Part Time Bookseller (Lincoln Center) in New York, NY

Role overview: As a part-time bookseller at Strand Bookstore’s location at 2020 Broadway, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and organizing our inventory of books. Opened in the summer of 2025, our newest location is a welcome addition to the neighborhood. You will assist customers with their purchases and provide book-in-hand service, always doing your best to track down the right book for the right customer. We are looking for book lovers who are as eager to help other New Yorkers find the right book as they are in sharing what they are reading. Responsibilities: • Maintain and organize inventory on shelves, ensuring that the stacks are neat, organized, and alphabetical whenever possible. • Shelve books in sections as delegated and depending on priorities. • Practice book-in-hand delivery to guarantee that customers receive the items they are looking for and make recommendations to customers as much as possible. • Complete recovery and other maintenance tasks across the floor as necessary, including tidying up tables of books and displays of merchandise, sweeping and cleaning behind information desks and registers, keeping workstations clean and tidy, and taking out trash. • Process POS (point of sale) transactions accurately and efficiently. Requirements: • Ability to complete tasks with speed, accuracy, and attention to detail. • Ability to work independently and as a member of a team. • Ability to lift, pull, push, and carry items or merchandise weighing up to and between 10-50 lbs on a daily basis. • Comfortable standing for long periods of time, including up to 8 hours per shift. • Can be trusted to work independently while also maintaining a sense of urgency and concentration as needed. • Must be flexible and solution-based. • Comfortable working with computers. • A love of books. Logistics: Job Type: Part Time, Non-Exempt Non-Bargaining Unit Reports to: General Manager & Assistant Manager Location: 2020 Broadway (between 69th and 70th), accessible via the A, C, B, D, 1, 2, 3 trains Schedule: 24 hours, 3 days per week. Currently seeking applicants free to work Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Compensation and Benefits: • $17.50 per hour • NY protected time off (safe and sick leave) • Dangerous store discount Application Information: • Send an email introducing yourself with a resume attached to [email protected]. • In the subject line of your email, please write: Part Time Lincoln Center.

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