Habitat For Humanity Employer Reviews

cleaning most of the day. help warehouse coordinator with shipping, recieveing, and stocking. price items. inventory.

fun being outdoors and helping build homes for those who need them. A learning experience to gain new skills and volunteer work.

People were helpful
Learned from Management and volunteers
computors entry skills and phone ettiquette
Meeting new people

I volunteer with Habitat for Humanity frequently. My group has painted a house, hung drywall and installed roofing fabric.

I worked here under the Youth Outreach program as one of the youths. For a first job it was great but there are a lot of things I cannot speak on because it did not apply to me. I'm quite sure if I were older and had this job I'd be able to give a more fruitful review.

I was part of a success. I was sent to Naples, FL and was to be supported by local Habitat. A local director of development, a female miniter, wanted the job and was not chosen. Help was not forthcomning and they hindered major donor contact. Test failed and I was not replaced.

Everyday I get to work with great people building homes for great people.

i haelped families in need. we got together in groups to help families build thier houses from the ground up

It was a unique way of doing thing.I learned a lot of things on how to build a habitat homes,and just the fact of knowing we are making a nice home for someone.

I would help out with Clerical- Microsoft word, Excel, Publisher and Data Entry + Answered phones,Customer Service and helped In Planning events, Internet Search and Home Restoration

On a typical day we helped biuld homes. I learned a few things about construction i never knew. All the people that helped out were very nice people.

Supervisor incharge of all help ,and work to be performed, ordering materials,payroll ,scheduling , bidding in all drywall and paint work.

A typical day at work involves assisting the Executive Director and management staff with issuing general correspondence;
Answering busy phones and email inquiries and advising/providing information for potential future homeowner, volunteers and donors;
Sorting and distributing mail and faxes;
Preparing payment vouchers for all invoices;
Entering all – more... donations and grants into donor database and composing/issuing acknowledgements;
Assisting the Outreach Coordinator with scheduling of volunteer groups and individuals and communicating confirmations, guidelines and reminders;
Coordinating all aspects of Women Build events;
Maintaining donor and volunteer databases and Google calendar;
Preparing and distributing regular donation reports, volunteer reports and updated Google volunteer calendar;
Coordinating all aspects of Virtual ReStore, including gathering donor item details and photographs, organizing pickups, posting items on eBay and/or Craigslist, monitoring and tracking all sales; arranging buyer pickups, creating/issuing donor acknowledgments and maintaining ongoing spreadsheet of items donated and sold.
Organizing lunches, travel or other special arrangements for staff, board members and volunteer groups as needed;
Maintaining and ordering office supplies as needed;

Aside from learning two new databases (Salesforce and Volunteer Up) and furthering my knowledge of Excel and other programs, I have definitely improved my multi-tasking skills. Additionally, I have learned a great deal about the satisfaction of helping others and not to take anything for granted!

When I first came to Habitat, we had wonderful management and we all worked together as a cohesive team. We worked very hard, but we also kept an upbeat, positive atmosphere. While we all understood that we had to pursue donors and bring money in, everyone also cared very much about Habitat's mission to provide safe, affordable housing for hardworking, low-income families. Unfortunately we have acquired new management in recent months, and are now being run much more like a cutthroat Fortune 500 company than a non profit organization. Most of the original employees have been let go in an effort to cut overhead costs; some being replaced by unpaid interns.

The hardest part of the job (other than the commute!) is not being able to help everyone who contacts the office in search of help. Daily I have calls from people seeking immediate shelter, which is not part of what Habitat does. Also, I find that there are not enough hours in the day to always complete all of my various tasks. I am always willing to put in the extra time and effort to get things accomplished, but since I am only allowed to work a certain number of hours a week, I sometimes end up working on my own time.

The most enjoyable part of the job is seeing everyone's hard work finally come to fruition and attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a family moving into their new house. That and the satisfaction of leaving every day knowing that I have worked as hard as I could are what energizes me. – less

Hardest part of job was the ever changing enviorment being headed by two different people. the lack of communication the existed randomly throughout projects and daily tasks. most enjoyable part of the job was the inner feeling of the ultimate purpose behind the job.

aI learned the basics of supervising home staff and overseas staff on the field (Fiji, NZ, Australia, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka etc).
The hardest past, of course, was to stay on top on daily events, both at HQ, and in the field. The most enjoyable aspect of my job was to interact with my staff, both at HQ and in the field, and to hear from their – more... their struggles and problems, and to share with them my vision for the company in their areas. – less

There was always something new to learn and something exciting to do. There was never a dull moment. If you were not sure how to do something there was always someone there willing to show you or who you could ask on how to do it. There were challenges given to me which some I thought I could not accomplish but by the end of the day I had, and was very – more... proud of my work. – less

Worked together with volunteers to build new quality homes.
I learned how to install rough to finish electrical, carpentry, framing, painting, roofing, and landscaping.
Every day at Habitat was a great day!

Excellent organization to work for. Gained exposure to a wide variety of affordable housing products and the concept of neighborhood revitalization.

I was able to gain experience and a more in depth understanding of construction methods while earning hours toward NCARB and my architect's license. There is a great learning atmosphere.

Actively participated in a complete installation of Geo-Thermal ground Source Heat Pump System, including duct installation on a retrofit housing unit in Lawrenceville, GA. sponsored by Habitat for Humanity in collaboration with Gwinnett Tech.
Participated in professional activities which included rough-ins, wiring, reading schematic diagrams, specifications, – more... drawings, and blueprints. – less