On Call Sales Associate

Who We Are

For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a world-wide Christian church, each year we help more than 2 million people, providing necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. In addition, we support people experiencing unemployment, addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission, vision and values of hope, service, dignity and stewardship. As a faith- and values-based organization, we hire and serve people of all backgrounds and walks of life - there is a place for everyone to belong here.

Mission Statement

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.

Job Description

JOB PURPOSE

The Store Clerk/Sales Associate provides service to customers, sorts incoming products, and assists the manager in the maintenance of all store operations.

CHARACTERISTIC JOB DUTIES

The incumbent is responsible for the following range of job duties characteristic, or typical of the job class:

• Contributes to meeting store sales budgets by maintaining customer service standards
• Implements store layout plans to attract customers including window displays and merchandise displays; ensures attractiveness of the store through “Tidy Maintenance”
• Replenishes inventory levels based on Supervisor’s directions
• Processing incoming donations
• Contributes to the control of inventory by retrieving, sorting, and pricing as per directions; protects the store from inventory shrinkage by close visual monitoring
• Contributes to the safety of staff and customers (e.g. snow removal, clear fire exits, no obstacles inside/outside store, cleans spillage and maintains store cleanliness)
• Takes responsibility for the accurate completion of all customer transactions including visa, debit, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned

NOTE: Not all incumbents perform all of the duties described above but perform a similar range of duties.

MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL ATTAINED

The successful job applicant will have completed Public School.

NOTE: An alternative level of education and experience may be acceptable.

SPECIAL LICENSES, DIPLOMAS, CERTIFICATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS

The successful applicant will hold/have

• N/A

MINIMUM PRIOR RELATED EXPERIENCE

• The incumbent must have the following experience before hire:
• Up to three months of prior related experience, including life skills.

PHYSICAL EFFORT/DEXTERITY REQUIRED

The performance of the job requires continuously standing for long periods of time, frequent twisting, bending, crouching, reaching, reaching overhead, pushing and pulling, lifting, kneeling and entering data for transactions.

CONCENTRATION REQUIRED

The performance of the job requires visual monitoring and frequently working with numbers.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL RESOURCES

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