required to meet business needs.

Qualifications:

• Customer Service: Able to meet customer needs by providing excellent, welcoming, and timely service
• Teamwork: Able to be flexible to support the changing needs of our team and store
• Communication: Able to effectively communicate with customers and team members; uses active listening, patience, and clear communication to ensure a respectful and professional experience
• Initiative: Able to identify and address cleaning tasks; ability to take responsibility for creating great customer and team experiences
• Dependability: Able to show up each day in a timely manner ready to work; shows strong follow-through
• Time Management: Able to finish tasks timely and work with supervisor on best ways to use time
• Diversity and Inclusion: Able to contribute to a welcoming environment for customers and team members; respects people from a variety of backgrounds and abilities 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cleaning Experience: Experience in commercial cleaning or housekeeping
• Multilingual: Communicates in more than one language

Benefits: Our pay and benefits focus on meeting the financial, health, and wellness needs of our staff. They include:

• 20% employee discount
• Excellent paid time off and paid volunteering
• 401(k) matching
• Low-cost health insurance premium options, and FREE access to primary care and mental health counseling for those enrolled in our medical insurance

We offer exceptional perks including:

• Free food "buddies"
• Employee referral bonuses
• Dress code that allows for inclusivity and creativity

Physical and Working Requirements:

The position involves frequent stationary tasks, along with regular movement within the grocery, front end, deli, office, outdoor, and storage areas. Frequent positioning is required to access both low and high shelving and equipment. The job also entails the frequent movement of containers weighing up to 30 lbs. Housekeepers may occasionally ascend/descend a ladder to reach high shelving. Housekeepers will utilize various equipment including but not limited to a walk-behind floor scrubber. This role requires exchanging accurate information in person. Additionally, Housekeepers may be exposed to sanitizer, cleaning products, and loud noises.