Job Description
Before you read further:
1. This job requires a car. We work at our customers' homes, not a central location.
2. This is a part time role. Hours are generally M-F 9:00-3:00.
Caring Transitions of Manchester delivers professional, courteous, personalized services to help the elderly and their families in times of life changing events, such as moving from a long-time home, or helping to empty a home following the passing of a loved one. We manage relocations and downsizing, we conduct online auctions and estate sales, and we perform environmentally friendly clean-outs.
In this role, you will be assisting in clients’ homes. Our end goal is to move and resettle our clients comfortably in their new home, and completely empty out their old home, leaving it clean, broom-swept and ready for a new owner or tenant.
Caring Transitions is a national franchise brand, with over 400 locations around the US. We are the largest provider of senior relocation services in the country!
Duties include (but are not limited to): - Sorting and organizing client’s household belongings for packing, moving, selling, donation or disposal.
- Online auction or estate sale preparation and setup:
- Grouping items into lots
- Staging and photographing lots
- Writing descriptions of lots and uploading to our CTBIDS.com auction platform
- Managing auction pick-ups and in-person estate sales
- Packing and shipping purchased items to winning bidders
- Carefully packing/boxing household items to be moved
- Unpacking boxes and resettling clients in their new home:
- Putting away clothing, linens, kitchen items, bathroom items to help the customer settle in
- Making the bed, connecting the TV, hanging pictures, setting up their room as it was in their old home
- Moving supplies/boxes within the customers’ homes
- Light cleaning including sweeping and vacuuming
- Interacting with customers and their families
Hours: Part-time, variable hours Monday-Friday and occasionally Saturdays. Shifts generally will not exceed 6 hours. There is no guarantee of work. Shifts become available when jobs are sold.
Plusses+: - We reduce our client’s stress levels in otherwise highly stressful times
- On-the-job training. No specific experience required.
- Supportive and encouraging management.
- Advancement opportunities.
- No mandatory hours.
- Interesting work. No two jobs, days or weeks are the same.
Required for the job: - Must have a valid driver’s license, a clean driving record and own reliable transportation
- Must agree to background and driving record checks
- Excellent attention to detail
- Fluency in spoken and written English
- Must be able to safely and repeatedly lift up to 35 pounds, stand and walk for extended periods, and perform physical tasks such as bending, reaching, and climbing stairs.
- Must have a smartphone (for scheduling, time-keeping, project management and processing auction items)
What we look for in a candidate: - Patience, empathy and compassion – we work with a vulnerable clientele who are going through difficult times
- Maturity; life experience
- Comfortable speaking with people
- Self-motivation and willingness to learn
- A team player; works well with, and collaborates with others
- Reliability, punctuality and integrity
- Comfortable working in a dusty or dirty environment at times. N95 masks and gloves are provided.
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to make extra money while helping others, and who doesn’t require a consistent work/schedule. Life experience is helpful in this job, but no specific experience is required.
Join our innovative and hands-on team in Manchester, NH to give peace of mind to our elderly clients and their families!
Job Tags
Extra income, Relocation, Monday to Friday, Shift work, 2 days per week