Posted 18 days ago
Department associate
@ Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services - CFMWS
Petawawa, Ontario
Overview
CFMWS is hiring a part-time Department Associate to provide retail services to Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans and their families. The work covers stocking and setting up departments, sales guidance, customer concerns, inventory ordering and running the point-of-sale system. The posting states on-site work at an assigned location, a start date of 16 November 2026, and a defined benefit pension plan.
Pay:
$19.07–$19.17 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Stock, set up and face shelves in departments
- Provide product and sales guidance to members
- Resolve customer concerns and complaints
- Order products and price new inventory
- Operate POS, debit/credit machine and maintain float
Requirements summary:
- Retail and convenience operations experience
- Cash handling experience
- Sales and merchandising experience
- Client focus, communication and teamwork
- English essential
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
Job-board feed · jobillico
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-19
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-20
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-29
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Sales |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store |
| Position | Mostly standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · lift 50 lb · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Retirement plan, Tuition support, Employee discount, Wellness, Paid training |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services - CFMWS
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 9 |
At Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS), we’re more than just a workplace; we’re a proud community dedicated to supporting Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans and their families in their daily lives. We carefully curate and provide programs and services designed to meet their unique needs and enhance their mental, social, physical, financial and familial well-being. CFMWS employees deliver programs and services including recreation, sports and fitness programs, customized financial services, retail services, access to retail savings and discounts and offers family support and organizes charity events.
Our success stems from living our values. Our employees care about their role in supporting Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans and their families and act with integrity in all they do. Thriving in our close-knit environment, we act as one team with one mission. We constantly seek new ideas and creative ways to deliver the best possible programs and services.
As an employer, we offer a commitment to your health, wellness and growth. We provide a diverse range of roles across many locations and a career where you can make a meaningful impact.
THE ROLEAs a Department Associate, you provide retail services to a unique client base - members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and in assisting them, you are helping your community. You assist in the set-up of various departments ensuring shelves are stocked, and faced, and properly signed. You provide technical and professional guidance on sales and products and deal with customer concerns or complaints to ensure customer satisfaction. You assist with ordering products and price new inventory.
The Department Associate may also provide a variety of other retail services, including regular retail services, dry cleaning, lottery services, and postal services. You will operate Point of Sales systems, the debit/credit machine, and maintain a float.
This is a role where everyone works as one team using modernized technology and an understanding of the unique pressures and rewards of military service to provide the best customer experience for our members and to simplify and improve their lives. If you thrive in a customer focused environment and in a culture that is passionate about exceeding customer expectations, this is the opportunity for you.
QUALIFICATIONS NEEDEDEducation, Certifications and Licenses
An acceptable combination of education, training, and experience
Experience
In retail and convenience operations
In cash handling
In sales and merchandising
Competencies
Client focus, organizational knowledge, communication, innovation, teamwork and leadership
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTSEnglish Essential
BENEFITS AVAILABLEHealth Benefits: Healthcare spending account, virtual care (telemedicine), Employee and Family Assistance Program and mental health support.
Work Life Balance: Paid/unpaid leave, including vacation pay, family related leave and personal days.
Retirement Planning: A Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Group Savings Plans.
Learning and Development: Tuition Reimbursement Program, online learning opportunities including a LinkedIn Learning subscription and second language training.
Perks: Discounts provided through CF One Member Appreciation.
Explore all the benefits CFMWS offers by visiting: https://cfmws.ca/Benefits
OTHER INFORMATIONPerform moderate lifting, carrying, pulling and/or pushing (i.e. more than 10 lbs/4.5 kg but less than 50 lbs/23 kg).
This is an on-site position with an assigned work location.
START DATE16 November 2026
INCLUSION AND ACCOMMODATIONCFMWS is committed to providing an inclusive, equitable and accessible environment, where all employees feel valued, respected and supported. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who can help us build a workforce that reflects the diversity of Canadian society. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or assessment, you should advise the recruitment team in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.
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