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Reselling education surplus makes good sense.

InterSchola manages the online auction process and returns cash to our education clients from the sale of otherwise idle assets.
Awards

Women's Initiative for Self Employment honors InterSchola Founder, Melissa Rich with a Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011 October 27, 2011

Green certification caps off year of milestones for San Francisco social enterprise
January 12, 2011

InterSchola named one of SF Business Times 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area
October 22, 2010

Jobs

InterSchola is looking for energetic and entrepreneurial people who want to make a difference in education and the community to join our team. If you have a background in education sales or marketing, if you are an eBay expert with education background, or if you have a passion for finding value in "stuff", please contact us.

Current openings:

Customer Sales and Service Representatives (San Francisco)
Independent Contractors - Field Auction Specialists (Various Locations)


Customer Sales and Service Representative

Help schools and promote a green initiative! InterSchola helps school districts, and other public agencies, sell their surplus assets in an online auction environment. Through our efforts, we have returned over $4M to these agencies for the sale of their no longer needed items.

InterSchola (www.interschola.com) seeks a Customer Sales and Service Representative with a strong sales, marketing and customer service focus to create and manage our auction listings and customer interactions.

Key job responsibilities include

  • Review, fact-check and enhance auction listings with a keen marketing and quality assurance focus; Post auctions to the appropriate auction platform at scheduled dates/times.
  • Promote auction listings to customer database to generate interest in auction events and further increase auction close success rates and dollars earned.
  • Provide superior customer service via email and phone support to customers.
  • Manage the item sale process from start to finish including invoicing and scheduling item for pick up or shipping.
  • Market unsold items to customer database to ensure highest possible sale-though rate for our clients.
  • Promote and sustain a customer service focused team environment.

Success factors include strong research, writing and editing skills, attention to detail, and an exceptionally high standard for quality, productivity, and meeting deadlines. We are looking for a self-motivated individual with an entrepreneurial attitude, excellent analytical and interpersonal communication skills, and a desire to take the lead in managing each sales opportunity.

Priority will be given to individuals with experience and/or skills in the following

  • Creating and managing best-in-class auction listings in a high-volume auction environment
  • Auction selling strategies and methodologies
  • Business and Industrial assets, especially sales strategy and/or the ability to assess value of items in this asset category
  • HTML
  • Technical expertise to provide input or direction for systems enhancement or improvements

We offer an informal, supportive, team oriented work environment. The successful candidate will work from our Presidio offices at least 4-5 hours per day; 3-5 days per week; 15-20 hrs per week, Monday through Friday, during normal business hours. It is expected that this role may be increased to 30 – 36 hours per week as our business grows. There is ample room for professional development and growth including management responsibility for the right candidate.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to custservicejobs@interschola.com. Please include the job title, Customer Sales and Service Representative, and your name in the subject line.

Hourly Compensation

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Independent Contractor - Field Auction Specialist

Our company is looking for Field Representatives to work with our clients - public school districts and other public agencies. As an Independent Contractor, you will work directly with our clients - to provide services to help them list and sell their surplus assets in an online auction environment.

Responsibilities include: performing on-site inventory of surplus goods that our clients wish to sell (taking digital photographs, uploading the inventory data and photos, copywriting a thorough description of each item or LOT of items), hosting on-site inspections of items at the client locations, and managing the pick up or shipping of the items sold to the winning bidders.

We seek an individual with business and/or industrial retail experience and a strong customer service background. The successful candidate will be familiar with a wide range of asset categories; including, but not limited to: technology, vehicles, industrial and office equipment, commercial food service equipment. The ideal candidate will have online auction listing experience. Digital photography skills are required. Familiarity with packing and shipping procedures is a plus.

A flexible daytime schedule, reliable transportation, computer with internet access, and a digital camera are required for this Independent Contractor position.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to fieldjobs@interschola.com with the title: Field Representative and your name the subject line. Please also indicate your location in the subject of the email. For more information, please visit our website at www.interschola.com.

Compensation: activity based (heavily weighted to commission)

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