Retail Services Supervisor

Retail Services Supervisor

Are you an experienced retail professional who enjoys leading a team, providing exceptional customer service, and keeping operations running smoothly? The University of Maine at Farmington is seeking a Retail Services Supervisor to provide essential professional oversight for the University Store, Mailroom, and campus Card Services.

This auxiliary position combines hands-on leadership with responsibility for key day-to-day operations. Beyond supervising, scheduling, training, and managing student staff, the Retail Services Supervisor helps ensure efficient and customer-focused services across these important campus operations. The position oversees retail activities, textbook ordering and returns, inventory and merchandise displays, online orders, financial records and transactions, and special events and sales.

The successful candidate will be a strong team leader who can prioritize competing responsibilities, resolve complex customer and student needs, maintain accurate operational and financial records, and model excellent customer service.

Qualifications

• Six months of specialized training or education beyond high school.

• Three years of retail experience.

• One year of supervisory or lead-level experience.

• Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the required education.

• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in customer service, supervision, scheduling, merchandising, retail operations, and related financial practices.

• Starting Salary: $20.39 per hour

• If you are a customer-focused who enjoys leading others and contributing to services that support students, employees, and the broader campus community, we invite you to apply and join the UMF team!

• Job Description

• The University of Maine at Farmington offers a highly competitive benefits package that includes holiday and sick time, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, a tuition waiver program for employees and eligible dependents, retirement plan options, and more. Visit our benefits website to learn more.

• The University of Maine at Farmington employees are Mandatory Reporters with the exception of UMF’s licensed, clinical medical providers (including athletic trainers), and mental health providers and their clinical interns when working in their capacity as providers.

Important items to know about the recruitment process:

• Review of applications will begin following the end of business on Friday, October 16, 2026

• We are not able to consider applicants who require Visa sponsorship.

• Incomplete recruitment materials will not be considered.

• If materials are received after the recruitment deadline, review will be at the discretion of the University.

• The successful applicant is subject to appropriate background screenings.

• Equal Opportunity Statement

• The University of Maine System (the System) is an equal opportunity institution committed to fostering a nondiscriminatory environment and complying with all applicable nondiscrimination laws. Consistent with State and Federal law, the System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, pregnancy, or veteran or military status in any aspect of its education, programs and activities, and employment. The System provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. If you believe you have experienced discrimination or harassment, you are encouraged to contact the System Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Services. For more information about Title IX or to file a complaint, please contact the UMS Title IX Coordinator at www.maine.edu/title-ix/.

• The University of Maine at Farmington employees are Mandatory Reporters with the exception of UMF’s licensed, clinical medical providers (including athletic trainers), and mental health providers and their clinical interns when working in their capacity as providers.

• Clery Act

• The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, such as the University, prepare, publish, and distribute an Annual Security Report, (ASR) and provide notice of the availability of the ASR to all prospective employees. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the University’s crime statistics for the past three calendar years; and disclosures regarding the University’s current campus security policies. You may view the University’s Annual Security Report. If you wish to have a paper copy of the ASR or you need to have a copy of the ASR in an accessible format, the University will provide such a copy upon request. Please contact: UMF Department of Public Safety / Campus Police, University of Maine at Farmington, 149 Quebec Street, Farmington, Maine 04938-1994.

• About Us

• About the University of Maine System

• The University of Maine System (UMS), established in 1968, consists of seven universities and the University of Maine School of Law, spread across various locations in Maine. UMS provides system-wide services and governance from these locations, leveraging the distinct strengths and collaborations among its institutions to advance strategic priorities for UMS and the state of Maine.

• Choosing UMS means opting for a high quality of life supported by excellent benefits such as tuition waivers, robust retirement contributions, and comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability. Maine's diverse landscapes, from accessible wilderness and rugged coastline to urban centers and rural communities, offer numerous cultural activities, strong public schools, safe neighborhoods, and high-quality healthcare. Discover more about Maine's exemplary lifestyle on the Maine Office of Tourism website.

• About the Team

• The University of Maine at Farmington has earned a national reputation for excellence, gaining stature as one of the finest state-supported liberal arts colleges in the northeastern U.S. Additionally, UMF is rated 5th in U.S. News & World Report Top Regional Public College North for 2023 and has been rated one of America's Best Colleges by U.S. News 25 times since 1998.

• The campus is in historic downtown Farmington, just a short walk away from coffee shops, funky stores, restaurants, banks, bookstores, a multi-screen movie theater and a whole lot more. Our perfect location combines the active outdoor lifestyle with the arts & smarts of a small college town. With enrollment at around 1,600 full-time students, UMF is about the same size as many of New England’s most selective private colleges and offers many of the same advantages, yet at a very affordable price — providing a tremendous college value in a spectacular natural setting. Established in 1864 as Maine’s first public institution of higher education, the University of Maine at Farmington is a founding member of The Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) an exclusive national group of public colleges and universities committed to providing superior liberal arts and sciences education.