VCS Sales Clerk- Minneapolis MN
Part-timeVeterans Health Administration
Minneapolis, MNPart-time$18/hrPosted 2 days ago
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Job overview
The VCS Sales Clerk assists customers with product selection and information, processes sales transactions, restocks and labels merchandise, and maintains an organized store. The role serves Veterans through the Veterans Canteen Service. A current, valid REAL ID is required. One year of service-industry experience is preferred but not required; familiarity with retail software and point-of-sale systems is a plus.
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Summary
Are you looking for a better work-life balance and opportunities to grow? Join an excellent organization that puts Veterans first for a fulfilling career! Since 1946 Veterans Canteen Service (VCS) has delivered the VCS benefits to millions of Veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare system, the largest Healthcare system in the United States.
Duties
Duties: Assists customer in locating products & provides detailed information to enhance their shopping experience. Handles sales transactions efficiently using a cash register, ensuring accuracy & customer satisfaction. Restocks merchandise and ensures products are properly labeled for display. Maintains a clean & organized store environment, ensuring a pleasant & efficient shopping experience. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements
As a Condition of Employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: - Your performance and conduct - The needs and interests of the agency - Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government - Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Additional Conditions of Employment include: -Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. -Subject to background/security investigation. Qualifications
Requirements: A current, valid REAL ID is required to work at Veterans Canteen Service. ?Excellent customer service skills Basic math skills for handling transactions. Requires constant standing, walking, and frequent bending. Must be able to lift or move objects weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted. One year of experience in the service industry is preferred but not required. Familiarity with retail software and point-of-sale systems is a plus.
How You Will Be Evaluated
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment. NOTE: A formal pay-setting process will be used to determine your salary. The salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Other Information
Weekend availability 9am-1pm
How this job compares
Set against the 8,506 open Retail Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$18/hr
- Minnesota median$16–17/hr128 hourly ranges
- US median$17–20/hr3,892 hourly ranges
This rate, $18/hr, is 8% above the Minnesota median midpoint ($17/hr) — in the middle half of Retail Sales hourly ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 156 open Retail Sales jobs in Minnesota and 8,506 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- maurices33 open
- 7-Eleven17 open
- Acosta Group12 open
- Experience
- Retail Sales postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,762 postings).
- Education
- 26 of the 8,506 open Retail Sales jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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