Grounds Maintenance Worker

Description Location: Nauticus and Half Moone Celebration Center 1 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, VA 23510 Work Hours Daytime, weekend, evenings, and holidays. Work schedule fluctuates depending upon need during various special event. Essential Functions Executes special events including coordination, scheduling and managing special event functions Gathers information, coordinates client requests, schedules staff, collects payments, supervises the event and assists the sales manager Services clients by responding to questions, problem solving, obtaining details and coordinating caterer Composes correspondence, gathers data and prepares reports Provides information regarding facilities, programs, special events and temporary exhibition schedule Resolves visitors’ problems requiring immediate attention and handles stressful situations in a calm and pleasant manner Ability to work with diverse audiences Ability to work as a member of a team and communicate effectively and enthusiastically with guests and team members. Maintains thorough knowledge of all Nauticus facilities, exhibits, programming and policies. Ability to stand/walk for extended periods of time, lift from ground to above shoulder, climb, bend, stoop, sit, push, pull, perform tasks requiring manual dexterity and utilize telephone and radio communications. Education / Experience Requires an associate’s degree or above with course work in business administration, public relations, communications, or a related field and one year of experience in customer service, administration, or a related field. Also, requires some knowledge of effective public relations techniques. The preferred candidate will possess experience with special events and sales. Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking. Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization. Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union. Retirement If you are hired October 5, 2010, or after to a position with City of Norfolk Retirement System benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction. If you are hired January 1, 2022, or after to a position with Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction. The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant’s school of enrollment must be an accredited institution. Note The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type. Non-City Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions. #J-18808-Ljbffr