Exploratory Online Sales Position

Salary/Benefits
Wages are $11.55 per hour. Length of job: 6 months
Work Hours
Part-time, 24-28 hours per week. Four days per week or five shorter days, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:30am to 7:30pm, some evening or morning meetings, with some flexibility
To Apply
E-mail your resume and cover letter to jobs@freegeek.org. Applications for this position are due by February 9, 2007. Ideally, the selected applicant will start work on February 20, 2007. Please note that apprenticeships are not a path towards full-time employment at Free Geek.

The Exploratory Online Sales will determine if there is a significant and self-sustaining profit in online sales, reporting to staff and council at 3 and 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Organize the Ebay area to maintain and increase workspace and efficiency
• Accomplish online sales development including process refinement, documentation, and relevant outreach
• Locate items within Free Geek, test, and prepare them for online sales
• Coordinate with volunteers to develop and enact new testing procedures
• Create database for listing items online in an easily accessible manner
• Research market trends to maximize sales of gizmos
• Explore other underattended hardware and its possible reuse
• Participate in relevant committees
• Research new avenues of online sales, including potential vendors
• Include volunteers in all aspects of the job

Required Skills

• Interest in and aptitude for online sales
• Familiarity with computer components and their market value
• Some familiarity with consensus process
• Proactive, clear communication skills
• Trustworthy and able to work unsupervised
• Frugal or otherwise able/willing to work for our wages