Title: Merchandise Coordinator

State Role Title: Store & Warehouse Spec II

Hiring Range: $25 per hour

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Location: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Agency Website: jyfmuseums.org

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation is an educational agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia offering programs and resources about early American history through its museums – Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

The retail operations efforts at the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation help create revenue in support of our museums, educational programs, community resources, staff and stakeholders. This newly created position looks to combine retail warehouse experience and support with the technical skills needed to grow the e-commerce potential of our museum shops. 

Job Duties

To support merchandise receiving, distribution and fulfillment functions at the central warehouse. To facilitate merchandise selection and e-commerce merchandising to best balance appropriateness to mission and salability. To enhance guest experience by offering relevant products with best value connotation. To promote e-commerce as viable museum shop channel.
This part-time position requires working at both the Emerson Central Support Complex and Jamestown Settlement.

Minimum Qualifications

• General understanding of specialty retail systems.
• Must be able to move and lift boxes/merchandise weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and meet or exceed deadlines.

Additional Considerations

• Experience in busy specialty retail store and/or warehouse setting.
• Experience with e-commerce and/or social media coordination and engagement is helpful but not required.
• Substantial understanding of multi-channel retail operations.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Lee Shelhorse

Phone: 757-253-4553

Email: leeann.shelhorse@jyf.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.