Activism Team Leader

Job Title: Activism Team Leader

Team: Retail

Location: Kelowna, B.C. Store

Scope: Customer Service In-Person, CF3

Reports To: Retail Store General Manager

Pay Range: $23.40- $25.90 CAD per hour

Benefits: Patagonia offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, retirement and leave of absence plans. Benefit plans may vary slightly depending on the nature of your employment.

The Activism Team Leader (ATL) is responsible for leading the Retail Environmental Activism Program for the store and community. Their energy and passion for the local community help set the tone for all store employees, encouraging a team approach to environmentalism and activism. As part of the leadership team, they also effectively direct and supervise team members on the sales floor to drive an impactful customer experience and lead employees in delivering impeccable customer service. The ATL supports our local stores with grants, product donations, activism opportunities, and non-profit relationships. They work closely with the store’s Marketing Team Leader to create events and tablings that inspire and ignite activism. This role is primarily a retail team leader with an average of 8 hours per week spent working on activism tasks and is subject to change based on business needs.

What You’ll Do

• We are in business to save our home planet: You inspire your team to live Patagonia’s purpose, both in the store and in the community.
• Your customer service is not bound by convention! You deliver best-in-class service by centering the customer in everything we do. You ensure Customer Experience Guides have access to all tools and resources to provide that same level of service and support above and beyond thinking.
• Activism: You are an environmental activist!
• Maintain relevant processes and systems with the Activism Workbook, oversee product donations, tablings, and grants, and serve as a point of contact for any local disaster relief or resilience programming should a need occur.
• Partner with the Retail Marketing Team Leader and other members of store leadership to lead and educate the team on partnerships with nonprofit organizations for local environmental and social initiatives, Patagonia’s annual grant process, and stay informed about Patagonia’s environmental campaigns, including elections and civic engagement and Patagonia Action Works.
• Ensure an activism presence at all store events and motivate and manage the team’s completion of their Activism Hours (18 per employee every calendar year).
• Leadership: You drive engagement, actively coach, identify and delegate daily priorities and growth opportunities for team members and partner with other members of leadership to address them.
• Training/Hiring: As part of the leadership team, you assist in the hiring of people who pursue interests that are related to our products and philosophy. You assist in the training of fellow employees and support their development through coaching and feedback.
• Development: You use your independent judgment to coach and develop your team on their communication and ownership skills, support a steady feedback loop and work to develop employees toward growth within their roles and towards their passions. You advise management on appropriate discipline for team members who do not meet expectations, but also recognize team members who attain performance goals.
• Product and Business Knowledge: You are committed to learning about our products, including technical aspects of products in our core sports, to support your ability to serve our customers. You actively seek out information about new products and business services and incorporate it into your everyday customer service practices.
• Warehouse: You process shipments, support physical inventory, and restock the sales floor. You assist with sale prep/breakdown, product transfers, donations, etc. You utilize the spirit of our Ironclad Guarantee and Worn Wear Program and ensure the team does returns/sales accurately for inventory purposes.
• Visual: You maintain our visual store standards for a stronger customer experience by folding, hanging, buffing, steaming, dressing mannequins, stocking the floor etc. while supporting and communicating directives from Visual and store leadership.
• Marketing: You participate and encourage team participation in our Retail Marketing Program by helping in event production and execution and bringing forth ideas for engaging your community.
• Security and Loss Prevention: You practice and support team members in security measures that help prevent theft and understand how to handle safety situations. You report and resolve concerns quickly to maintain a safe and secure environment while maintaining a clean and organized store.
• Inclusion: You are committed to creating a work environment that is supportive, positive, respectful, and free from harassment. You work with other members of the leadership team and engage in company directives with a team mentality to support the company and personal goals of the team while being open and feedback driven and ensure accountability.
• Other Duties: You ensure accuracy in all POS operations by completing all register and scenario training for yourself and the team. You consistently execute all duties of a Customer Experience Guide alongside the team.

Who You Are

• You are an environmental activist: You are passionate about your communities, the environment and caring for others. You act locally and inspire your community and coworkers to do the same.
• Your customer service is not bound by convention: You focus on building relationships and go beyond treating the needs of customers with kindness and creativity. You offer proactive coaching to continually elevate customer service.
• You operate in just and equitable ways: You proactively create a culture of belonging that gives people from all backgrounds, identities and experience a meaningful voice.
• You value and demonstrate quality in all that you do: You produce work that is of value, complete and timely while striving for excellence in all job aspects.
• You act with integrity and are action oriented: You drive engagement, are self-driven and get things done efficiently and effectively.
• You are a lifelong learner and teacher: You lead in an atmosphere that can change, demonstrate sound judgment, thrive on solving problems creatively and giving/receiving feedback. You have an interest in or are eager to learn about our products and services.
• You drive engagement and actively coach: You have an approachable leadership presence and can prioritize, delegate and coach a team. You value and enjoy team-based ideation and problem solving.

Experience You Bring

• Community Outreach: Organizes, develops, and implements public programs while engaging team and community participation.
• Leadership and Collaboration: Approachable and engaging leadership presence in a team-based environment where you prioritize, delegate, and ensure accountability. Experience as a retail supervisor leading a team and/or supervising others.
• Teaching/Coaching/Training: Excited to foster the development of team members with direct strategies to inspire and support for the betterment of the business. Can give and receive constructive and pointed feedback.
• Organization Skills: Proactive organizational skills and eye for detail and accuracy.
• Attention to Detail: Can complete tasks while demonstrating concern for all areas and people involved.
• Time Management: Ability to show up ready to work on time every day and meet deadlines or communicate issues cross-functionally.
• Adaptability/Ambiguity: Adaptability to changing situations and priorities while maintaining a positive workplace morale. Can pivot and encourage team engagement when things change.
• Communication: Effective communication skills, both written and verbal. Providing oversight to direct reports for day-to-day tasks and projects.
• Technical Learning: Adept with computer systems and onboarding new systems swiftly, with the ability to teach them to others.
• Problem Solving: Helpful and courteous approach to solving problems and invite innovative ideas.
• Emotional Intelligence: Ability to recognize, understand, and influence emotions of others. Can provide consistency in performance and demeanor and assist in conflict management.

Physical Requirements

• Able to stand/walk for extended periods of time with working shifts up to 8 hours per day.
• Continually able to reach overhead, bend, squat, kneel and carry products necessary for customer service, inventory stocking, events, and store merchandising.
• Continually able to walk up and down a staircase carrying boxes, products, and other necessary items.
• Able to regularly perform store maintenance duties: sweep, vacuum, empty trash and clean.
• Able to safely lift up to 55 pounds.
• Comfortable climbing ladders.

SCHEDULE

Please note: This position will be located at the new Kelowna, B.C. store, expected to open in Fall 2026 . Store opening date is subject to change.

Our stores are open seven days a week. Store hours are expected to be Monday - Saturday 10am-7pm and Sunday 10am-6pm. Store business hours are subject to change. Our current hiring needs are for 30-39 hours per week with open availability and weekend flexibility. It is common for our shifts to begin and end up to two hours before and after business hours. As a team member, you are expected to be flexible to the business and team needs. Team Leaders are expected to support the opening and closing of our stores and have a minimum availability of one opening shift and one closing shift per week, ensure staff required lunch and rest breaks are accommodated, and as business needs be available outside store hours to support the store.

Schedules can vary week-to-week, however, we are committed to supporting a healthy work-life balance, while still meeting the needs of our customers. Our consistent effort has been to post our store work schedules three weeks in advance to give our employees the opportunity to plan. You must report to work on time as well as align to other expectations in our Attendance Policy.

EMPLOYEE CONDUCT

It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors. Clarify, educate, and hold ourselves accountable for embedding justice and antiracism throughout our work and culture.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.