Store Clerk & Cashier -401- Thrift Store Department

Location: The Johnson City Corps, Johnson City, TN

About the opportunity:

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 it items and the cash register.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists customers purchasing items from The Salvation Army by ringing up sales utilizing a cash register; collects monies, counts change, and prepares receipts.

• Prepares and packages purchased items

• Prepares and balances the cash drawer and runs routine register print-outs

• Prepares and delivers bank deposits 

• Ensures the security and accountability of all cash register funds and sales records by established operating procedures.

• Prepares, processes, and maintains various sales records, tax forms, and social service vouchers; prepares routine sales reports as directed.

• Maintains the neatness and security of the cash register area; ensures that forms, bags, etc., are adequately stocked.

• Assists customers by explaining store policy and responding to questions regarding the pricing and purchasing of items.

•  Ensures that all customers visiting the store have a pleasant experience.

• Assists customers donating items to The Salvation Army; directs customers to the proper loading/unloading area to help haul donations to the storage area

• Prepares and provides tax receipts as needed.

• Answers the store telephone tactfully and courteously; assists customers by responding to questions and providing directions and general information. Schedule and record donation pick-ups.

• Places and arranges items in the store as directed; checks all store displays to ensure that they are maintained and displayed neatly and orderly; rotates and rearranges stock as directed; returns items to the proper location after customers have handled them; Cleans all display racks and shelves sweeps and mop floors, cleans windows and mirrors, and ensures that the store is clean and inviting.

What are we looking for in you:

• High School Diploma or GED and six months experience working in a retail store preferred OR

• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Ability to meet attendance requirements. Ability to read, write, and communicate in the English language.  Ability to operate a cash register. Ability to perform routine mathematical computations and count change. Work requires the ability to lift and carry and/or push-pull light (less than 25 lbs.) materials, supplies and equipment.  Light mobility: duties are usually performed by a combination of standing, walking, and primarily sitting.

Employee Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holiday Pay

• Life Insurance

• Retirement Plans and more!

Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to the "Most Good" for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Five values at the heart of everything we do... We are..

• Passionate

• Compassionate

• Uplifting

• Brave

• Trustworthy

Additional Information:

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

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Application Submittal Period: July 17, 2024 - August 23, 2024

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.