POSITION TITLE: Gardens Facility Attendant (Hourly)
REQUISITION #: req7084
DEPARTMENT: Cultural Services
LOCATION: GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK
BENEFIT CATEGORY: Variable Hourly View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Part-Time Hourly
HOURLY RATE: $15.00 - 17.00 per hour (based on relevant experience)
SELECTION PROCESS: Application deadline is: Open until filled.
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Summary:
The Facility Attendant is a part-time hourly position responsible for daily grounds maintenance and the setup and breakdown of event spaces. Daily responsibilities would include duties such as leaf blowing, raking, snow shoveling, custodial grounds maintenance, and setting up tables, chairs, sign frames, and other event equipment according to diagrams for any scheduled events.

This position will be scheduled to work primarily weekends shifts, approximately 9-20 hours per week based on site needs, which will fluctuate with the private and public events seasons.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains the Gardens on Spring Creek external grounds and pathways including leaf blowing, raking, sweeping, debris removal, emptying waste and recycling, snow shoveling, and similar duties.
• Performs setup and strike of event equipment including tables, chairs, sign frames, barricades, cones, AV equipment, linens, etc. according to event diagrams and written plans.
• Frequently functions independently but will also function as a member of a team to execute maintenance and setup duties.
• Uses event plans and diagrams to identify priorities and line out actions for shift.
• Assists with setup and tear down of external holiday lighting and décor.
• Responsible for operational readiness while on duty. Remedies or reports deficiencies to supervisor or event lead on duty.
• During events, monitors event areas and maintains tidiness for patrons as needed, including sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, attending to trash/recycle and restrooms, wiping down surfaces and similar custodial duties.
• Performs basic maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting of chairs, tables, sign frames, and other event equipment or supplies.
• Scheduled to work a variety of shifts, including primarily weekends and evenings and also including weekdays and some holidays.
• Perform work without direct supervision in a fast-paced environment with ability to identify & prioritize daily duties and unexpected challenges.
• Ability to set up and troubleshoot basic speaker/microphone equipment following provided instructions, ensuring functionality and readiness for events.
• May assist with resource inventory or other event-related projects as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position is not responsible for the supervision of employees.

City Competencies

• Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.
• Strong learning orientation. Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.
• A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.
• A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.

Qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the necessary functions of this position.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Work without direct supervision, in a fast paced, everchanging environment. Use organization, stress and time management skills.
• Ability to take initiative, complete assigned tasks, work through conflict and arrive at a resolution, and problem solve under time constraints.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationship with co‑workers, participants and the public.
• Ability to work with and provide direction to volunteers.
• Ability to handle sensitive or stressful situations with tact, good judgement and diplomacy.
• Communicate effectively in both oral and written form with external and internal customers.
• Basic computer knowledge and ability to operate a variety of office equipment.
• Ability to use table and chair dollies, wagons and carts, carpet vacuum, hammer, screw drivers, ladders, paint equipment and various hand tools, standard office equipment including copiers, computers, audio visual equipment, and motor vehicles.
• Ability to show sensitivity in dealing with all age groups, persons with disabilities, and a diverse population.
• Ability to understand and apply department procedures and policies.
• Physically able to perform custodial and events set up tasks.

Education and Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.

• Must be proficient in English with the ability to read, speak, understand and write.
• One year event setup, custodial, janitorial, housekeeping, or equivalent combination of education and experience, preferred.
• Ability to apply reason, common sense, good judgment and understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to take direction from supervisor and act individually.
• Ability to solve and implement practical solutions to problems. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, and schedule form. Foresee and initiate proactive measures to insure customer service and facility integrity.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance at a height up to 20ft.; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must be able to lift 50lbs. and push/pull up to 150lbs. as needed.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Walking long distances both indoors and outdoors
• Physical/Labor intensive work including movement for up to 8 hours at a time.
• Manual dexterity enough to operate cleaning equipment and tools including ability to continually walk and frequently, bend, twist, kneel, stoop, reach, pull and push.
• Strength and stamina enough to set/strike event equipment, operate cleaning equipment, move objects up to 50 pounds and bend, twist, stoop and reach above head in the performance of custodial duties. Push wheeled items up to 150 lbs.
• Vision enough to read diagrams and maps, signs, operate cleaning equipment.
• Make continuous or repetitive arm-hand movements including tasks requiring a full range of motion to reach up and out
• Use of and climbing of ladders.
• Communication skills enough to interpret work schedules, job duties and convey information to supervisor.

Work Environment:

The facility has a dynamic and changing event and activity schedule. Employee will be asked to work variable hours including early morning, afternoon, evening, late-night shifts, and split shifts, both during the week, weekends and some holidays. Shifts will primarily be outdoors in all seasons and weather conditions which may include rain, snow, and extreme hot and cold temperatures. Employees will be asked to work alone or as an unsupervised team. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be occasionally exposed to fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call (970) 221-6535 for assistance.
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Because the possession and use of marijuana, whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the City is a drug free workplace, the City will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the City while marijuana is in the body. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed, or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy.
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