Store & Yard Entry Level Position

Store & Yard Entry Level Position

Join a fun and meaningful team at The Repurpose Project, a non-profit community-based organization that diverts useful resources from the landfill and redirects them to the public for art, education, and inspiration. We are hiring for an Entry Level Position to help in the store and outdoor yard area at our original location, The Repurpose Project.

Requirements:

• Weekend, weekday, and holiday availability
• Comfort with technology: smart phones, point of sale apps, Facebook, Craigslist, etc.
• Can work independently and manage your time in a busy environment
• Prefer availability for 4 days/wk
• Ability and willingness to work on your feet for most of the day
• Ability and willingness to withstand heat, cold, rude customers, chaos, and gross stuff
• Strong preference for an ability and willingness to lift 50 lbs repeatedly
• An understanding that some shifts are worked entirely outside
• Strong preference for applicants who anticipate staying with us for a year or longer. We want someone who’s interested in building this organization with us over the long term.

You will be the first person customers see and interact with and the friendly engaging face that brings our diverse clientele back to The Repurpose Project! Responsibilities will include running the register, helping folks load items into their cars, marketing items on social media and assisting customers in person and online.

You’ll also have merchandising responsibilities in both our store and outdoor yard area. You’ll take donations, identify valuable items, and price items for sale. (Everything comes in some combination of heavy, dirty, and sticky. Seriously, everything.) You’ll lift and move heavy items regularly and monitor the flow of items in our Intake area and store to keep things stocked and looking good utilizing an unpredictable supply of donations.

This is an Entry Level job, we will provide all required training. (There are very few people on earth who can come in with all of the skills we need!) You are extra encouraged to apply if you have skills or special interests in any of these areas: Creative reuse, social media marketing, DIY anything, gardening, What is this mystery trash?, community engagement, or hyping up strangers' Pinterest dreams.

All of our successful team members:

• Care about our organization's mission
• Can work hard and be productive while having fun!
• Communicate clearly, kindly and honestly
• Have adaptability for changing tasks throughout the day
• Are open to being cross-trained on multiple positions
• Own their mistakes and learn from them
• Can hold others accountable in a productive way
• Work hard so that our organization, staff, and community thrive

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• 401k with matching
• Flexible scheduling
• Access to our workspaces
• Supportive work environment valuing the well-being of each employee over profit
• Starting pay $14-$16/hour depending on experience

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $14.00 - $16.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Shift:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Weekly day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person