ReStore Clothing Associate

GREEN MOUNTAIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY • Williston, VT

67d • $16

About The Position

Do you have a passion and drive to apply your talents to make a difference? The Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity (GMHFH) ReStore is seeking a Clothing Associate to support its mission of helping local families build strength, stability, and self-reliance through affordable homeownership. Clothing Associates provide excellent customer service and ensure customers and donors have a safe, positive, and rewarding experience. They work in the clothing area sorting, hanging, and baling clothing donations; cashiering, moving, and loading donations; and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Previous experience working in a retail environment.
• High school diploma preferred.
• Able to communicate well with other staff, volunteers, and any type of visitor to the ReStore.
• Able to stay safe and away to operate a baling machine and keep the clothing area safe and walkable.
• Dependable and able to stick to a schedule.
• Excellent customer service skills to respond to any questions or concerns.
• Strong time management skills and the ability to prioritize different tasks.
• Flexibility to switch to different tasks quickly.
• Able to work as part of a team and complete tasks as they are assigned.
• Light arithmetic skills to accurately work on the register.
• Must be able to stand for long periods behind a register, traverse stairs, and navigate a busy sales floor.
• Lift, pick up, carry, and place down at least 25lbs.
• Squat to pick up items from the floor and perform repetitive data entry on register and pricing motions.
• Safely operate a large baling machine, sort through clothing donations, answer a phone, use a weightlifting device such as a hand truck, and use a pricing tool to price merchandise.

Responsibilities

• Sort and hang clothing donations as they come in, making sure to set aside any clothing not in good, sellable condition.
• Safely and carefully operate the baler to bale any clothing not going to the sales floor so that it may be sold at bulk pricing.
• Assist in keeping the clothing area in safe condition and free of clutter.
• Promptly assist donors who come to drop off donations and accept or reject them based on whether the items are in good, sellable condition.
• Greet any donors and customers and thank them for contributing to our cause and answer any questions they may have.
• Operate the Point-of-Sale cash register system and help customers complete their purchases.
• Help to complete the daily checklist for opening and closing the store.
• Help customers carry purchases to their vehicles.
• Sort and price donations and prepare them to go to the sales floor.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• The hourly rate for this part-time, in-person position is currently $16.
• The position comes with a 20% employee discount.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED