Donation Attendant - Whittier

The Salvation Army Southern California•Whittier, CA

22h

About The Position

The Donation Attendant works in the Operations Department and receives donations at a Salvation Army donation trailer or pod. The role involves keeping the donation area clean, assisting donors and providing receipts, maintaining paperwork, sorting donated materials, and assisting drivers with loading donations as needed. The attendant must secure and lock the trailer or pod at the end of each shift and have flexible availability for scheduling.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Ability to communicate effectively with fellow employees and donors.
Ability to read and write and to 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 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 materials as instructed by the supervisor.
Assist Salvation Army personnel or drivers with loading donations onto trucks as necessary.
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 purposes.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.