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Shipping Support Staff (Ashland, KS)

Job Title:Shipping Support Staff (Ashland, KS)

Organization: For nearly 30 years, the Godly Play Foundation has been cultivating a network of adults around the globe committed to nurturing the spiritual lives of children. Through storytelling resources, training, mentoring, and research, we help leaders in churches, schools, hospitals, and social service agencies build spaces for children to explore their spiritual lives through story, wondering, and play. Godly Play is a Montessori-inspired and unique approach to Christian education grounded in the belief that children have innate spiritual experiences and connections with God. We see the work of children’s spiritual formation to be about the nurtured exploration of their relationship with God.

Team: We are a small staff of eight across the United States. We are a flexible and innovative team, and, in all our work, we intentionally collaborate with each other taking a team-approach to serving our mission. As a small team, we work together to contribute to a wide range of mission-centered work through our shared commitment to Godly Play.

Role: This role is in-person in Ashland, KS.  Shipping Support Staff supports the operations of Godly Play Resources, a division of Godly Play Foundation.  This member of the team primarily completes tasks related to receiving, inventory management, and shipping.

Reports to: Resources Operations Supervisor

DUTIES

Shipping

This role has primary responsibility for pulling, packaging, and shipping customer orders when on site.

  • Pull customer orders in accordance with a packing list

  • Carefully package customer orders to prevent breakage in transit

  • Label customer orders for shipment, and drop off orders at the Post Office or prepare them for UPS pickup as per established procedures

  • Other shipping and receiving tasks as assigned by the Operations Supervisor

Inventory and Receiving

This role has primary responsibility for receiving vendor deliveries when on site.

  • Assist vendors with unloading their deliveries as needed and unpack mail deliveries

  • Count in each delivery and sign the packing slip before delivering to Operations Supervisor for receiving in inventory management software

  • Put away inventory in assigned locations, assemble and package groups of materials for shipping, and assist with inventory/stock counts

  • Ensure safety and organization in the warehouse by maintaining clear walkways, de-cluttering package detritus, breaking down boxes and placing them in the dumpster, etc.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

  • Attention to detail and ability to recognize SKU numbers and discern variants, such as differences in color and size

  • Active listening

  • Computer literacy

  • Ability to handle physical demands of the role, which will include near-constant movement (standing, walking, kneeling, bending, pushing, pulling, reaching)

  • Ability to safely lift and carry. The team member in this role will regularly lift packages and containers averaging 25lbs, and may occasionally be tasked with heavy lifting.  Candidates must be able to lift up to 50 lbs safely.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • The ideal candidate will have some practical experience with or awareness of Godly Play.

  • Experience with one or more of our existing platforms is a plus. The Godly Play Resources tech stack includes:

    • Google Workspace 

    • Shopify

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Conditions of Employment:

Successful completion of background check

Terms of Employment

  • Part-time hourly position with seasonally variable hours

    • This role is scheduled for 8-12 hours per week during times of the year with low order volume, and may be scheduled for as many as 24 hours per week during periods with high order volume. Weekly schedules are built in consultation with the operations supervisor, and typically always include Mondays.

  • 100% on-site work in Ashland, Kansas

Pay and Benefits:

  • $15 per hour

  • Schedule flexibility: The set weekly schedule for this role will be determined in consultation with the hire and is flexible within regular business hours based on business need.

  • Godly Play Foundation has a generous PTO and Holiday policy for all team members.

How to Apply:

Send cover letter and resume (PDF) to Aimee Rose Formo, aimee@godlyplayfoundation.org by June 5, 2026.