Volunteer Opportunities in our Habitat for Humanity Store |
Cashier
Primary duties: Greet customers entering Store. Operate cash register and credit/debit machine. Answer telephone. Keep checkout and entrance area neat and clean. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors. Accept donations and complete donation receipts. Help process merchandise.
Skills needed: Enjoy working with the public. Ability to count money.
Merchandising - Front of the Store Immediate Opening
Primary duties: Accept donations and complete donation receipt. Sort, clean, assemble, and prepare merchandise for pricing by staff. Place merchandise on store shelves. Keep work area neat and clean. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors.
Skills needed: Enjoy working with the public. Simple computer skills, including data entry and using search programs, are helpful.
Merchandising - Back of the Store
Primary duties: Receive and unload donations and complete donation receipts. Move merchandise from the loading dock into the store. Sort, clean, assemble and prepare merchandise for pricing by staff. Place merchandise in sales areas. Load sold items into customer vehicles. Keep work area neat and clean. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors. Clean sales area and loading dock.
Skills needed: Enjoy working with the public. Ability to lift and carry heavy items, using hand trucks, dollies and carts. Familiarity with simple tools.
Driver Immediate Opening
Primary duties: Operate Store vehicles (full size pick‐up truck and 14 foot box van). Deliver sold merchandise. Pick up donations. Load and unload trucks. Complete donation receipts. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors.
Skills needed: Valid driver’s license and clearance by insurance company. Enjoy working with the public. Ability to lift and carry heavy items, using lift gate, hand trucks, dollies and carts. Ability to complete simple safety checks for vehicle operation and transport of goods.
Rider
Primary duties: Ride in Store vehicles (full size pick‐up truck & 14 foot box van) and assist driver with navigation. Deliver sold merchandise. Pick up donations. Load and unload trucks. Complete donation receipts. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors.
Skills needed: Enjoy working with the public. Ability to lift and carry heavy items, using lift gate, hand trucks, dollies and carts. Ability to assist with simple safety checks for vehicle operation and transport of goods.
Appliance Inspector
Primary Duties: Receive donated appliances. Test donated appliances. Describe appliance condition. Price and place on sales floor. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors.
Skills needed: Enjoy working with the public. Familiarity with household appliances and ability to test their basic functions. Ability to move appliances using hand trucks and dollies.
Trash and Recycling Handler Immediate Opening
Primary duties: Gather garbage from front and back of the store, rest rooms and work areas. Dispose of trash in dumpster. Sort and gather recyclable items. Transport recyclable items to area recyclers. Identify and isolate hazardous waste. Keep work area neat and clean. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors. Educate fellow volunteers about recycling.
Skills needed: Familiarity with recycling standards. Ability to lift up to fifty pounds. Valid driver license
Cleaning Person
Primary duties: Sweep sales area, entry and front sidewalk. Wash windows. Clean bathrooms and volunteer break area. Wash dishes and clean sink. Assist with tidying and cleaning merchandise and sales floor. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors.
Skills needed: Ability to lift up to twenty pounds.
Up-Cycler Immediate Opening
"Up-Cycles” Store inventory for sale in store under the CUP (Creative Upcycled Projects) label. Reports to CUP committee.
Media Assistant Immediate Opening
Primary duties: Visit the store once or twice per week, capture photos of current inventory to update Facebook and Website. Secondary duties: Post photos to Craigslist, Facebook selling sites and other outlets. Scour free sites for items that we can pick up and resell.
Skills needed: Must have digital camera, computer access and transportation to the store.
Primary duties: Greet customers entering Store. Operate cash register and credit/debit machine. Answer telephone. Keep checkout and entrance area neat and clean. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors. Accept donations and complete donation receipts. Help process merchandise.
Skills needed: Enjoy working with the public. Ability to count money.
Merchandising - Front of the Store Immediate Opening
Primary duties: Accept donations and complete donation receipt. Sort, clean, assemble, and prepare merchandise for pricing by staff. Place merchandise on store shelves. Keep work area neat and clean. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors.
Skills needed: Enjoy working with the public. Simple computer skills, including data entry and using search programs, are helpful.
Merchandising - Back of the Store
Primary duties: Receive and unload donations and complete donation receipts. Move merchandise from the loading dock into the store. Sort, clean, assemble and prepare merchandise for pricing by staff. Place merchandise in sales areas. Load sold items into customer vehicles. Keep work area neat and clean. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors. Clean sales area and loading dock.
Skills needed: Enjoy working with the public. Ability to lift and carry heavy items, using hand trucks, dollies and carts. Familiarity with simple tools.
Driver Immediate Opening
Primary duties: Operate Store vehicles (full size pick‐up truck and 14 foot box van). Deliver sold merchandise. Pick up donations. Load and unload trucks. Complete donation receipts. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors.
Skills needed: Valid driver’s license and clearance by insurance company. Enjoy working with the public. Ability to lift and carry heavy items, using lift gate, hand trucks, dollies and carts. Ability to complete simple safety checks for vehicle operation and transport of goods.
Rider
Primary duties: Ride in Store vehicles (full size pick‐up truck & 14 foot box van) and assist driver with navigation. Deliver sold merchandise. Pick up donations. Load and unload trucks. Complete donation receipts. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors.
Skills needed: Enjoy working with the public. Ability to lift and carry heavy items, using lift gate, hand trucks, dollies and carts. Ability to assist with simple safety checks for vehicle operation and transport of goods.
Appliance Inspector
Primary Duties: Receive donated appliances. Test donated appliances. Describe appliance condition. Price and place on sales floor. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors.
Skills needed: Enjoy working with the public. Familiarity with household appliances and ability to test their basic functions. Ability to move appliances using hand trucks and dollies.
Trash and Recycling Handler Immediate Opening
Primary duties: Gather garbage from front and back of the store, rest rooms and work areas. Dispose of trash in dumpster. Sort and gather recyclable items. Transport recyclable items to area recyclers. Identify and isolate hazardous waste. Keep work area neat and clean. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors. Educate fellow volunteers about recycling.
Skills needed: Familiarity with recycling standards. Ability to lift up to fifty pounds. Valid driver license
Cleaning Person
Primary duties: Sweep sales area, entry and front sidewalk. Wash windows. Clean bathrooms and volunteer break area. Wash dishes and clean sink. Assist with tidying and cleaning merchandise and sales floor. Secondary duties: Assist customers and donors.
Skills needed: Ability to lift up to twenty pounds.
Up-Cycler Immediate Opening
"Up-Cycles” Store inventory for sale in store under the CUP (Creative Upcycled Projects) label. Reports to CUP committee.
Media Assistant Immediate Opening
Primary duties: Visit the store once or twice per week, capture photos of current inventory to update Facebook and Website. Secondary duties: Post photos to Craigslist, Facebook selling sites and other outlets. Scour free sites for items that we can pick up and resell.
Skills needed: Must have digital camera, computer access and transportation to the store.