Gift-Wrapping @ Midtown Farmers’ Market

POSITION: Gift-Wrapping @ Midtown Farmers’ Market

REPORTS TO: Director of Corporate & Annual Giving

SCHEDULE: Saturdays in December 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM

COMMITMENT: One-time

LOCATION: Midtown Farmers’ Market, Lavender Heights (meet at the Center)

# OF POSITIONS 5

SUMMARY: This December, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center is spreading holiday cheer with a gift-wrapping booth at the Midtown Farmers’ Market. Shoppers can have their gifts beautifully wrapped while supporting a great cause. Every dollar raised goes directly to the Center’s unrestricted funds, helping us continue our vital work in the community.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Provide excellent customer service.
2. Take payment (cash and electronic payments) and provide accurate change, as needed.
3. Ensure all money collected is accounted for and turned into Center staff at the end of the shift.
4. Wrap presents.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

1. Friendly and approachable with strong customer service skills.
2. Basic gift-wrapping skills or willingness to learn on-site.
3. Organized and able to manage multiple gifts and customers at once.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Experience working with the LGBTQ+ community and familiarity with issues of particular relevance to LGBTQ+ people.
2. Passion for The Center’s mission and work to create a region where LGBTQ+ people thrive, and a commitment to follow all policies and procedures of the organization.
3. Respect for everyone’s real or perceived sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, including pronouns.
4. Commitment to anti-racism and racial equity.
5. Ability to work effectively with people of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking abilities, immigration statuses, and physical abilities in an intersectional environment.
6. Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills; fluency to read, write, speak, and hear English.
7. Business Casual attire and closed-toed shoes required.
8. Physical Demands: Volunteers in this role will be required to convey detailed spoken instructions to others accurately, and to hear, understand, and distinguish in-person speech, lift up to 50lbs, use computers and office equipment. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
9. Drug and Alcohol-Free Policy: The Sacramento LGBT Community Center is committed to maintaining a safe, productive, and welcoming environment. Volunteers are expected to perform their duties free from the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals found under the influence while volunteering will face disciplinary action, up to and including permanent removal from the volunteer program.