BOOKSELLER POSITION

Responsibilities:
  • Process orders, provide recommendations to customers, assist with opening and closing duties, other related duties.

Wage: BC Living Wage rate

Perks:

  • Health Benefits (employees with permanent positions over 20 hrs./week). It includes: Medical coverage, and LTD, Critical Illness, Disability Insurance
  • 3 weeks of vacation, 5 days sick leave (as per BC Employment Standards), an additional week’s worth of Flex time
  • 35% off all new books

Schedule:

  • To be determined

How to Apply: Please send us your resume and the following information in a cover letter that is no longer than one page to [email protected]:

– How long you’d like us to keep your application on file
– Experience level with Bookmanager
– If you are part of an equity deserving group (we prioritize)
– A couple photographs of your bookshelf so the titles are large enough to read
– How many books you read a month, and the genres you are passionate about
– How many hours you’re able to work, and if you have any outside commitments that would stop you from filling a permanent position
– why you are the perfect bookseller
– any special talents (building bookshelves, computer programming, bookbinding, etc)
– ideal start date
– Typing speed
– If you can carry 50 lbs

Due to the number of applications we receive, we’re unable to respond to all applicants. Thank you to all those who express interest.

Massy Books is a Nêhiyaw, Métis woman-owned and operated bookstore on the unceded and occupied territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, formerly the site of k’emk’emeláy̓ village. We were the first bookstore in BC designated as a Living Wage Employer, and have been voted Best Bookstore and Best Employer in Vancouver (Georgia Straight 2023). We are Rick Hansen Certified, BC Green Business Certified, and a designated Apartheid-Free Business with the Canadian BDS Coalition. When you shop at Massy, you support our staff, the community and the local economy!