STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES


 

CLASSIFICATION:  RETAIL STORE CLERK II

 

Class Code:  7680-12                                             Date Established:  07-01-50

 

Occupational Code:  1-3-6                                     Date of Last Revision:  11-15-07

 

BASIC PURPOSE:  To accept and account for cash register receipts, maintain inventory and report sales results in a retail store.

 

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

·           Verifies and enters details of financial transactions including balancing work day cash with total sales.

·           Accounts for cash register receipts including making bank deposits, taking inventory, setting up registers and processing credit card sales.

·           Checks and maintains inventories of stock items including receiving, unpacking and storing a variety of goods and supplies.

·           Sets up merchandising displays to promote sales.

·           Sells sweepstakes tickets to customers and operates sweepstakes ticket dispensing machine.

·           Assists customers by answering routine questions regarding products, prices, location in store, and brand comparisons.

·           Provides supervision to Retail Store Clerk I’s and Laborers.

·           Functions in the capacity of a Retail Store Manager I or II as needed.

·           On occasion is assigned to work in other stores requiring travel to store location.

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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:

 

Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling, and reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex machines.

 

Knowledge:  Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.

 

Impact:  Requires responsibility for contributing to agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy of support activities within one or more organizational units.  Errors at this level affect the work of others or have measurable monetary consequences, and require immediate verification and correction in order to complete succeeding work operations.

 

Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking work.

 

Working Conditions:  Requires performing regular job functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.

 

Physical Demands:  Requires medium work, including continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or coordination in operating machines or equipment.

 

Communication:  Requires explaining facts, interpreting situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of action.  This level also requires interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the general public.

 

Complexity:  Requires a combination of job functions to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve practical problems.  This level also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited standardization exists.

 

Independent Action: Requires making a limited number of choices in selecting among alternative courses of action under supervisory guidance and in performing job functions according to a variety of prescribed policies or procedures.

 

 

 

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Education:  Graduation from high school, G.E.D. or its equivalent.  Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.

 

Experience:  Two years of experience as a Retail Store Clerk I, Cashier/Clerk or equivalent retail experience.

 

License/Certification:  Valid driver’s license required for travel to different store locations.

 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:  Must have attained 18th birthday on or before date of application.

 

RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS:  Knowledge of routine storekeeping methods and practices.  Ability to perform simple arithmetical computations with speed and accuracy.  Ability to make change rapidly involving the use of cash registers.  Ability to discuss the use of products sold in a retail liquor store with customers.  Ability to supervise the work of other staff, to include assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions, and checking work.  Ability to meet and maintain harmonious relationships with the buying public.  Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.

 

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT:  This class specification is descriptive of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this class title.

 

 


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