Store Manager – Practical Cents

Application Deadline: 2024-11-22
Job Type: County
Job Description:

Performs difficult skilled technical work supervising and training staff and clients in production and vocational activities, interviewing and recommending candidates, coordinating and implementing staff training, developing and monitoring Store budget, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the general direction of the HHS Director. Continuous supervision is exercised over Training Specialists.

Examples of Duties
Supervises and trains staff and clients in production and vocational activities with the framework of sheltered, supported or competitive employment; teaches clients the behaviors required to maintain employment and working to modify those behaviors.
Determines piecework and sub-minimum hourly wage rates in compliance with Federal Wage and Hour laws; rates clients’ performance in hourly tasks every six months; responsible for client payroll and billing.
Interviews and recommends hiring of division staff, disciplines and recommends the discharge of employees; plans, coordinates, conducts and evaluates staff training; approves vacation, sick leave, compensatory and flex-time requests.
Develops and monitors store budgets, payment of bills, policies, and procedures; authorizes expenditures for supplies and building maintenance; oversees general store operations; develops and sets pricing and customer service guidelines, sales & advertising; stocks shelves, and sorts stock.
Identifies clients’ needs and delivery of services for Individualized Program Plans; completes initial and periodic assessments of clients’ vocational capabilities and preferences; identifies strengths, needs, and wishes; consults with others.
Serves as point of contact for the Health and Human Services Department relative to assigned external agencies, programs or services and represents the Department at professional meetings or community events as required; collaborates with the management division.
Recruits, trains, schedules, and supervises volunteers, community service workers, and senior workers.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Performs other related functions and duties as assigned or required.

It is unlikely an employee will perform all the duties listed on a regular basis, nor is the list exhaustive in the sense it covers all the duties that an employee may be required to perform. The examples are merely indicative, not restrictive.

Essential Qualifications
High school diploma or GED and considerable experience in retail management, administrative operations, program coordination, mental disability care, and support, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Obtain First Aid certification within 6 months of hire. Valid driver’s license in the State of Wisconsin.

Additional Information
OTHER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Thorough knowledge of County and department policies and procedures to include emergency, safety, and inclement weather policies; ability to prioritize and manage multiple, concurrent projects; attention to detail and ability to effectively organize time and anticipate, plan and successfully respond to changing circumstances; ability to recruit, train, schedule, and supervise volunteers; thorough knowledge of general store operations; ability to complete initial and periodic assessments of clients’ vocational capabilities and preferences; ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals; ability to operate and use standard office equipment; knowledge and ability to use standard office and position-specific software; ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, other departments and the general public.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires standing, walking and repetitive motions and occasionally requires sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, tasting or smelling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to outdoor weather conditions and exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

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 the essential functions.

Exposure to bloodborne pathogens is considered low for this position.

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Deadline Note: Posted until filled.