We're looking for a kind-hearted staff member to join the Natural Resources community; Sales Floor Associate

Our ideal new team members will be parents or pregnancy/birth and postpartum/breastfeeding professionals. We would also be excited to hear from those of you with strong retail or customer service backgrounds, including nannies and childcare providers.

Benefits

• Opportunities for professional development in pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, early parenting
• Staff discounts
• Access to book and dvd libraries
• Free and discounted classes
• Working with lovely new/growing families and being an important resource for the parenting community here in the Bay Area

 

Sales Floor Associate - $13/hr (6+ hrs p/w)

• Available Monday (10am - 4pm) and weekend and coverage availability
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of retail products and community resources for pregnancy, birth/postpartum, breastfeeding and early parenting
• Respond fully to the needs of our customers by answering their questions and providing resources and support tools to new/expectant Moms and families
• Perform accurate Cashier duties using Point of Sale including: credit/cash transactions, counting the cash drawer, settling end of day credit card transactions, issuing/receiving gift cards and tracking coupon/discount use
• Beautify and maintain the health and safety of the store and classroom spaces by replenishing customer snacks/water/tea, sanitizing diaper/weight stations and communal areas, cleaning/washing up, childproofing where necessary, and generally ensuring the store and classroom are always clean and pleasant places for families and babies to be.
• Consistently monitor stock levels in-store and regularly replenish store shelves throughout the working day
• Demonstrate products like baby carriers (Moby, Ergo, Beco, Maya, Mei Tei etc.), strollers, product use, Medela pump systems, swaddling, cloth diapering etc.
• Fit customers for support items like bras and pregnancy belts
• Maintain rental logs for breast pumps, birth tubs, baby carriers, book and dvd libraries

Your Skills
Experience with and knowledge of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, newborn care and parenting, motherhood and parenthood, either personally or professionally. Strong retail/customer service experience.

Excellent interpersonal skills; a strong sense of empathy and compassion is essential, along with the ability to maintain healthy and respectful boundaries, especially when assisting customers who may be feeling vulnerable during major life transitions like pregnancy and new parenthood.

Great sense of humor; our new team member must be a personable and engaging presence in the work space.

Clear communicator; comfortable using web-based email, shared documents, and accurate record keeping.

Our Preferences

• A Mom/parent, pregnancy/birth/postpartum/breastfeeding/early parenting professional, doula, nanny, childcare provider
• Experience with Point of Sale
• Spanish as a second language would be wonderful
• Flexible schedule with ability to act as back-up for other shifts
• Strong Computer skills. Web & Wordpress experience a plus

 

To Apply
Please email your resume to Bobbi@naturalresources-sf.com, with the Job Title in the Subject Line. 

Not Currently Available

Warehouse & Class Assistant
$12/hr (Approx 10hrs p/w, flexible schedule)

• Process new products, including: checking newly-arrived produts, receive products into inventory using Point of Sale, price and stock products in-store and warehouse.
• Conduct regular inventories of products and maintain accurate records
• Re-stock in-store and warehouse shelves and help move product around the store
• * File receiving vouchers
• * Pull, package and ship items purchased online
• * Manage class materials; making binders, filing class materials, stocking class materials
• * Fill in when other warehouse staff are unavailable

 

Your Skills
Able to maintain clear records and communicate effectively with other staff members

Experience with and knowledge of pregnancy, birth, newborn care and parenting, early parenting, personally or professionally

Comfortable using web-based email, shared documents, and record keeping

Ability to move boxes (~25lbs)

Our Preferences

• Experience in retail, receiving inventory and maintaining records
• Experience with Point of Sale
• Spanish as a second language would be wonderful
• Flexible schedule with the ability to act as back-up for other shifts

To Apply
Please email your resume to Beth@naturalresources-sf.com with the Job Title in the Subject Line. We expect to conduct interviews the week commencing April 4th and confirm the appointment by April 11th.

Toddlers 'R' Us (PRESS RELEASE)
Founded over 20 years ago, in 1988, Natural Resources is the city's best known and longest-established pregnancy, birth and parenting store.

Today, the store has a unique, new focus; whole parenting support.  That means products, classes and resources for parents from conception, right the way through to toddlerhood and pre-school.

First steps have been taken; an online parenting community was launched in September (a google group called Natural Resources Parents) and a carefully selected range of eco-friendly toddler products are being introduced, as well educational classes for their hardworking parents.

To celebrate the new parenting group and toddler additions to the usual store line-up, there will be a party on Saturday, Oct 16th from 11am-1pm.  Enjoy treats from Mission Minis and Anthony's Cookies as well as kid-friendly music from the fabulous Susan Appe. 

The store's owner, Cara Vidano, sees her future and that of Natural Resources in terms of whole parenting support.  For her and her customers, the much-loved Mission landmark for tired and stressed parents is not just a retail unit.  It's a non-judgmental community space, where parents have access to all the resources they need, including guidance and education, whether their child is 2 weeks or 2 years old. 

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