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 Job Title: Kettle Coordinator

FLSA Status: Temporary, Full Time - non-exempt
Reports to: Corps Officers

Schedule: 40hrs/week, Monday-Friday. Weekends and evenings as needed. 

Dates of Employment: 10/15/2025-12/24/2025 

Supervises: Bell Ringers

Rate of Pay: $18/hr

Closing Date: 9/18/2025

Benefits: Temporary; Full-Time, Non-Exempt employees are eligible for but not limited to the following:

• Sick leave benefit – 1 day per month, 12 sick days per year (accrual and availability begins at hire; sick time accrual is pro-rated for part-time hours.)

Function & Responsibilities: 

Contact all store managers to verify or seek permission to guarantee access to kettle sites. Contact made by phone, letter, or in person.
Check all the kettle equipment to make sure it is in good shape and ready to go. Maintain kettle equipment. This will involve making sure that the kettles, kettle stands, bells, and aprons are always clean and in good condition. See that additional equipment is ordered if necessary.
Assist with placing any volunteers needed advertising for bell ringers in newspapers, etc.
Make sure all stands and signs are delivered to kettle sites a week prior to the scheduled kettle start date
Assist in conducting an orientation meeting with all kettle workers during preselected dates in October. Review the responsibilities and guidelines. If the kettle worker has not signed the agreement, this must be done at this time. Conduct an orientation on Wednesday or Thursday of every subsequent week if new workers are added.
Fully responsible for the bell ringer scheduling process
The coordinator must be available at the beginning and end of each day to assign workers to sites (matching best workers with most productive sites), discuss problems, and answer questions
The coordinator must be available to drop off and pick up empty kettles to and full kettles from kettle locations.
Ensure that Kettle Slips are in each kettle indicating the name of the ringer as well as the time date and location.

Input kettle amounts and other needed information into the Register to Ring database.

• Contact all store managers to verify or seek permission to guarantee access to kettle sites
• Contact made by phone, letter, or in person
• Check all the kettle equipment to make sure it is in good shape and ready to go
• Maintain kettle equipment
• This will involve making sure that the kettles, kettle stands, bells, and aprons are always clean and in good condition
• See that additional equipment is ordered if necessary
• Assist with advertising for bell ringer volunteer in newspapers, radio etc
• Make sure all stands and signs are delivered to kettle sites a week prior to the scheduled kettle start date
• Assist in conducting an orientation meeting with all kettle workers during preselected dates in October
• Review the responsibilities and guidelines
• Orientation with all new volunteers as they come.
• Fully responsible for the bell ringer scheduling process as they are on Register to Ring.
• The coordinator must be available at the beginning and end of each day to assign workers to sites (matching best workers with most productive sites), discuss problems, and answer questions
• The coordinator will use his or her own vehicle to carry out their duties and will receive a mileage reimbursement of 67 cent per mile in addition to hourly pay. Must have a current Driver’s License and current Auto Insurance.
• Ensure Kettle Slips identifying ringer, location, time and date are in each kettle.
• Ensure that correct data is available daily to enter shifts into Register To Ring.

Education, Experience, Skills, Qualifications

• A minimum age of 21 (for insurance provision) and possession of a valid in-state driver’s license is required.
• An MVR will be processed every year in accordance with The Salvation Army’s policies.
• Background Check
  • Continued employment will be contingent upon a biennial (every two years) background check processed in accordance with The Salvation Army’s policies.

Physical Requirements 

• Ability to maneuver.
• Ability to remain in a stationary position.
• Ability to grasp, push, pull, and reach overhead.
• Ability to operate telephone.
• Ability to lift 25 pounds.
• Ability to access and produce information from the computer.
• Ability to understand written information.
• Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.

A request to modify or adjust these requirements may be made to your supervisor and HR. The Salvation Army would attempt to satisfy requests if the accommodation needed is reasonable and presents no undue hardship.