Guest Service Specialist I Part-Time - Ute Indian Museum

State of Colorado • Montrose, CO

350d • $20

About The Position

The Guest Services Specialist will assist Community Museum staff with museum daily operations and provide a welcoming environment to all visitors. This is a part-time regular position, with benefits and holiday compensation. Weekend schedules and holidays are required.

Requirements

• Experience working in museums, the tourism industry, retail and/or customer service
• Experience with Excel and Google Sheets a plus
• Comfortable working independently
• Excellent communication skills required
• Knowledge of local area and surrounding attractions is helpful
• Ability to lift, push, pull up to 30 pounds

Responsibilities

• Ensure that museum admission, gift shop and membership sales, daily tours, programs and activities run smoothly
• Answer questions about the museum and the area
• Provide support for our volunteer team
• Give tours or assist with programs if necessary, such as stack chairs, move tables, load and unload dishwashers to assist with programs
• Open and close the museum
• Complete a visual check of all areas of the museum to check for anything out of the ordinary, report any concerns to staff
• Maintain overall appearance of the facility as directed
• Open, close and operate cash register and daily sales records for days onsite, this includes counting the cash register at the beginning and end of the shift, recording all sales and reporting on the daily transactions and attendance
• Assist with running programs for the public including school field trips, museum tours and other special events
• Assist with special projects and events as assigned

Benefits

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401K and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus 12 hours of vacation and 6.66 hours of sick leave a month
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees