Donation Station Attendant (DSA) Part - Time
About The Position
The Donation Station Attendant (DSA) is responsible for accepting donated goods from the public and providing excellent customer service. This role involves greeting donors, unloading donations, evaluating items for acceptability, sorting donations into categories, packing them safely, and maintaining accurate records. The DSA also ensures a clean and safe work environment, properly disposes of waste and recyclables, and contributes to overall customer satisfaction and team efforts. The position requires reliable attendance and adherence to safe work practices, including potential forklift operation if certified.
Requirements
- No previous experience or education required
- Ability to read, speak and write English and perform basic math skills
- Ability to work with a diverse team
- Ability to use a mobile phone
- Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 40-60 pounds.
- Regularly required to stand for long periods of time; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; balance; bend and reach with hands and arms; use feet to operate foot pedal operation; and talk or hear.
- Occasionally required to climb ladders, sit, stoop, kneel, squat, crouch, or crawl.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Able to communicate with others effectively both verbally and written, including those who have limited English skills.
- Maintain reliable attendance.
- Organizing, sorting, categorizing, counting, adding, subtracting
- Recording data
- Problem Solving
- Team player
- Communicating with the public
- Creating written communication
Nice To Haves
- Forklift certification optional; must meet eligibility requirements.
Responsibilities
- Greets donors in a prompt, friendly, and courteous manner; unloads donations from vehicles and offer tax receipts.
- Evaluate donated items to determine if acceptable for donation.
- Sort donations into assigned categories and pack safely into container(s).
- Inform supervisor of status of station, container footage, and condition.
- Maintain accurate donor tallies and other support duties.
- Maintain accurate and timely loading check lists.
- Maintain clean and safe work environment.
- Identify and properly dispose of garbage and process recyclable material.
- Build and maintain internal and external customer satisfaction.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Demonstrates safe work practices through awareness and observation in support of a safety culture; reports any potential hazards or accidents.
- If applicable: Consistent and safe execution of duties associated with forklift operation when certified to Seattle Goodwill standards.
- Must maintain reliable attendance.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- A health plan that includes medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
- 100% Employer-paid life, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D), and long term disability insurance (for salaried employee)
- Voluntary supplemental coverage for life, accident, illness, and short- and long-term disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Plan
- Roth and 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan program
- Paid vacation, (9) holiday and sick time
- Limited paid time off for Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave
- Employee discounts
- Employee referral bonus
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Mentorship Program
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- Paid Job Training
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
