Cultural Venues Coordinator (Part-Time 20 hours/week)

Job Details

Description

Starting Rate: $20.17/Hour

(Part-Time 20 hours/week)

Under the direction of the Manager of Arts and Event Services, assist and support the Community Engagement team with a variety of arts, events and tourism related tasks. The primary role is to assist with venue and program management for the cultural incubator program. This is a year-round, part-time position that will be an average of 20 hours/week, which will include some weekends, holidays and/or evenings.

Examples Of Work To Be Performed

• Primary point of contact for rental inquiries and servicing at the Farr Best Theater and Wallace-Hall Art House.
• Work with external customers for venue rentals, ticket sales, event questions, and general customer service.
• Manage regular operations tasks, including but not limited to, scheduling maintenance, cleanings, marquee updates and contractual staff for the Farr Best Theater and Wallace-Hall Art House.
• Share on-call duties.
• Represent the Community Engagement Department at events throughout the area by driving and displaying our art truck.
• Assist with program and venue marketing tasks such as creating brochures, web content, social media content, and videos for the cultural arts department.
• Supports the overall efforts of the Community Engagement team including administrative duties.
• Demonstrates excellent written and strong communication skills to understand and identify customer needs and communicate value.
  
  

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Must be able to work hours including holidays, evenings, and weekends.
• Comfortable working independently on assigned tasks and taking initiative for new projects.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Manages time effectively and adapts to changing priorities.
• Always presents a professional image of the city.
• Ability to deliver superior customer service.
• Strong computer skills and familiarity with social media.
  
  

Required Education, Training And Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Texas driver’s license.
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Must have reliable transportation
  
  

Desired Training And Experience

• Education and/or experience in venue management, performing or visual arts, arts administration, customer service, special events or communications.
• Experience in using a variety of software platforms and hardware systems for administration and marketing of facilities and events.
• Operational knowledge of technical theatrical equipment, including audio systems and theatrical lighting is desirable, but not necessary.
• Experience using variety of software including Adobe Suite, Canva, and social media platforms preferred
• Some graphic design experience preferred
  
  

Essential Physical Functions

• The physical activity of this position
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
  
  

The Physical Requirements Of This Position

Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision.

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.
  
  

The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position

• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to extreme cold. Temperatures typically below 32° for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.
• The worker is subject to extreme heat. Temperatures above 100° for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.
• The worker is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout to be heard above ambient noise level.
  
  

Americans With Disabilities

The City of Mansfield complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and it is our policy to ensure that no person is discriminated against based on their disability. The City of Mansfield offers equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals and strictly prohibits the discrimination against qualified individuals because of disability. The City of Mansfield shall provide reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential job duties when doing so does not create an undue hardship for the city.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The City of Mansfield provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. The City of Mansfield is mandated by federal law to provide a drug-free working environment for the safety of its employees and the public. All employment is contingent upon passing a post-offer employment drug test and /or physical.