Donation Services Associate - Highlands Ranch

Please Note : This position will be posted through, Friday, October 18th, 2024 Get a great workout while serving your Community!! Are you someone who can't sit down?

Do you want to earn money while giving back to the Community you live in? Do you enjoy being out in our beautiful Colorado air?

Our Donations Associate may be the job for you!! Please Note : Excellent customer service skills are a must! Full-time and part-time positions with various schedules are available.

Full time employees work 30-40 hours per week.

Please tell us about your availability! (We can be flexible if you can be consistent.) Ability to work evenings and weekends is preferred.

Donation hours at our Retail Centers are Monday through Saturday 8 : 00 a.m.

to 8 : 30 p.m.

and Sunday 9 : 00 a.m.

to 7 : 00 p.m. Pay : $15.65 Hr. This position is eligible for Daily Pay! Work today, get paid today! We’ve partnered with DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.

Full Time employees in our Retail, Sales / Operations, Commercial Contracts are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Flexible Spending Accounts and several voluntary supplemental benefit offerings.

In addition, these positions are eligible for paid time off in the form of vacation, sick, holiday, floating holiday, jury duty and bereavement leave.

Goodwill of Colorado is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) eligible employer. JOB SUMMARY : The Donation Services Associate I is typically the first point of contact for customers that are dropping off items at retail centers.

Donation Services Associates provide excellent and friendly customer service by greeting customer’s timely and helping as needed that may include lifting or unloading donations from a customer’s vehicle or other area.

Associates are expected to handle goods with care, showing respect for items donated. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

• Provides excellent Customer service, greeting customers in a timely manner, answering product questions as needed.
• Assists every customer by unloading donations from vehicle or other area(s).
• Ensures donated items are handled with care and sorted into appropriate bins or production areas.
• Inspects all donations within assigned areas and make decisions on quality to sort appropriately for the sales floor or to be shipped to other locations.
• Ensures a safe, organized, and clean environment is maintained for both customers and fellow employees within the donations entrance and parking lot areas.
• Maintains remote donation centers shed and trailer, following appropriate opening and closing procedures when working at a remote site.
• Orders supplies using provide computer equipment and software programs.
• Ensures supplies are kept well stocked at remote site(s) as necessary.
• Tracks and reports donation levels daily to ensure trailers do not become over stocked when working in remote donation center locations.
• Works with transportation department and dispatchers to schedule trailer pick-ups and drop-offs at remote locations.
• Follows all retail center policies and procedures.
• Follows all safety processes and procedures to help provide a safe working environment for employees and customers.
• Cross-train in other departments or areas; act as a back-up for other areas as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education :

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Experience :
• One (1) year of retail experience preferred. Other :
• Must be able to make decisions by following Goodwill standards and guidelines.
• Must have basic computer skills to be able to log into a computer system to order supplies and to send and receive email.
• Must be able to work in various weather conditions with varying temperatures.
• Must be able to use safety equipment to assist with lifting heavy objects such as a dolly or pallet jack.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with customers, managers, supervisors, staff, and peers Must be able to work a varied schedule to include weekends, evenings, and holidays with occasional overtime as necessary. Core Competencies :
• Communication, Level 1
• Customer Focus, Level 1
• Excellence, Level 1
• Knowledge and Skills, Level 1
• Teamwork, Level 1
• Trust, Level 1 Functional Competencies :
• Time Management Goodwill is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to employing qualified individuals including those with disabilities, protected veterans and military spouses.

Goodwill participates in E-Verify. For more information on E-Verify, please contact DHS : 888-897-7781 or www.dhs.gov / E-Verify We promote a Safe & Drug-free Workplace.

Physical Requirements Attachment to Job Description Job Title : 588 Associate I, Donation Services Dept Number : Varies - Retail The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Guide to Physical Requirements :

• Continuously (5-8 hours)
• Frequently (3-4 hours)
• Occasionally (1-2 hours)
• Never LIFTING : (as defined by ADA) Heavy : 45 lbs & over - FREQUENTLY Moderate : 15-44 lbs - CONTINUOUSLY Light : 14 lbs & under - FREQUENTLY CARRYING : Heavy : 45 lbs & over - FREQUENTLY Moderate : 15-44 lbs - FREQUENTLY Light : 14 lbs & under - FREQUENTLY PUSHING / PULLING - FREQUENTLY REACHING : Above Shoulder - FREQUENTLY At Shoulder - CONTINUOUSLY Below Shoulder - CONTINUOUSLY TWISTING - FREQUENTLY BENDING - FREQUENTLY KNEELING / CRAWLING - FREQUENTLY SQUAT - FREQUENTLY CLIMBING : Use of legs only (stairs) - OCCASIONALLY Use of arms & legs (ladders) - OCCASIONALLY HEARING - FREQUENTLY VISION : Visual, close - CONTINUOUSLY Visual, distant - OCCASIONALLY Visual, depth perception - FREQUENTLY HANDS / FINGERS : Simple grasping - CONTINUOUSLY Fine Manipulation - FREQUENTLY Repetitive Movements - CONTINUOUSLY WALKING - CONTINUOUSLY STANDING - CONTINUOUSLY SITTING - NEVER SPEAKING - CONTINUOUSLY OTHER, please describe - Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

41 CFR 60-1.35(c)