Federal Work Study – Assistant Bike Shack Manager

Naropa University • Boulder, CO

19d • $18 - $18 • Onsite

About The Position

The Bike Shack Assistant Manager is responsible for providing customer service in the bike shack. In addition, the Bike Shack Assistant Manager designs and executes education and outreach into the larger community. This position also performs bicycle maintenance and repair, assisting in documenting all services performed, and facilitates cleaning and maintaining bike shack workspace. The Bike Shack Assistant Manager assists in appointment scheduling and teaching community members how to fix bicycles.

Requirements

• Student must be awarded federal work study hours by the Financial Aid office in order to fill this position.
• Ability to create and maintain a positive team environment and behave professionally with everyone encountered in the course and scope of the job duties.
• Personable, customer service oriented, and committed to sustainability best practices.
• Has previously attended or is able to attend Basic Bicycle Mechanics at Community Cycles (Naropa partner) on the timeframe set by the Sustainability Director.
• Familiar with and knows bikes, and familiar with bicycle parts/functions and bicycle maintenance tools.
• Problem solving skills, especially mechanical issues.
• Works will in a team, or alone; willing to learn and teach others.
• Comfortable with computer usage and willing to learn new processes/programs.
• All job candidates must demonstrate their level of understanding of the dynamics of privilege and oppression, and the impact these have on equity, access, and opportunity.
• All job candidates must demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding of and appreciation for the values of Naropa University and the capacity to demonstrate an integration and embodiment of these values as evidenced in work, communication, collaboration styles, and other general workplace behaviors.

Responsibilities

• Foster a positive, professional team environment.
• Respond promptly and respectfully to Bike Shack Intake form requests.
• Facilitate bicycle maintenance and repair for community members.
• Teach bike mechanics and share cycling resources with the Naropa community.
• Document all services according to Bike Shack procedures.
• Maintain a clean and organized workspace.
• Promote the Bike Shack by creating and distributing educational flyers.
• Set up, monitor, and dismantle the Bike Shack table at community events.
• Assist with budgeting, and track sales, purchases, and donations.
• Utilize Community Cycles membership for training and connect their services to the community.
• Support purchasing for external partners and Naropa departments.
• Collaborate with the Regeneration Specialist to organize bike-related events.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Naropa recognizes the following holidays throughout the year: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Fall Break, 4th Thursday and Friday in November, and Winter Break, the last two weeks in December encompassing the Christmas holiday as well as New Year’s.
• Naropa’s health and welfare benefits include the following: medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment, an employer-sponsored pre-tax retirement savings plan, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching, and a variety of voluntary, employee-paid supplemental insurance plans.
• All regular full-time and part-time faculty and staff, including student workers, accrue sick leave benefits.
• Full-time and part-time staff positions accrue vacation and personal time.
• The University recognizes the importance of including its employees in its organizational mission and values and welcomes employees into the classroom to “touch the magic.” Specifically, regular employees are provided generous tuition remission opportunities for themselves and their family members.
• Naropa University participates in the Council of Independent Colleges Tuition Exchange Program (CIC-TEP).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed