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Recycled Goods Store Operator

Hume City Council
Fawkner Full-day Full-time

Description:

Job Description

  • Permanent, Full-time
  • $75,252.28 per annumplus Superannuation
  • Join the Waste and Sustainability team

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

Recycled Goods Store Operator, you will play an important role in ensuring the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of services to the Hume community. Primarily, you will undertake the day-to-day service delivery at Council’s recycled goods store(s), through activities including, but not limited to, customer service, financial transactions, resource recovery, store presentation, and stock management.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Operate Council’s Recycled Goods Store(s) in accordance with operational, environmental and safety legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
  • Conduct daily opening and closing procedures, ensuring the Recycled Goods Store is open for business during its usual business hours.
  • Prepare, organise and display stock for sale. This may include inspection, minor repairs and cleaning on items.
  • Maintain visual merchandising and ensure interior and exterior of the store is well maintained, clean and free of clutter.
  • Provide professional customer service to a diverse mix of residential and commercial customers, maintaining a friendly atmosphere and making every interaction positive.
  • Effectively resolve customer queries and complaints, providing consistently accurate and timely guidance, information, and assistance to customers.
  • Maintain records, including but not limited to, sales transactions, cash register, banking transactions and timesheet records.
  • Complete and submit reports as requested, including but not limited to; daily and monthly transaction reports, stocktakes, customer trends, safety inspection checklists, and other operational matters.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

  • Understanding of second-hand goods store, waste management, recycling, and/or resource recovery centre/transfer station operations.
  • Skills to understand the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 and regulations, and ability to follow and apply health and safety requirements and procedures within operational environments.
  • Knowledge and skills applicable to identification of recovery of recyclable and recoverable materials from the incoming waste streams.
  • Well-developed customer service and communication skills, including the ability to communicate clearly in various mediums, with people from a variety of backgrounds.
  • Requires the ability to gain co-operation and assistance from members of the public and other employees in the activities relating to Recycled Goods Store and Resource Recovery Centre operations.
  • Understanding of visual merchandising and retail store operations.

Required Certifications & Qualifications:

  • Licence and experience in operating a Forklift, Front end Loader, and/or Excavator (desired, but not essential).

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day : We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together : At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up : We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume : We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.

Additional Information

Position Description

11 Apr 2025;   from: linkedin.com

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