Gift Shop Clerk

The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, a division of Oblate Service Corporation is seeking applicants for Temporary work to help in the Shrine Gift Shop during the Christmas Season and Annual Way of Lights. This position will include days, evenings, and weekend hours. The position will begin early November 2025 and go until January 2026. We are looking for an individual who can begin working approximately 25 to 30 hours a week with the flexibility of days, nights, and weekends.

POSITION STATUS : Temporary through the Christmas Season

JOB SUMMARY : Responsible for providing excellent customer service for guests who visit the Shrine Gift Shop or telephone the store. Other duties will include :

• Greets and assists customers. This is not a high-pressure sales position, however, customer service is our highest priority. Learning and knowing our products for suggestive upselling is important.
• Accurately enters sale data; processes cash, personal check, credit card and gift card transactions.
• Responsible for keeping the store clean, dusted and the merchandise clean and well organized.
• Stocks shelves and displays after merchandise is processed by the stock room personnel and assists with that processing as requested.
• Checks for merchandise back-stocked in the stock room and brings it to the selling floor as needed.
• Assists in keeping stock room organized and in a safe condition.
• Stays aware of customers to control loss of merchandise and reports any security issue to supervisor.

Qualification Requirements

Individuals must be able to operate an adding machine / calculator, have computer and keyboarding experience and accurately be able to count cash back to customers.

Shifts are generally 4, 6, or 8 hour shifts depending on staffing. Must be mobile and able to stand and move around the sales floor easily.

Oblate Service Corporation requirs applicants to satisfactorily complete a pre-employment background check.