Job Description

Do you love thrifting? Enjoy helping others? Want to make a positive impact in your community? Looking for a fun way to gain experience while supporting a meaningful mission?

Thrift on Purpose (MCC Thrift), contributes to the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) by providing friendly service and a positive experience for all customers, donors, volunteers, and staff.

The Agapé Center's Department of Service Learning & Community Engagement is partnering with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Thrift on Purpose to hire student volunteers who can support the shop's operations and mission. Work hours & days of the week are flexible.

Training will be provided. Duties include:

• Sort donations as assigned and place in designated areas
• Make decisions on what items are saleable, for recycling, or for trash
• Use established pricing guidelines, price items for floor display
• Decide which items might be used for the high value case
• Maintain consistent and reliable attendance
• Other duties as assigned
• Minimum 2-hour shift, at least once a week
• Friendly and engaging personal style
• Strong interpersonal skills with people of all ages and backgrounds
• Ability to work as a part of a team
• Healthy balance of patience and energy
• Ability to receive direction from staff
• Ability to stand, lift, and move items (preferred)
• Knowledge and/or interest in the second-hand market
• Ability to look at and access items for quality

Messiah University’s commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence draws inspiration from its mission “to educate men and women toward maturity of intellect, character and Christian faith in preparation for lives of service, leadership and reconciliation in church and society.” The university has pursued this vision through a strategic planning process that encourages diversity through employee and student composition, campus climate, and an educational program that seeks to equip and enable educators and students to embrace diversity. Candidates should clearly articulate why diversity and inclusive excellence matter to them as persons of faith as well as in their profession. Candidates will speak to how as a potential employee, they will contribute to the advancement of this vision through their teaching-learning, research, institutional service, and public engagement.