What are the responsibilities and job description for the Campus Store Manager position at Bluefield University?
Primary Purpose/Scope
Under the direct supervision of the Vice President for Student Development, the Campus Store Manager will oversee all operations for the Campus Store and Mailroom. Additionally, the Coordinator of Student Care will assist Student Development with department functions and programming.
Essential Duties, Responsibilities, And Functions
The essential duties, responsibilities, and functions of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
This position is subject to at least an annual evaluation based upon the job duties, responsibilities, and functions as set forth above.
APPROVALS
The job duties, responsibilities, functions, and requirements delineated above should be interpreted as something other than an all-inclusive list of the same. Additional duties, responsibilities, functions, and requirements may be assigned as appropriate. The University reserves the right to change or reassign job duties, responsibilities, and functions or combine positions at any time. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, requirements may be modified to accommodate disabled individuals reasonably. However, no accommodations will be made that may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or impose undue hardships on the University. Position descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The University maintains its status as an at-will employer.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
To apply for this position, select “Apply Now” below or visit: https://www.bluefield.edu/employment/ to complete the employment application and upload the following:
Bluefield University is a Christ-centered, multicultural learning community that values and seeks faculty and staff who represent diverse backgrounds and perspectives, are committed to diversity, work effectively with diverse populations, and engage others in ways that honor our rich cultural mosaic and biblical foundation.
Bluefield University is a private, not-for-profit institution affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Bluefield University shall not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other basis on which the University is prohibited from discrimination under local, state, or federal law, in its employment or in the provision of its services, including but not limited to its programs and activities, admissions, educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other University-administered programs. This institution encourages women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply.
Under the direct supervision of the Vice President for Student Development, the Campus Store Manager will oversee all operations for the Campus Store and Mailroom. Additionally, the Coordinator of Student Care will assist Student Development with department functions and programming.
Essential Duties, Responsibilities, And Functions
The essential duties, responsibilities, and functions of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Budgeting and purchasing merchandise sold in the store.
- Coordinate and build relationships with vendors.
- Develop new store offerings each year or each season to maximize revenue.
- Create marketing plan including sales or discounts, utilizing social media and campus communications platforms.
- Oversee the functions of the mailroom including:
- Receiving mail daily and distributing to recipients.
- Provide outgoing mail service to students, faculty and staff.
- Develop relationships with USPS, UPS, FedEx and other delivery services.
- Journal postage charges for the Business Office.
- Complete daily and weekly sales reports for the Business Office.
- Maintain financial records for the store as needed.
- Hiring and maintaining both Federal Work Study students and Institutional Work Study students.
- Communicate work study needs with Bluefield Central.
- Interview, hire, and train student workers.
- Fill out payroll paperwork for work study students.
- Manage weekly schedule for work study students.
- Manage MTO Rentals in coordination with the Director of Student Engagement.
- Collaborate with other offices on promotional/informational items to be distributed for the Office of Student Development.
- All other duties as assigned by the Associate Vice President for Student Development.
- BS/BA from an accredited undergraduate institution or significant related experience.
- Prior experience in an office, hospitality, or community resources environment.
- Demonstrated success building relationships, programs, and services between diverse internal constituencies.
- Compassionate, caring disposition.
- Computer literacy.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Logical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Multi-cultural competence.
- Database or Student Information System (SIS) – Jenzabar experience
- Student Development knowledge is preferred.
- Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. This position is not necessarily a physically demanding job and generally requires no specific physical demands other than those typical in a modern office environment. Normal responsibilities should not afford risks of accidental injury.
- Specialized Equipment Requirements The use of specialized equipment listed here is representative of equipment an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. This position requires equipment typically used in a modern office environment, including personal computers, calculators, copiers, and fax machines.
- Working Conditions and Environment The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the duties, responsibilities, and functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the duties, responsibilities, and functions. This position has no specific working conditions; the work environment is typical to that of a small private residential institution of higher education, with physical remote site locations within 500 miles of the main campus in Bluefield, Virginia.
This position is subject to at least an annual evaluation based upon the job duties, responsibilities, and functions as set forth above.
APPROVALS
The job duties, responsibilities, functions, and requirements delineated above should be interpreted as something other than an all-inclusive list of the same. Additional duties, responsibilities, functions, and requirements may be assigned as appropriate. The University reserves the right to change or reassign job duties, responsibilities, and functions or combine positions at any time. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, requirements may be modified to accommodate disabled individuals reasonably. However, no accommodations will be made that may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or impose undue hardships on the University. Position descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The University maintains its status as an at-will employer.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
To apply for this position, select “Apply Now” below or visit: https://www.bluefield.edu/employment/ to complete the employment application and upload the following:
- Letter of interest
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae
- Names and full contact information for at least three professional references
- Statement of Christian Faith
Bluefield University is a Christ-centered, multicultural learning community that values and seeks faculty and staff who represent diverse backgrounds and perspectives, are committed to diversity, work effectively with diverse populations, and engage others in ways that honor our rich cultural mosaic and biblical foundation.
Bluefield University is a private, not-for-profit institution affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Bluefield University shall not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other basis on which the University is prohibited from discrimination under local, state, or federal law, in its employment or in the provision of its services, including but not limited to its programs and activities, admissions, educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other University-administered programs. This institution encourages women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply.
