What are the responsibilities and job description for the ReStore Donation & Warehouse Associate position at Santa Fe Habitat ReStore?
The Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity ReStore is looking for a dependable, energetic full-time Donation & Warehouse Associate to join our team.
The ReStore accepts donated furniture, appliances, building materials, home décor and other household goods from our community and sells them to the public. Proceeds from the ReStore help support Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity's mission of building affordable housing in our community.
What You'll Do
This is an active, hands-on position. You'll help keep donations moving from the moment they arrive until they're ready for a new home.
Responsibilities include:
- Greeting donors and providing friendly, helpful customer service
- Receiving and evaluating incoming donations
- Loading and unloading furniture, appliances and other donated merchandise
- Sorting, cleaning and preparing donated items for sale
- Pricing merchandise according to ReStore guidelines
- Moving merchandise onto the retail floor and helping create organized, shoppable displays
- Keeping donation intake, warehouse and retail areas clean and safe
- Assisting customers with loading purchases when needed
- Occasionally riding with the ReStore truck team to pick up donations throughout the community
- Working with staff and volunteers to keep merchandise moving efficiently through the ReStore
This Is a Physical Job
Candidates should be comfortable with frequent lifting, carrying, pushing and moving heavy furniture, appliances and building materials.
This position also involves standing and walking for extended periods and working both indoors and outdoors. Because donations are received and loaded outside, you will sometimes be working in heat, cold, wind and other New Mexico weather conditions.
Who We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who:
- Is dependable and shows up ready to work
- Enjoys physical, hands-on work
- Works well as part of a team
- Treats donors, customers, volunteers and coworkers with respect
- Can work independently and use good judgment
- Is willing to learn how to evaluate and price a wide variety of donated merchandise
- Takes pride in keeping work areas safe, clean and organized
- Understands that every donation has value—not only as merchandise, but as a way to support Habitat's mission
Experience in retail, warehouse operations, moving, furniture, construction, thrift/resale or donation centers is helpful, but a great attitude, reliability and willingness to learn are just as important.
Benefits/Pay
This is a full-time position with a starting hourly wage of $16.00 hour, with a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Medical benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Vacation leave
- Sick leave
- The opportunity to work for a mission-driven organization making a tangible difference in Santa Fe
Why Work at the ReStore?
This isn't just about moving furniture.
Every donated couch, refrigerator, table, cabinet and building material that we keep out of the landfill and sell at the ReStore helps generate funding for affordable housing right here in Santa Fe.
You'll work hard. You'll stay busy. And at the end of the day, you'll know your work helped build something bigger.
Come help us turn donations into homes.
Salary : $16