Donation Center Associate

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION
Assists contributors with donations and move materials within the store as needed.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Accepts donations by providing assistance to contributors and issuing donation receipts.
2. Maintains a professional and courteous attitude at all times, willing to be flexible and assume new job responsibilities, as needed.
3. Commits to self and job improvement and team building.
4. Treats every customer and contributor as if they were a GUEST in their home. GUEST stands for Greet, Understand, Explain, Suggest and Thank.
5. Pre-sort donations, separates salvage and removes.
6. Uses hand truck to move materials around DONATION CENTER and/or moves materials within the store as needed.
7. Accepts donations of good quality and politely refuses unacceptable items.
8. Pre-sorts donations by established categories and safely packs for transport.
9. Helps to unload unfinished goods from truck and moves to proper staging area and assists team members with distribution of goods.
10. Maintains a clean and safe environment.
11. Completes accurate daily and weekly records when assigned.
12. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum requirement; general educational background without high school completion, plus 0 to 6 months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions; occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
Highly repetitive, highly physical. Highly repetitive type work which requires the concentrated and non-diversified physical demands of the employee.
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear; occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Ability to use hand truck and work in a multi-task environment. Ability to lift 50 lbs.