Habitat For Humanity Employer Reviews

I learned a lot with this volunteer experience. Fun volunteer work.

Habitat for Humanity was a summer intern job I did for 2 summers. It taught me a lot about work inside of an office, which was very helpful to me.

Great place to volunteer at, great environment with people that were excited about the opportunity to serve the community. Typical day was just ding whatever the supervisor wanted me to do for that day. I learned about how to work in a team in an environment other than school. The most enjoyable part was to see the look on people's faces when they found – more... they wanted for a price that they could afford. – less

Habitat for Humanity International has as vision, 'A world where every one has a decent place to live'. Working as the National Office Accountant, on a daily basis we receive applications from the needy whose homes are in deplorable conditions and need refurbishing. We also receive applications for new housing solutions for the homeless. Regularly we – more... have sessions to study the request, and the Program Officer goes to the field to study the situation with the technicians. Once this is done, I raise a requisition for the materials needed. Once the requisition is approved by the National Director, the administrative officer sends out a call for tender. When the suppliers respond with their bids, we sit as a selection committee to select the most competitive bid. Once this is done, I prepare a Local Purchase Order which is approved and sent to the Supplier. The supplier then delivers the goods along with the Final Invoice and the delivery note. With the Final Invoice and delivery note, a payment request is done and when approved the supplier is paid through bank transfer.
I also on a daily basis review journal entries encoded by my assistant in to Sun system before posting. I review petty cash vouchers and also carry out periodic surprised petty cash country to ensure that the petty cash is managed responsibly.
On a bi-monthly basis, I prepare the cash flow statement of the organization to assess the level of cash need, then a request is sent to our Area Office requesting for funds. I am responsible for the financial report which is submitted on a quarterly basis to our Area Office.
At the end of every financial year, i coordinate the external audit exercise with our external auditor, Ernst and Young – less

Help others in need, take in donations and help customers find things and good deals

Enjoyed this job very much. Great organization that helps people with real needs. Job has many facets that make it interesting.

I LOVED WORKING HERE! Friendly people and staff good cause, I love to help assist in making dreams come true.

its a great place to volunteer, I recommend everyone to try it for at least one day.

All aspects of construction task.
Learned how a non proffit organization operates.
Friendly and willing to let me operate construction aspects of the job with confidence in my abilties.
Co-workers where friendly and eager to do the job right.
No paticulat item stands out as being hard at this particular job.
Seeing someone accept there keys to there – more... new house that normally wouldn't have an opportunity to obtain a house another way. – less

Family owned business, where i found my passion for construction, remodeling, and developing.

I enjoy working with the public who come in and I try to assist them and cash them out.

Hours 9:00am-5:00pm. Open store, schedule daily pickup from homes or business. Sort items, price & display. Greet customers coming in the store. Schedule workers hours. Work with clients on application for Habitat home. If their approved work with them on
their sweat equity hours. I learned alot about no-profit programs.
Hardest part would be moving – more... furniture & the lifting. Enjoyable meeting the customers, I'm a people peson. – less

worked with family services and came up with some things like a brochure, press release, and other types of print media.

A typical day was spend supervising children with play activities such as drawing, reading, games or behavior management. Management was very laid back and co-workers were the same. This being sort of a halfway house for abused and neglected children, contact was often short or on a come and go basis. The hardest part of the job was hearing the hardships – more... that these children faced and how much they missed their families. The most enjoyable was knowing the small impact it made on some of the students and being a part of this necessary cause. – less

Great environment to work in, manager made us all feel like a family.

Loved working with the clients and helping those less fortunate than myself.

a typical day at work is sitting or standing at the cash register and talking with the customers .

I promote all our programs while recruiting families and volunteers. Along with helping families fill out paperwork, navigating the Partner Family Process, and budgeting workshops I also am in charge of all mortgage accounts and spend time working at the job site. I love getting to meet new people and help with problem solving whether it be a family – more... budget or a program flaw. – less

Talking to and supporting affiliates around the U.S. Developing training based on the needs and requests of our affiliates. Knowing that you have made a positive impact for families seeking decent, affordable housing.

At work I get to update the data base with new donor information. I clean up the office and do other office duties as copping, faxing, mailings, data entry and answering phones. I also look up prices of products donated to the store.I've learned the workings of Microsoft word and excel much more than what I've already known. I have also learned the – more... workings of a discount store.Management is well rounded here and is a pleasure to work under. The hardest part of the job is not being able to find the product I'm looking for in a timely manner. The most enjoyable part of the job is knowing I am needed and that I am accomplishing tasks that no one has gotten to. – less

I did not work for this place, I helped out there while attending school.