Seasonal Parking Attendant (Part-Time)

About the role

At Cheekwood, the Parking team manages traffic flow, directs vehicles to designated parking areas, ensures safety, and provides customer service to ensure a smooth and organized parking experience for attendees. Joining the Cheekwood Parking team offers a unique opportunity to work in a peaceful and beautiful environment while ensuring the safety and protection of visitors and staff. It provides a chance to interact with diverse groups of people, from garden enthusiasts to tourists, and offers the satisfaction of contributing to the preservation of a cultural and historical site.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean and neat uniform and appearance.
• Direct patrons to available parking areas, ensuring efficient traffic flow and preventing congestion.
• Provide positive interaction with visitors, answering questions and giving clear directions to parking lots.
• Become knowledgeable of Cheekwood’s history and basic facts of interest to visitors.
• Effectively communicate on the radio with other employees while monitoring parking spaces.
• Respond quickly to incidents, stay in touch via radio, and file accurate incident reports.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned to support the operations team.
• Work weekends, evenings, and stand or walk for long periods in all weather conditions.

Schedule

• Monday through Sunday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
• Thursday nights: 4:30 PM – 9:00 PM (beginning in summer)
• Fall and winter evening events: generally 4:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Benefits

• Membership & Discounts: Unlimited admission during regular garden hours, limited free tickets to special events, discounts on classes, ticketed events, and purchases at the Gift Shop. Includes reciprocal admission to over 300 gardens through the American Horticultural Society.
• Reciprocal Admission: Free general admission to many local cultural, historical, and art institutions as part of the employee admission program.