Donation Attendant - South Bay Thrift Store

Salvation Army Careers•Redondo Beach, CA

About The Position

The Donation Attendant works in Operations at a Salvation Army thrift store donation site. The role receives donated items from donors, provides receipts, sorts and stacks donations, maintains the donation area, and supports loading donations onto trucks as needed. The attendant maintains reports and paperwork, monitors supplies, secures the donation trailer or pod at the end of each shift, and performs other assigned duties. Flexible availability is required for scheduling.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Ability to communicate effectively with fellow employees and donors.
Ability to read and write and understand and follow written and verbal instructions.
Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist intermittently or continuously.
Ability to grasp, push, and pull objects weighing up to 75 pounds, with or without assistance.
Ability to perform various repetitive-motion tasks.

Responsibilities

Clean and maintain the area in and around the donation trailer or pod at the beginning and end of each shift.
Dress neatly and appropriately in accordance with The Salvation Army dress code policy.
Courteously receive donated items from donors and provide receipts.
Maintain reports and paperwork as instructed by the supervisor.
Separate and sort donated materials into the proper containers and stack them as instructed by the supervisor.
Assist Salvation Army personnel and drivers with loading donations onto trucks as needed.
Inform the supervisor when supplies such as brooms, receipts, totes, or carts are running low.
Secure and lock the donation trailer or pod at the end of each shift.
Maintain flexible availability for scheduling.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.