How to Apply:
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their resume and cover letter via email to [email protected]. We look forward to reviewing your application and welcoming you to our Ten Thousand Villages team!
Job Overview
As an Assistant Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the overall operations of the business. You will assist the Manager in overseeing daily activities, ensuring excellent customer service, and maintaining a positive work environment.
Position: Assistant Manager
Location: 829 Rosser Ave, Brandon, MB, R7A 0L1
Hours: Part-Time, Permanent (21 hours per week)
Shift: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Days Off: Sundays and one Saturday per month off
Work Schedule: 3 days per week (including most Saturdays)
Flexibility: Ability to adjust weekday shifts if needed
Benefit: Store discount, Competitive pay
Application Deadline: March 25, 2026
About Us:
Ten Thousand Villages is a fair trade retailer that creates opportunities for artisans in global south, by selling their handcrafted products. We are committed to sustainability, ethical trade, and promoting unique, high-quality items that tell the stories of the artisans behind them.
Job Description:
We are looking for a detail-oriented and organized Assistant Manager to join our team. This role involves supporting the daily operations of our store, helping with inventory, webstore tasks, event planning, and much more. The ideal candidate should have a passion for fair trade and a desire to contribute to our mission of helping artisans around the world.
Benefits:
- Pay: $17.50 per hour
- Store discount
- Opportunity to be part of a globally conscious, fair trade organization
Key Responsibilities:
- Order all food products, manage inventory levels, check expiry dates, and mark down or remove inventory
- Create food purchase orders and print price tags
- Create purchase orders for craft items as assigned by the manager
- Maintain the webstore by uploading products, writing product descriptions, measuring and weighing items for accurate data entry, taking product photographs, liaising with customers as needed, and assisting with organizing and packing orders as assigned by the manager.
- Develop and manage marketing and social media content by creating marketing materials, coordinating advertising, posting at least four times per week on Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms as needed, and responding to all messages and comments in a timely manner.
- Create emails to send to customers promoting sales, new products, artisans, and fair trade principles
- Assist with preparations for offsite sales
- Develop and maintain store signage
- Develop and maintain content that promotes fair trade
- Operate smaller offsite sales in partnership with volunteers and the manager
- Assist with organizing all in-store events
- Record daily sales
- Ensure that the store is clean and tidy
- Problem-solve any technical issues and liaise with Lightspeed as needed
- Order all store packaging supplies and monitor levels
- Create visually pleasing displays
- Assist customers and share stories of our artisan partners and fair trade
- Receive orders, affix price tags to products, and put them away
- Develop presentations for community groups, faith groups, and schools, and present them as requested
- Complete all other tasks as assigned by the manager
Qualifications:
- Prior experience in retail, inventory management, or customer service (experience in management is an asset)
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to work most Saturdays (with one Saturday off per month)
- Flexibility to adjust shifts during weekdays as required
Application deadline: March 25, 2026
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: $17.00-$18.50 per hour
Work Location: In person
