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OMB NO: 1625-0120

Expiration Date: 05/31/2029

Announcement: 6817

Opening Date: 24 June 2026                                                      Pay Plan/Series/Pay Band: NF-1101-03

Closing Date: Until Filled                                                           Work Schedule: Full Time

Position: Assistant Store Manager                                           Salary: $44,036 + DOE* Annually 

Who May Apply: All Sources                                                     Location: Cape May, NJ - Exchange

                                                                                                      *Depending on Experience

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DUTIES:

Assist in the management of a retail activity with sales less than $14M. Responsible for receipt, stocking, pricing, inventorying, transfer, replenishment and warehousing of merchandise. Assists customers and resolves complaints. Interviews, hires, trains or directs training of assigned personnel. Encourages and develops employees by coaching, providing adequate training, and opportunities for growth. Assists in developing promotional sales. Deals with vendors and others in executing operations of assigned departments or selections. Ensures store recovery. Supervises vending and warehouse operations. Welcome customers, maintain product knowledge and help with the selection of merchandise. React to all concerns of customers quickly with a sense of importance. 

Key carrier, opening and closing of the store as required, weekends as scheduled. 

Review monthly P&Ls with goal of comparing actual figures to plan, when plan is not achieved, where possible initiate plan of action to bring in line future months. 

Will direct/supervise other employees and be responsible for overall store in absence of manager. 

Will ensure all policies regarding Loss Prevention are adhered to, be alert and proactive regarding shrink and the Alert Line. 

Will ensure that all associates are in compliance with established safety standards and emergency preparedness requirements.

Must have prior management experience

Must have open availability, including weekends.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications below. Your resume/application must demonstrate the required experience/education. Please see additional information on how your application is evaluated.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Minimum:

1. Two years’ experience as a lead/supervisor in a retail environment or completion of the CGX ASM Training Program.

2. Ability to routinely lift 10 pounds and occasionally lift 25 pounds and stand for long periods of time.

Preferred (in addition to the minimum): 

1. Prior retail merchandising experience.

2. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with emphasis in retail or business administration with at 

 least two years of specialized experience. General business experience may be substituted for degree on 

 a year for year basis.

3. P&L Analysis experience

And/or

4. Current USCG NAF department supervisor.

USCG COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMAND COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS: 

By choosing to work for the Coast Guard Community Services Command, you will enjoy one of the best benefit packages available anywhere. Benefit offerings are subject to applicable worker categories (Full-time, Part-time, Intermittent), location, position, and length of time in service.

OTHER ESSENTIAL INFORMATION:

HOW TO APPLY

Additional Information on how you will be evaluated:

Your resume or application must clearly demonstrate the required experience and/or education. Experience includes both paid and unpaid work, such as volunteer service through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, community, student, social, committee, sports, or internships). Volunteer work can help develop essential skills, competencies, and leadership experience that may translate directly to paid employment. Your resume is the primary tool used to assess your qualifications. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to provide clear, specific, and detailed descriptions of your experience. 

You MUST submit a resume or any other written format in English of your choice. It is recommended the resume clearly identifies: (1) The announcement number, title and pay band of the job you are applying for, and, (2) Information such as full name; mailing address; country of citizenship (U.S. Citizenship required OR valid authorization to work in the US); highest Federal grade or NAF pay band held with job series, title, and dates held (if applicable); a statement requiring proof of veterans’ preference by means of DD 214; education; and relevant work experience including start/end dates, supervisor’s name and phone number, salary and title, series and grade if experience was with a non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the Federal government. You should also include a copy of your most recent performance appraisal if you are a current Federal or NAF employee. Applications may not be sent in franked Government envelopes; applications filed in this fashion will not receive consideration. If information is not complete, you may be excluded from consideration. The first application and/or resume submitted for a specific requisition will be considered the only submission. Any duplicate submissions to the same requisition will not be considered. The application date will be used in determining these factors. 

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Assistant Store Manager FT – 6817

Cape May, NJ, US

Equal Employment Opportunity: All candidates will be considered without regard to any non-merit factor such as race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or marital status. 

PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

Authority: The U.S. Coast Guard rates applicants under the authority of Title 5 of U.S. Code, Sections 301, 1104, 1302, 2103, 3301, 3304, Executive Order 9397, and Departmental Regulations.

Principal Purpose: To collect information needed to determine how well an applicant’s education and work experience qualifies them for the job they are applying for.

Routine Use: This information provided will be shared with the hiring manager and interview panel members. It may also be shared in response to a request for discovery or for appearance of a witness, information that is relevant to the subject matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding.

Disclosure: Voluntary, however, failure to disclose the requested information may result in an applicant not receiving consideration for a position in which the information is needed.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and a person is not required to respond to this information unless it displays a current valid OMB control number and an expiration date. The control number for this collection is OMB 1625-0120, expiration 01/30/2025. The estimated average time to complete this application is 40 minutes. If you have any comments regarding the burden estimate you can write to U.S. Coast Guard, Community Services Command, 510 Independence Parkway, Suite 500, Chesapeake, VA 23320.

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