Anarres Production Associate

ON-SITE TUES TO FRI BEGINNING 25 HOURS A WEEK WITH A POSSIBILITY OF 37.5 hours/week.
(Paid trial days in August & September, starts October)

Anarres Apothecary is a dynamic community, retail, and learning space with a storefront that supports DIY healthy local, zero waste, and fairly traded body care and sustainable water and sexual health products. As production associate and back-of-shop-staff you will represent our values and help create products for sustainable lifestyles.

Anarres Production Associate Job Responsibilities:

* REPRESENTS the values and ethics of sustainability, zero waste, sex, and LGBTQA+++ including trans positivity, anti-racism, decolonization, and compassionate activism.

* MANAGES COVID-19 precautions: wears a mask over mouth and nose while on duty and keeps 2-meter physical distance, ensures customers do the same, explains safety measures, and manages disruptive customers assertively but not aggressively. Asks for assistance from team members as needed and debriefs incidents with owner/teacher.

* OPENS AND CLOSES KITCHEN, engaging students/work exchangers/Apprentices in daily tasks.

* SERVES CUSTOMERS by dispensing essential oils, oils, and other ingredients accurately and efficiently.

* PRODUCES, PACKAGES, LABELS body care, and herbal products in sanitary, standardized, and appealing ways.

* COORDINATES AND SUPERVISES APPRENTICES, WWOOFERS AND WORK EXCHANGERS, guiding and instructing helpers in tasks in the kitchen including cleaning, dispensing and production.
* DOCUMENTS PRODUCTION by creating or updating online recipes and written records.
* MONITORS SUPPLIES, CREATES ORDERS AND MANAGES SHRINKAGE.
* COMMUNICATES CLEARLY regularly with staff, students and owner.

Requirements:
Experience making products including vegan lotions, vegan creams, vegan and non-vegan balms.
Willingness and ability to follow instructions, create, cost out and recreate recipes, and communicate these to student helpers.
Understanding of safe and sanitary handling of ingredients and packaging, and of natural methods of body care preservation.

SEND A COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO ANARRESHEALTH@GMAIL.COM. Applications close September 20, but applicants will be contacted if suitable, so apply ASAP. Preference may be given to those who qualify for training grants. If you think you would enjoy working at a zero-waste driven sex-positive crafty witchy maker shop and want to learn with us, learn more and apply go here and read it all!
In Love & RRRRRevolution, Tracey