Store Clerk_NE-NSC_405-Thrift Store Department

Salvation Army National Capital Area; Conover (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The Salvation Army National Capital Area is hiring a store clerk for the Hickory Unit in Conover, NC. This role involves assisting customers in donations and purchases, maintaining cash registers, and ensuring store cleanliness.

A high school diploma or G.E.D. is preferred along with effective customer service skills. The position demands physical endurance due to various standing and handling tasks. Join a mission-driven organization committed to community support.

Qualifications

• Effective customer service skills to assist and engage with store customers.
• Ability to operate a cash register and handle money.
• Physical stamina to perform duties standing and managing light to heavy objects.

Responsibilities

• Assist store customers in donating, selecting, and purchasing store items.
• Operate and maintain a cash register.
• Ensure cleanliness and orderliness of store displays.

Skills

Effective customer service techniques

Attendance and punctuality requirements

Reading, writing, and effective communication in English

Operating a cash register and performing routine mathematical computations

Education

High School diploma or G.E.D.

Job description

Location

201 1st St E, Conover, NC 28613, USA

Introductory Statement

The Salvation Army, an internationally recognized non-profit, faith‑based organization, has a job opening for a store clerk for the Hickory Unit, located in Conover, NC.

Job Summary

Assists store customers in donating, selecting, and purchasing store items; operates and maintains a cash register; responds to customers’ questions; maintains the cleanliness and orderliness of the store displays; ensures the security of store items and the cash register.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Effective customer service techniques
• Attendance and punctuality requirements
• Reading, writing, and effective communication in English
• Operating a cash register and performing routine mathematical computations and counting change
• Continuous walking, stooping, standing, and some climbing
• Frequent walking, standing, kneeling, or squatting with relief by brief periods of sitting

Education and Experience

High School diploma or G.E.D. and experience working in a retail store preferred, or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Duties are usually performed standing. Standing may be relieved by brief or occasional periods of sitting. Moderate physical effort required associated with sitting, walking, standing, lifting, bending, reaching, twisting, pushing, pulling, and carrying light to heavy objects (up to 50 lbs.). Work is sometimes performed in a normal store where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

Additional Information

All employees recognize that The Salvation Army is a church and agree that they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.