Silver Spring, Maryland, United States · On-site
Job Summary A Wider Circle is looking for passionate, reliable individuals to help bring our mission to life. In this hands-on role, you'll be the welcoming face and strong support behind our work-receiving donations of …
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The Coordinator manages the receipt, sorting, and quality assessment of in-kind donations at the Center for Community Service. They also assist with regional donation pickups and deliveries while ensuring a positive experience for donors and clients.
Requires a High School Diploma or GED and at least one year of work or volunteer experience. Candidates must be physically capable of lifting 100+ pounds with assistance and be available to work on Saturdays.
Job Summary
A Wider Circle is looking for passionate, reliable individuals to help bring our mission to life. In this hands-on role, you'll be the welcoming face and strong support behind our work-receiving donations of furniture and household goods and ensuring they reach individuals and families living in poverty who come to our Center for Community Service. Experience the deep impact of serving those who need it most, and be part of a team that's changing lives every day.
The Coordinator will support the in-kind donations program, specifically including the daily unloading of in-kind donations (furniture, clothing, small accessories) from the personal vehicles of donors as well as from trucks that have picked up donations from across the region. You will also be responsible for assessing the quality of those donated items as they come in and keeping the warehouse organized and ready for visitors. This role also involves making sure that donors and clients have a positive experience when visiting our facility. Lastly, you will go on truck routes to pick up donations in the region and deliver furniture items. Please note that availability to work on Saturdays is a requirement for this position.
Essential functions-primary responsibilities
Guiding Principles
Required Skills /Abilities
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Required education and experience
Preferred Education and experience
Additional eligibility requirements:
Work authorization/security clearance requirements
Work environment
The Coordinator will work in a warehouse environment and outdoors in different weather climates. When on the road, travel is a truck cab with a driver or in the front of a cargo van.
Physical demands
Capable of lifting 100 pounds or more with assistance. This job requires consistently lifting arms high and bending knees often. Must be able to withstand a variety of changing weather conditions.
Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.
Travel required
None daily. Travel is required within the DMV as a co-pilot.
Affirmative Action/EEO Statement
A Wider Circle is committed to having a diverse team and ensuring that all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender (including gender identity or expression), religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or other non-merit factors. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Rooted in dignity. Built by community. Support our work: awidercircle.org/donate
The mission of A Wider Circle is to advance equity in the greater Washington, DC region by fostering the exchange of goods, skills, and connections from neighbor to neighbor, and by engaging in advocacy to address the root causes of poverty.
Offices: 9159 Brookville Rd, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, US
Rooted in dignity. Built by community. Support our work: awidercircle.org/donate
The mission of A Wider Circle is to advance equity in the greater Washington, DC region by fostering the exchange of goods, skills, and connections from neighbor to neighbor, and by engaging in advocacy to address the root causes of poverty.
Offices: 9159 Brookville Rd, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, US
