Receptionist

Location: Salvation Army of High Point

Position Type: Regular Part-Time

About this opportunity:

Answers the telephone in a courteous manner and directs calls to the appropriate destination; records accurate and complete messages when necessary; receives and receipts deliveries and donations; greets and announces visitors and clients; provides general information about The Salvation Army's operations and services; performs routine clerical work such as typing and filing.

Key responsibilities:

• Answers the telephone and transfers calls to the appropriate destination; responds to callers questions and provides accurate information.
• Records accurate and complete messages; ensures the timely and accurate distribution of messages through telephone and/or E-mail.
• Receives, greets, and announces visitors in a courteous and tactful manner.
• Notifies proper individuals when visitors or clients have arrived; ensures that visitors and clients have signed-in and gives them a badge.
• Receives and prepares receipts for donations, packages, express mail, and items delivered to the lobby; notifies proper individuals of item arrival by telephone and delivers to the appropriate office.
• Maintains the neatness of the reception area.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ability to meet attendance requirements.
• Ability to operate a telephone and/or switchboard.
• Ability to work with people in a calm, courteous, and tactful manner
• Ability to record accurate messages, or put them in voicemail/E-mail.
• Ability to respond to emergencies in a calm and effective manner.
• Ability to project a positive and professional image of The Salvation Army.
• Ability to meet attendance requirements.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language.
• Performs other related work as required.

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT:

Telephone Switchboard         

Personal Computer          

General Office Equipment

What we are looking for in you:

• High school diploma or G.E.D. required.
• Two years of progressively responsible experience working in a major firm with telephone switchboard responsibilities.
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the necessary knowledge, skill, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Work is performed in a normal office environment where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Five values at the heart of everything we do…We are…

• Passionate
• Compassionate
• Uplifting
• Brave
• Trustworthy

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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Application Submittal Period:  5/12/25 – 07/01/25.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

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We appreciate your interest in employment opportunities with The Salvation Army!