General Information
Job Title:
Bookstore Manager at RTS Jackson
Job Description:
The Bookstore Manager reports directly to the Director of Operations. This is a part-time staff position, which works a maximum of 29 hours per week. The bookstore is looking for an organized, detail-oriented manager to support everyday operations at the Bookstore at RTS. This role involves assisting customers, managing inventory, overseeing student workers, and handling various bookkeeping tasks. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of ordering materials for sale, office management, customer service, creating reports and maintaining the bookstore’s coffee bar.
Every effort has been made to ensure a complete job description. However, this document in no way implies that these responsibilities are the only duties you may be required to perform. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position, especially where the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for the role. Reformed Theological Seminary is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate. All employment decisions are based upon qualifications, merit, and business need.
Responsibilities and Requirements:
- Ordering of materials for sale.
- Order required texts for students.
- Maintain a selection of reformed classics, new releases, and resources for theological studies.
- Order additional books/resources targeting external audiences (RTS friends, alumni, donors, and supporting churches).
- Supervision of student workers
- Schedule and train student workers.
- Customer service.
- Maintain regular hours of operation for retail sales.
- Assist customers with title selection, topics, and textbooks.
- Prepare reports for accounting purposes, including accounts receivable and accounts payable.
- Provide reports on current inventory, sales revenues, student purchases, and invoices for materials.
- Submit monthly sales reports, deposits, and institutional/student charges at the beginning of each month.
- Meet the needs of scholarship students by acquiring and shipping items for their online orders.
- Maintain the bookstore’s craft coffee bar (stock coffee beans, cups, etc.).
- Brew cold brew, pour over, and AeroPress coffee on request.
Position Qualifications:
Qualifications, Education, and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Excellent customer service, computer, and organizational skills
- Experience working in a bookstore preferred
- Supervisory experience preferred
Cognitive and Physical Demands
- Train and oversee all bookstore responsibilities.
- Computer work, screen time, keyboarding, typing, wrist flexing/extension and other repetitive movements.
- Professional judgment in alignment with organizational values and policies is required.
- Effective communication, both verbal and written.
- Ability to train student workers in proper policies and procedures.
- Kneeling, standing, reaching, twisting, grasping, and lifting (up to 15 pounds).
Application Deadline
Job Type:
Part-Time
Salary Range:
General Information
Church/Organization Name
Reformed Theological Seminary Jackson
Contact Name & Contact Info
Jim Scott
Industry
Denomination
City, State
Jackson, MS
Description of Organization
Reformed Theological Seminary exists to serve the Church by preparing its leaders, through a program of graduate theological education, based upon the authority of the inerrant Word of God, and commitment to the Reformed Faith. Candidates interested in this position will need to align with and support Reformed Theological Seminary’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values. To review our Purpose Statement in detail please visit our website at https://rts.edu/about/purpose
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