Job Description

Internal Job Number: P05142CT

Description:

This recruitment will be used to fill one full-time Office Specialist 1: Front-of-House Coordinator position for the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts at Oregon State University ( OSU ).

Reporting to the Box Office and Guest Experience Manager, the Front-of-House Coordinator ensures the seamless operation of events, superior guest experiences, and efficient coordination of various front-of-house functions at the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts. This position leads daily work of student staff, answers phones and emails, sells tickets, responds to visitor needs, places stanchions and other crowd-management devices, manages front-of-house and event signage, and ensures smooth event execution. Under the direction of the Box Office and Guest Experience Manager, the Front-of-House Coordinator is generally responsible for implementing and upholding PRAx guest experience standards in the public spaces of PRAx.

The College of Liberal Arts is a community that includes and values the voices of all people. As such, we recognize the social barriers that have systematically marginalized and excluded people and communities based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, socioeconomic background, age, disability, national origin and religion. We are committed to the equity of opportunities, and strive to promote and advance diverse communities. We value and proactively seek genuine participation from these historically under-represented and underserved groups, and recognize them as an essential component of creating a welcoming and rich academic, intellectual, and cultural environment for everyone.

Minimum Qualifications (Staff) / Guidelines (Faculty):

Completion of courses or training in Office Technology; OR One year of general clerical experience which included typing, word processing, or other generation of documents; OR An equivalent combination of training and experience.

Requirements :

• Recent experience in a front-of-house role in an arts venue, cinema, theatre, music performance space, or similar.
• Knowledge of the performing arts derived from direct participation in theatre, dance, music, or similar, OR knowledge of the performing arts derived from arts administration, box office management, arts booking, or similar.
• Experience in customer service or hospitality.
• Experience with cash handling and related accounting procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate successfully and inclusively, with a diverse audience.
• Ability to perform effectively when working in stressful situations.
• Ability to perform a variety of administrative duties without direct supervision.
• Comfortable with technology and systems related to SharePoint, Microsoft Excel, ticketing, and phone management.

Type:

• The incumbent in this position will be expected to work on site and with a team.
• The position will require evening and weekend work, with atypical hours that are varied within a normative 40-hour work week.
• This position will require long periods of standing, the ability to move chairs, and support event and program set up as needed.
• Possible exposure to weather or outdoor conditions.
• Work in confined and/or crowded areas.
• Work in loud, busy, and potentially stressful environments.
• Occasional travel to work at events offsite.

About Oregon State University

Oregon State is a leading research university located in one of the safest, smartest, greenest small cities in the nation. Situated 90 miles south of Portland, and an hour from the Cascades or the Pacific Coast, Corvallis is the perfect home base for exploring Oregon's natural wonders. Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose - making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality.Founded in 1868, Oregon State is the state's Land Grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. Oregon State is also the only university in Oregon to hold both the Carnegie Foundation's top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification.As Oregon's leading public research university, with $261.7 million in external funding in the 2011 fiscal year, Oregon State's impact reaches across the state and beyond. With 12 colleges, 15 Agricultural Experiment Stations, 35 county Extension off ... ices, the Hatfield Marine Sciences Center in Newport and OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon, State has a presence in every one of Oregon's 36 counties, with a statewide economic footprint of $2.06 billion. Oregon State welcomes a diverse student body of over 26,000 students from across Oregon, all 50 states and more than 100 countries. They can choose from more than 200 undergraduate and more than 80 graduate degree programs, including over 30 degrees online offered through Oregon State Ecampus. Oregon State increasingly attracts high-achieving students, with nationally recognized programs in areas such as conservation biology, agricultural sciences, nuclear engineering, forestry, fisheries and wildlife management, community health, pharmacy and zoology. Oregon State also ranks high in sustainability, fourth among universities nationwide for using renewable energy and first in the Pac-12 Conference. And our students literally help power the university: 22 exercise machines at Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose - making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality. For more information visit 400-acre main campus in Corvallis includes a Historic District, making Oregon State one of only a handful of U.S. university campuses listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes such icons as Weatherford Hall, the Memorial Union and Benton Hall, the oldest building on the oldest building on campus.OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.

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