POSITION TITLE:
Event Staff (Part Time)
ROLE:
The Wichita Art Museum’s Event Staff supports WAM special events and private rentals by setting up, tearing down, assisting with load-in/ load-out, providing logistical and technical support and providing general assistance during events, interacting professionally with museum staff, vendors, and visitors. Event Staff members are part of a larger team that helps prepare the venue for hosting events from concerts to art openings to weddings. Event Staff members can work a number of positions at a given event including: event setup/ teardown, welcome desk attendant, greeter, event check-in, and technical support.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Responsible for setting up tables, chairs, and other equipment prior to events according to detailed setup floorplans.
- Will be trained on operating the front desk, including answering the telephone, taking attendance, monitoring the front door, greeting visitors, and closing procedures at the end of an event.
- Present a friendly face for the Museum, welcoming visitors and guests, being attentive to and responding quickly to answer any questions and offering directional assistance for visitors to navigate the building.
- Provide information about the venue to visitors and guests (i.e. location of elevator, restrooms, various meeting spaces, etc.)
- Understand Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, and be able to assist with special needs patrons if necessary
- Various other responsibilities as assigned
These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive. Other duties may be assigned as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience Required: Hospitality, event, or food service experience preferred.
Skills/Abilities: Excellent people skills, physical ability to move furniture, decorative elements, electronic equipment, etc., helpful, courteous, and polite attitude is crucial in interacting with event hosts, event attendees, and the general public. Attention to detail is crucial. Interest and/ or experience in art, museums, galleries, design, or non-profits helpful but not required. Event staff must be able to provide a high level of customer service with respect to guests (sometimes in stressful situations).
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION
Talking: Ability to speak effectively and communicate clearly
Average Hearing: Ability to hear average conversations at a standard level in an office/gallery environment around other visitors
Repetitive Motion: The employee is required to lift and move objects that are sometimes heavy, awkwardly shaped, delicate, or valuable.
Finger Dexterity: The employee may be required to use their hands to maneuver a mouse and keyboard
Average Vision: Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus with 20/20 vision (with or without the assistance of eyeglasses/contacts)
Physical Strength: The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds (unassisted) as well as stand, sit, bend, kneel, squat, and walk for long periods of time
WORKING CONDITIONS
General professional indoor museum environment with climate control and adequate lighting. Occasional work outside on museum grounds depending on event needs. Regular hours worked often include evenings and weekends. This position requires physical labor.
MENTAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION
Reasoning Ability: Ability to deal with a variety of variables under time pressure and public visibility.
Language Ability: Ability to communicate clearly.
INTENT AND FUNCTION OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS
Job descriptions assist organizations in ensuring that the hiring process is fairly administered and that qualified employees are selected. They are also essential to an effective appraisal system and related promotion, transfer, layoff, and termination decisions. Well-constructed job descriptions are an integral part of any effective compensation system.
All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded. Requirements, skills, and abilities included have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the positions. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all-inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.
Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.
ABOUT US: The Wichita Art Museum opened in 1935 and is home to the Roland P. Murdock Collection, one of the premier collections of American art. With a nationally distinguished collection, the museum is a public/private partnership, owned by the City of Wichita and managed by the Wichita Art Museum, Inc. The Wichita Art Museum connects people, ideas, and art through remarkable experiences.
