Sales Associate

New Life Center•Fargo, ND

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sales Associate helps ensure a positive shopping experience by welcoming customers, keeping the sales floor clean, organized, and stocked, helping customers locate items, and processing purchases quickly, accurately, and courteously. The role is cross-trained across the production and retail environment, including customer service, cash handling, donation processing, sorting, pricing, and stocking. The associate may also assist in other store and warehouse areas as needed. The position is seasonal and part-time, with work on Saturdays from 11/21/26 to 1/9/27. It is based at the Thrift Store North in Fargo, North Dakota, and reports to the Thrift Store Manager. The work takes place in a thrift store and warehouse, including a recovery-adjacent environment where professional boundaries, respectful conduct, and organizational policies must be observed. New Life Center is a Christian ministry whose mission is to guide people experiencing homelessness or addiction toward holistic transformation through the love of Jesus. Team members are expected to affirm the organization's Statement of Faith and demonstrate its BEACON values: Bring Your Best, Engage with Empathy, Act in Unity, Choose Humility, Offer Hope, and Never Stop Growing. The organization states that alignment with its Statement of Faith and values may be a bona fide occupational qualification for this position, and employees are expected to conduct themselves consistently with its Christian mission, beliefs, and code of conduct.

Requirements

Personal, evident, growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
Compassionate heart for people in need and willingness to serve others.
Desire to see people transformed through the love of Christ.
Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test and background check.
Customer service orientation.
Attention to detail.
Ability to organize and prioritize duties.
Professional personal presentation.
Demonstrated work ethic with consistent attendance and punctuality.
Ability to adapt positively to continuous change and maintain flexibility.
Positive and friendly disposition.
Ability to lift loads up to 50 pounds.
Ability to stand for long periods of time.
Expected to affirm New Life Center's Statement of Faith and demonstrate its Christian mission, beliefs, values, and code of conduct.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers and provide excellent, friendly service, including answering questions and promoting roundups.
Process sales transactions accurately and efficiently, collect payments, and ensure the cash drawer is accurate at the beginning and end of the day.
Keep assigned store areas clean, organized, and customer-friendly.
Stock and merchandise the sales floor as directed by team leads or management.
Accept and unload donated goods, providing fast and friendly service to donors.
Receive and sort donations, evaluate and price items under team lead oversight, and help move products through processing.
Maintain cleanliness and orderliness in the processing area and organize donated goods in appropriate places.
Assist customers and staff as needed in the store, processing area, and warehouse.
Follow safety considerations when working around medium-duty equipment such as forklifts.
Observe professional boundaries, respectful workplace conduct, and organizational policies in a recovery-adjacent environment.