Hardware Donations Apprenticeship

Salary/Benefits
Wages are $11.55 per hour. Length of job: Approximately 35 weeks
Work Hours
Part-time, 24 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 May 29, at 5pm. Ideally, the selected applicant will start work on June 6, 2009. Please note that apprenticeships are not a path towards full-time employment at Free Geek.

Do you love making order out of chaos, working on your feet, learning about all kinds of computer equipment, meeting people, and working with volunteers? Do you like putting away lots of random stuff? If you're looking for experience in coordinating volunteers this might be the internship for you. Here's what we're looking for and how to apply.

Responsibilities

• Manage flow of gizmos through the hardware donations receiving area.
• Teach Adoption volunteers basic intake procedures.
• Communicate proactively with other Free Geek staff and volunteers about receiving area needs.
• Teach basic hardware vocabulary and Free Geek's system evaluation process to Build volunteers as needed (we will train you).
• Ensure that receiving is well integrated with Free Geeks production and sales areas.
• Assist in training your replacement at end of internship.
• Cross-train at the Front Desk to assist with intake and processing of volunteers and donors
• Give tours of Free Geek to potential volunteers and donors.

Required Skills

• Aptitude for and enjoyment of helping people
• Good interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated, and able to eventually work with little supervision
• Detail-oriented
• Strong organizational skills (you like to put stuff in order)
• Able to lift and carry at least 50 pounds on a regular basis
• Strong teaching skills

In Addition

The ideal candidate will be able to work well under stress in a somewhat chaotic setting and maintain a positive attitude. The candidate will not be afraid to ask questions but will be able to upkeep the area almost entirely without supervision. The candidate will be able to remain flexible as Free Geek grows and changes. Fluency in Spanish is a plus, though not required.