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* Maintain store staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees * Supervise personnel: training, motivation, appraisal, etc. * Plan and prepare work schedules and assign employees to specific duties. * Facilitating staff learning and development through implementing STARR program (Jones New York’s professional development and training program) * Complete and submit payroll * Responsible for maintaining the overall image of the store * Managing profit and loss, safety and security, loss prevention, and banking * Manage store product: including receiving, price changes, handling damaged products, and returns * Coordinate sales promotion activities and prepare merchandise displays * Implementing company policies and procedures * Ensure compliance of employees with company established security, sales and record keeping procedures and practices * Organize in store customer relation/shopping events * Apply company marketing strategies * Ensure the quality of customer service * Answer customers complaints and/or inquiries

* Assess problems of child in areas of interpersonal interaction and communication * Engage children in activities and experiences to promote language development and interpersonal communication * Help develop pre-academic and academic skills, both cognitive and social * Guide children through integration into mainstream educational programs * Provide remedial therapeutic play groups for children * Worked in a team oriented environment

* Used computer word processing, spreadsheet, and database software * Answered phone inquiries in a professional and courteous manner * Directed phone inquires to the appropriate staff members * Replied to general information requests with accurate information * Greeted clients/visitors to the organization in a professional and friendly manner * Assisted with various funding submissions necessary to attain funds for the program * Purchased, received and stored the office supplies ensuring that basic supplies were readily available * Provided secretarial and administrative support to management and other staff * With the Executive Director, prepared meeting agendas and supporting material for distribution for board meetings * Drafted minutes of Board meetings for review by the Executive Director