Part-Time Retail Store Associate

About the role

Goodwill of Central Iowa is seeking Retail Store Associates to handle donated goods, perform cashier duties, and provide exceptional customer service.

Responsibilities

• Greet, assist, and engage with customers in a helpful and courteous manner
• Receive donations from the public
• Sort donations, stack and organize sorted merchandise, ensuring quality meets standards
• Work with supervisors to arrange and rotate items on the sales floor, keeping merchandise organized and accessible
• Practice safe cash handling and operate the cash register, including calculating and balancing cash register as scheduled
• Carryout general cleaning tasks, such as: sweeping, scrubbing, dusting, and mopping
• Use a dolly, wheeled cart, pallet jack, and possibly riding or walk behind forklift
• Meet daily production goals
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Excellent service skills for daily customer interactions
• Flexibility to work positively on a team within Goodwill of Central Iowa's values of treating others with love, kindness, & respect
• Effective communication and basic math skills - point-of-sale (POS) system experience is a plus

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or currently attending high school or GED classes, or a minimum of four years of any combination of military service, high school, or related full-time paid employment
• Availability to work days, evenings, and weekends
• Ability to carry, lift, push or pull 40 pounds
• Ability to tolerate variations in work environment temperature
• Ability to be stationary or mobile for long periods of time
• At least 16 years of age

Skills

• Excellent customer service skills
• Basic math skills
• Point-of-sale (POS) system experience

Benefits

• Starting wage of $15.00/hour and an additional $1.00/hour on Saturday and Sunday shifts worked!
• Monthly Retail Associate Bonus eligibility based on store production and revenue goals being met!
• Annual merit increase eligibility based on individual job performance.

Pay & Schedule

• Part-Time (10-29 hours/week) positions available
• No retail holiday season!
• Shifts are scheduled Monday - Saturday: 8 am - 10 pm and Sunday: 11 am - 6 pm
• This position requires a flexible schedule which includes days, evenings, and weekends to support business needs.

Benefits

• Click here for PTO & retirement + employer match information!

What you’ll need

• Excellent customer service skills
• A high school diploma or currently attending high school or GED classes, or a minimum of four years of any combination of military service, high school, or related full-time paid employment
• Availability to work days, evenings, and weekends
• Ability to carry, lift, push or pull 40 pounds
• Ability to tolerate variations in work environment temperature
• Ability to be stationary or mobile for long periods of time
• At least 16 years of age
• Effective communication and basic math skills
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check and a dependent adult and child abuse background check