Store Clerk & Sorting Room Worker (7228)

This position is responsible for:

• Assists customers purchasing items from The Salvation Army by ringing up sales utilizing a cash register; collects monies, counts change, and prepares receipts; prepares and packages purchased items; prepares and balances the cash drawer and runs routine register printouts; ensures the security and accountability of all cash register funds and sales records by established operating procedures.
• Maintains the neatness and security of the cash register area; ensures that forms, bags, etc., are adequately stocked.
• Assists customers by explaining store policy and responding to questions regarding the pricing and purchasing of items; ensures that all customers visiting the store have a pleasant experience.
• Assists customers donating items to The Salvation Army; directs customers to the proper loading/unloading area; may help haul donations to the storage area; prepares and provides tax receipts as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Places and arranges items in the store as directed; checks all store displays to ensure that they are maintained and displayed neatly and orderly; rotates and rearranges stock as directed; returns items to the proper location after customers have handled them.
• Answers the store telephone tactfully and courteously; assists customers by responding to questions and providing directions and general information.
• Receives, inspects, and sorts donated items such as clothes, shoes, household items, bric-a-brack, etc., according to the category and condition.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Ability to meet attendance requirements. Ability to read, write, and communicate in the English language.
• Ability to operate a cash register. Ability to perform routine mathematical computations and count change.
• Work requires the ability to lift and carry and/or push/pull moderately heavy (25-50lbs.) materials, supplies, and equipment. Moderate mobility: duties are usually performed by a combination of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis.
• Work is performed in a regular store environment with little or no physical discomforts associated with weather changes.

Employee Benefits:

• PTO
• 403b Retirement