Warehouse Team Member

Salt & Light Ministries; Urbana (IL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a non-denominational nonprofit focused on empowering individuals to overcome poverty with dignity. As a Warehouse Team Member, you'll play a vital role in creating a welcoming environment for donors and volunteers while ensuring the smooth operation of our donation and warehouse areas. This position offers an opportunity to make a real difference in the community by providing outstanding service and support to those in need. If you're a motivated self-starter who thrives in a team environment, this role is perfect for you!

Benefits

Pre-tax supplemental insurance options

Qualifications

• Ability to lift 50 lbs. or more with assistance.
• Self-starter and solution-focused.
• Work well with a diverse group of staff and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe and welcoming environment for employees and volunteers.
• Greet donors and volunteers with kindness and a smile.
• Assist volunteers and team members with their needs.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Pallet Jack Operation

Forklift Operation

Communication

Job description

Warehouse Team Member

Work with a purpose as part of a team empowering people to change their lives.

Join a team dedicated to helping every person—participants, volunteers, donors, and staff—realize the fullness of who it is God created us to be as we fight poverty with dignity.

About Salt & Light (S&L)

We are a non-denominational, Christian nonprofit not affiliated with any one church, rather, working with many different individuals, churches, businesses, and organizations in fulfilling our mission and vision.

Our doors first opened in January 2004 in Champaign, IL, as we began handing out food and clothing to local families. Very quickly, we became the largest “emergency food program” in Champaign County, and a leader in the community for providing access to basic resources. In addition to the weekly assistance provided through the food pantry and clothing closet, we partnered with area churches and businesses in large events designed to help families with school supplies in the fall, meals at Thanksgiving, and gifts at Christmas.

We later added financial education classes and a computer lab, both of which represented not just the addition of new programs but signaled a desire to move away from just providing things, to offering opportunities for people to grow.

After wrestling with the theologies and ideologies found in the book "When Helping Hurts," we felt led to design a more developmental approach to meeting basic needs. Our new model created opportunities for individuals to acquire the resources they needed through use of the skills, gifts, and abilities God had given them. Instead of being handed a preselected bag of groceries, our participants now shop with store credit earned through volunteering. The stores we now operate in Urbana and Champaign are open to the entire community and generate revenue to support the store credit participants earn in addition to our other programs and services.

About the Position

Reporting to the Receiving & Processing Manager and Receiving & Processing Assistant Manager, the Warehouse Team Member helps fulfill our mission and vision by providing outstanding customer service to our customers, donors, volunteers, and all staff members.

Our Warehouse Team Member is someone who loves people and is a highly motivated self-starter comfortable being part of a team. The ideal candidate can multi-task and prioritize projects while providing excellent service to our customers.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibility of the Warehouse Team Member is to ensure a safe and welcoming environment for every employee and volunteer that reflects the grace and truth of Jesus.

• Greet donors and volunteers with a smile, kind words, and a friendly environment
• Ensure the donation and warehouse area is clean and safe.
• Assist volunteers and team members with questions and help with needs.

Tasks

These are key components for the Warehouse Team Member. This is not a comprehensive list of tasks.

• Keep the area clean and safe
• Sort items based on hard line and soft line items
• Bale clothing, purses, shoes, and linen
• Meet daily goals
• Price furniture
• Complete all documentation properly
• Learn how the warehouse operates
• Teach volunteers how to complete tasks and follow up
• Clock in and out for shifts appropriately
• Other duties as assigned

Position Qualifications & Skills

• Work well with a diverse group of staff, customers, and volunteers
• Self-starter and solution-focused
• Work efficiently in a team and individually
• Ability to use a pallet jack and forklift
• Provide instruction and leadership to volunteers
• Communicate with donors, volunteers, and team members
• Ability to bend and lift merchandise from carts and gaylords
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. or more with assistance

Wages and Benefits

$15.50 per hour

Pre-tax supplemental insurance options

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

S&L provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. As a religious organization, S&L is permitted and reserves the right to employ persons who have a philosophy similar to S&L and consistent with the Statement of Beliefs of the organization. S&L complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.