House Managers are part-time, limited-hourly 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 public programs offered to the community.

Primary Responsibilities:

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  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
• Involves high public contact and customer service, including enforcement of rules and regulations during events.

Secondary Responsibilities:

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

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

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Strong customer service skills
• Ability to work with and coordinate diverse groups of people
• Ability to work evenings and weekends

Work Hours and Schedule:
On-call, as needed.

Application procedure:
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.

About the 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.

This is a non-benefited position.