Full-Time Processing Center Clerk 2 - Home Essentials Department
4 days ago
Madison
Job DescriptionDescription: Full-time/Non-Exempt | 4 day-10 hour shifts | 7:00am-5:30pm | Starting at $18.08/hour with an increase to $18.83 at six months |Rotating weekdays off based on group assignment. Make a Difference Every Day - Right Here in Dane County If you thrive in a mission-driven environment and want your work to have a direct impact on people in need, St. Vincent de Paul - Madison is an incredible place to build your career! Every shift helps support our many programs that are vital to the community. Join a team that values compassion, teamwork, and belonging. Why You'll Love Working Here • Meaningful work that supports our neighbors across Dane County, • A welcoming, values-driven team environment, • Stable full-time schedule - four 10-hour days with rotating weekdays off, • Competitive pay with an increase at 6 months, • Strong benefits package (medical, dental, vision, retirement, PTO, sick leave, life insurance) In this hands-on role, you will be a key member of the Miscellaneous team, which is tasked with presorting, pricing, packing, and redistributing donated miscellaneous items to the SVdP thrift stores around Dane County. This team is essential to keeping our stores stocked - and our mission thriving. What You'll Do • Inspect donated items to determine quality and resale potential, • Meet production goals in one of several miscellaneous workstations, including:, • Presorting: Identify unsellable items or those belonging in another department and preparing items for pricing, • Pricing: Price misc. goods and spot specialty or collectible items, • Packing: Pack and palletize items for shipment to stores, • Restock production supplies as needed, • Help maintain cleanliness of your work area and the Processing Center, perform assigned cleaning duties, • Support the effort to create a more inclusive workplace environment, • Play an integral role in fostering a culture of equity and inclusion within the organization, • Build authentic relationships across lines of difference, such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, ability, gender identity, citizenship status, or other identities, • Ability to work well with others in a fast-paced production environment, • Curiosity and willingness to learn about items belonging to the Misc. department and their resale value and quality, • Comfort rotating through different workstations based on daily needs, • Ability to make quick, accurate quality assessments Requirements: Qualifications & Keys To Success This position requires frequent communication and assistance among numerous departments. Therefore, this individual must: • Be able to work independently and adapt to ever-changing needs, job assignments and priorities., • Basic knowledge of household items and resale value, • Capable of making speedy and accurate judgments of appliance items based on quality control information received during training or current needs of the stores, • Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, ethnicities, and races. OR is willing to communicate and interact effectively with individuals from diverse cultures, varying abilities, ethnicities, and races. Essential Requirements • Keep management informed of safety concerns, problems, supplies needed, and whatever is important to the smooth running of the Processing Center, • Must have the ability to appropriately prioritize daily and immediate tasks, • Must have the ability to perform any duties assigned by management to help the overall performance of the Miscellaneous/Book Department and Processing Center., • Demonstrated success working in a collaborative, team-oriented environment, • Continual learner, willing to seek additional opportunities to gain experience, knowledge and skills. Must be able to fulfill job duties/responsibilities with minimal direction. Physical Demands & Qualifications The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this job: • Employee must have the ability to maintain professional, patient and courteous interactions with a diverse base of customers, donors, clients and other SVdP staff, • Employee must frequently stand, walk, talk and hear, use hands to handle or touch product, tools, or controls., • Ability to stand at workstation for 3 hours between breaks for 10-hour shifts, • Employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds without assistance, and occasionally lift/move up to 50lbs with assistance from equipment or another person., • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus., • Employee must be able to follow instructions and work autonomously on assigned job duties, • Employee must be able to work assigned shifts consistently and reliably NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY The District Council of Madison, Inc., Society of St. Vincent de Paul does not and shall not discriminate in our employment, services and volunteerism on the basis of age, race, color, disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, arrest record, conviction record, military service, or use or nonuse of lawful products off the employer’s premises during nonworking hours, or any characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal law. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers and vendors. Although the District Council of Madison, Inc., Society of St. Vincent de Paul does not generally consider religion in either hiring or the services it provides, because we are a Catholic charity, requiring liaison with the Catholic Church and its members, certain positions involving such liaisons are reserved for members of the Catholic Church. The District Council of Madison, Inc., Society of St. Vincent de Paul reserves the right to consider whether the conduct reflected in a criminal conviction demonstrates an incompatibility with the responsibilities of the specific job for which an applicant is applying. EQUITY St. Vincent de Paul has a vision for a deeply inclusive environment for our membership, staff, and volunteers. To foster a culture of belonging while providing equitable service delivery above and beyond Equal Opportunity requirements, SVdP candidates must be committed to cultural competency growth and work within diverse teams. SVdP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Full-Time Job Benefits • Medical, dental, and vision insurance options, • Free long-term disability and term life insurance, • Voluntary short-term disability and life insurance coverage available, • Employee 403(b) retirement savings plan and an employer-sponsored SEP-IRA, • Employee assistance program, • Generous paid time off (PTO) and paid sick time off