Donation Attendant Jobs

Our vision is that every person has the opportunity to learn, work, and thrive in all aspects of life.

To achieve our vision, we are committed to dismantling racism and advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion so we can help people reach their fullest potential through our education, job placement, and career pathway services. We do our work with great gratitude for the community donations, purchases, and partnerships that make our mission possible.

Right now our 38th Street Store in Tacoma, WA store is seeking a Part Time Donation Attendant!

Salary: $15.74 Per Hour

Position Summary: As a member of the Goodwill production team you will be responsible for processing and sorting the donations provided by our community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Donation Attendant responsibilities include the following and other duties as assigned:

• Keeps donation area both inside/outside areas clean, neat and free of debris at all times
• Assists in the unloading/loading of trucks and/or trailers
• Accepting donations from donors and issues receipts as necessary
• Training on Gaylord and pallet use will be provided

Customer Service

• Must possess exceptional customer service skills, greets donors and carries donations from the donor's vehicle to the center and gives donor a receipt if requested.

Determining Acceptable Donations

• Exercises good judgement in determining which donations are acceptable while communicating that decision to the customer effectively and politely as possible.

Record Keeping

• Maintains all required records and delivers them to supervisors or drivers as scheduled.

Qualifications/Basic Job Requirements:

• Ability to be a vital part of a team as well as work individually
• Superior coaching, leadership and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build understanding
• Has a positive attitude
• Desire to succeed and show up to every shift
• Exceptional analytical, judgment, decision-making and communications skills

We Have You Covered! Benefits Offered:

• Vacation (1-4 Years: 80 hours annually)
• All employees receive merchandise discounts
• Access to Childcare Benefits through WeeCare
• M/V/D & Life Insurance for you and your dependents
• 10 paid Holidays annually
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Parental leave covered by sick/vacation hours
• 8 days prorated sick leave annually
• We strongly believe in promoting from within, and have multiple avenues for career growth

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Cultural Competency: Demonstrate cultural competence; specifically, awareness, attitude, knowledge, willingness and skills to work effectively with a culturally and demographically diverse population.

Language Skills: Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Not required for this position.

Computer Skills: Not required for this position.

Other Skills and Abilities: Comprehensive understanding of all aspects of a Donation Attendant.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Not required for this position.

Other Qualifications: Self-motivated; resourceful, creative; high integrity; problem solver; looks to resolve issues; positive can-do approach; and ability to build effective working relationships.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Goodwill gladly considers requests for accommodation and, if the requested accommodation is reasonable, will make such reasonable accommodations as will enable an otherwise qualified person with a disability to perform the essential functions of this position.

At Goodwill we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion. We embrace our employees' differences, and believe in meeting the members of our workforce and their communities where they are. Since our doors first opened in 1921, we have been changing lives by offering a hand up, not a hand out. We invite you to join us for our next 100 years of service to our neighbors.

Our Mission is to help people reach their fullest potential through individual education, job placement and career pathway services made possible by community donations, purchases and partnerships.

At Goodwill, we welcome people with diverse backgrounds, including persons with disabilities or other disadvantages. In fact, a substantial portion of our employees have a disability and/or economic disadvantage and we strongly encourage such persons to apply.

This organization participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is a service that verifies authorization to work in the U.S. through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Social Security (SSA). For further information on E-Verify contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.