• House Manager (Hourly)

    City of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA)


    House Manager (Hourly)

     

    Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/paloaltoca/jobs/newprint/4941081)

     

    Apply

     

    

     

    House Manager (Hourly)

     

    Salary

     

    $21.32 - $26.17 Hourly

     

    Location

     

    Palo Alto, CA

     

    Job Type

     

    Limited Hourly

     

    Job Number

     

    202400760

     

    Department

     

    Community Services Department

     

    Opening Date

     

    05/15/2025

     

    Closing Date

     

    6/12/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

     

    + Description

    + Benefits

    Description

    House Manager (Hourly), Palo Alto Art Center

     

    House Managers are part-time, limited-hourly customer service staff who provide facility oversight during revenue-generating facility rentals at the Art Center. House Managers provide the “face” of the Art Center for facility rentals, providing customer service and enforcing facility regulations. House Managers oversee facility rentals and can also support Art Center free public programs offered to the community.

    Primary Responsibilities:

    + Provide facility support for Art Center special events and rentals including opening receptions, productions, concerts, recitals, lectures, and parties

    + Coordinate set up and equipment needs

    + Provide security during events

    + Check on facility and equipment after events

    Secondary Responsibilities:

    + Potential to provide office coverage for regular Art Center staff during off-hours and vacations

    Ideal Qualifications:

    Equivalent to graduation from high school. Some experience with a/v systems appreciated.

    Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    + Ability to lift 50 pounds

    + Strong customer service skills

    + Ability to collaborate with and provide customer service to diverse groups of people

    + Ability to work evenings and weekends

    Work Hours and Schedule:

    On-call, as needed. House managers sign up for shifts based upon their availability. House Managers are required to work at minimum, a two-hour shift every month, unless receiving prior approval from Supervisor.

     

    About the Palo Alto Art Center. (https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Community-Services/Arts-Sciences/Palo-Alto-Art-Center)

     

    The Palo Alto Art Center is your place to see and make art, activate your creativity, and expand your community. Created by the community, for the community in 1971, the Palo Alto Art Center provides an accessible and welcoming place to engage with art. We engage approximately 150,000 people every year through a diverse range of programs, including free-admission exhibitions, classes and workshops for all ages, school programs, and special events throughout the year. The Art Center staff work toward a vision in which art is embedded in the community, a part of everyday life. Our values:

     

    + Art is essential for individual and community vitality.

    + Seeing and making art is transformative.

    + Respect for one another builds greater understanding, stronger relationships, and community.

    + Creativity and innovation inform our public offerings, thinking, and work as an organization.

    + Collaborative partnerships and practices are essential for fostering a more interrelated, vibrant City.

     

    Every Art Center staff and volunteer knows and understands their roles in upholding the mission, values, and vision. We operate with the highest level of professionalism on behalf of the Palo Alto Art Center, the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation, and the City of Palo Alto, with whom we share a long-term commitment to serve residents of and visitors to our diverse City.

     

    Our tenets of organizational culture: inclusive, respectful, collaborative, and strategic.

     

    Our key strategies in our strategic plan (adopted 2018) include: heighten community engagement; increase financial sustainability; increase leadership capacity.

     

    The Palo Alto Art Center is owned and operated by the City of Palo Alto as a program of the Division of Arts and Sciences, Department of Community Services. The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation was founded in 1973 and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides financial support and advocacy to the Art Center through a public/private partnership that allows us to enhance our reach and impact in the community.

     

    Limited Hourly employees are non-union and non-benefitted employees. They are limited to working 416 hours per fiscal year.

    Essential Duties

    For full job description, please click HERE. (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/paloaltoca/classspecs/799707?keywords=920&pagetype=classSpecifications)

     

    Supplemental Information

     

    Apply online at the City of Palo Alto website: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/paloaltoca

     

    Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of online applications.

     

    The City of Palo Alto is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.