Fair Wood Timber Retail Salesperson

1 week ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia CERES Community Environment Park Full time
CERES Fair Wood Timber Retail Salesperson
  • Fridays and Saturdays – Part-time/ Casual
  • $39.13 per hour + Super
  • Melbourne – Preston
CERES FAIR WOOD

CERES Fair Wood is a Melbourne-based sustainable timber social enterprise supplying ethically sourced wood to DIYers, builders, landscapers and furniture-makers. Established as a CERES initiative Fair Wood operates as a distinct business focused on responsibly harvested timber. It sources its products through a network of agroforestry and urban forestry operations, connecting small-scale growers and reclaimed urban trees with timber buyers.

The Nursery aims to create a beautiful and inspiring space where people feel welcome and can access the information and materials they require to become organic food gardeners as well as create ecologically diverse and wildlife-friendly native gardens.

WHERE YOU COME IN

If you love timber, value teamwork, and want your work to make a difference, you'll feel at home at CERES Fair Wood. We're a small, adaptable crew who care about where things come from and the people behind them. You'll get hands-on connecting people with beautiful, sustainably sourced timber, solving practical challenges, and helping customers understand why building ethical supply chains is good for the planet.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

This role requires:

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

You bring strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Confident working independently and collaboratively, have a knowledge of timber products and their uses, be good with basic maths and using a computer.

Strong organisational and time management abilities are important, as is attention to detail and accuracy in record-keeping.

A commitment to safety is essential, and a valid forklift and truck licenses are an advantage.

WORKING AT CERES and CERES FAIR WOOD IS MORE THAN JUST A JOB

It's the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place and working with others who feel the same.

  • Collaborative, values-centred and highly supportive team environment.

Generous Award/Non – Award entitlements including paid breaks.

Access to all CERES' unique environments including the park with strong links to the environment and community

  • Generous staff discounts across many CERES enterprises and products including educational programs and café purchases at Merri Café.
SOUND INTERESTING?

We'd love to hear from you Please submit your cover letter addressing the Person's Specifications in the Position Description and resume as one document.

Applications close at 11:59pm on Monday the 1st of September 2025. Please see the full Position Description below.

At CERES we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability, culture and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making CERES a great place to work. We actively encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from CALD backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with a disability and others to apply.

CERES Child Safe standards;

  • In line with the Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment (Child Safety Standards) Act 2015, CERES is committed to upholding the Victorian Child Safe Standards, to the best of its abilities and resources.
  • CERES Upholds itself as an organisation committed to the right to survival, protection, development, participation and empowerment of all children and young people.
  • Is committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, young people and children and young people from culturally diverse and/or linguistically diverse
    (CALD) backgrounds and to providing a safe environment for children and young people with a disability.
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