Overview
Position: Thrift Store Manager
Location: Chambersburg – Thrift Store Services
Availability of Position: ASAP
Schedule: Monday-Saturday, 8:30AM to 5:30AM
Reporting Relationship: Corps Officers
Salary Grade: 73 Non-Exempt
The Salvation Army is hiring and offers truly excellent benefit package to eligible employees including:
- Generous paid time off every year that includes: holidays, vacation time and sick time.
- Employer funded Pension Plan (company contributions begin after 1 year of employment)
- Eligibility for supplemental insurance plans including Short Term Disability, AFLAC and Voluntary Term Life
- Most importantly – a job with a good purpose!
Responsibilities
Position Overview: The Thrift Store Manager is responsible for the everyday supervising, scheduling of staff and the general operation of the Thrift Store. This includes processing donations, sorting, pricing, tagging, selecting, and shelving of merchandise, and operating the cash register. This position is responsible for bank deposits and reporting as required by the Salvation Army and will be responsible to keep the thrift store organized, neat, and clean.
Description of Position:
- Assist in every way requested to carry out the spiritual and total mission of The Chambersburg Salvation Army in terms of community needs and our ministry to the people of our community.
- Provide oversight and supervisionof daily operations of the Chambersburg Thrift Store.
- Prepare merchandise for sale, including supervision of item sorting and selection. Establish and supervise pricing and tagging items for sale.
- Supervise the presentation and display of merchandise, helping to create an attractive shopping environment, which includes neatly stacking, shelving, hanging. Or displaying clothing garments and other donated goods.
- Work with corps officers and facilities outreach manager to develop pricing policies and recommend strategies for sales promotions to maximize sales.
- Ensure the store is clean, which includes cleaning, vacuuming, mopping floors, dusting shelves, washing windows, etc.
- Recruit volunteers and process any paperwork involved with the Operations Manager.
- Train and develop staff and volunteers
- Supervise employees and handle annual review process.
- Schedule store volunteers during operational hours for receiving donations. Make sure a qualified person is always present to answer questions, operate the cash register and handle funds.
- Maintain records of daily sales and monthly totals.
- Work with the bookkeeper to ensure all store reporting is completed in a timely manner.
- Work with the bookkeeper to ensure all funds are deposited in a timely manner
- Develop and practice customer-friendly policies to ensure good customer relations.
- Follow the Thrift Store Policy & Procedures Manual.
- Assist with any other projects or covering responsibilities withing other departments, as assigned by the Corps Officers or Thrift Store Manager.
The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the candidate will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope of the post.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Prior retail and supervisory experience
- Excellent communication skills - both oral and written
- Bilingual encouraged
- Must treat all people with compassion and respect
- Must be able to work independently
- Ability to operate a cash register.
- Basic HS-level math/accounting skills and familiarity working with cash receipts.
- Strong interpersonal skills and appropriate intervention skills with the Salvation Army required
- Must be able to keep information in a confidential and secure fashion
- Must be a self starter who can work in an environment with multiple changing work priorities
- Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Law requires that all prospective employees complete the following clearance and background checks: PA Child Abuse History Clearance, PA State Police Criminal Record Check, and PA DHS Criminal Record/Fingerprint Check. In addition, completion of a Pennsylvania approved Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Training is necessary prior to employment.
- Must understand and support for the Mission of The Salvation Army.
Contact: Please submit your resume and cover letter with salary requirements as instructed below:
External candidates interested in this position please apply online at http://careers.salvationarmy.org.
Internal candidates interested in applying for this position please apply at http://internal-usesalvationarmy.icims.com.
No phone calls please
Released by the Divisional Human Resource Department on 5/6/26.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
The Salvation Army’s Mission Statement
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church.
Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God.
Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ
and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
Requisition No. 2615
