Student - Student Traffic Officer

Description

This position is responsible for parking vehicles for events taking place on campus and directing and controlling traffic flow during these events. Responsibilities also include helping out with security for concerts, assisting guests, and monitoring property and/or crowds of people during various activities and events.

$9.00/hour

Responsibilities

Primary Duties

1. Direct traffic for events
2. Control traffic flow during events
3. Helping with security in a college venue for concerts
4. Answer or assist guests' questions
5. Operate college fleet vehicles
6. Monitor property and crowds during various activities and events such as soccer games
7. Maintain consistent and reliable attendance

Secondary Duties

1. Assist with handing out parking permits
2. Assist in counting parking spaces
3. Assist in guarding doors at concerts that may hold personal items or expensive equipment
4. Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education Required

 

Education Preferred

 

Experience Required

N/A

Experience Preferred

Any traffic control experience such as fire police or internships with police departments is helpful but not required.

Skills, Characteristics Required

Must have the ability to work with people in a positive respectful manner.

Must maintain consistant and reliable attendance.

Must be able to work outside in a variety of elements such as heat, rain, ice and snow.

Must be able to remain calm in situations of verbal abuse from either guests or students.

Must maintain confidentiality of any and all information received.

Special Working Conditions

Could be working outside in the heat or extreme cold.

Could be inside in a concert with hundreds of people and very warm and stuffy conditions.

Could be working outside in the freezing rain or snow.

May be asked to complete the fleet vehicle testing and drive a College van for various events.

Dress Code Requirements

For inside events there are shirts to wear indicating they are STOs.

Must have outside clothing and wear it when it is inclimate weather.

Will be given vests to wear when working outside.

About the company

Messiah University’s commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence draws inspiration from its mission “to educate men and women toward maturity of intellect, character and Christian faith in preparation for lives of service, leadership and reconciliation in church and society.” The university has pursued this vision through a strategic planning process that encourages diversity through employee and student composition, campus climate, and an educational program that seeks to equip and enable educators and students to embrace diversity. Candidates should clearly articulate why diversity and inclusive excellence matter to them as persons of faith as well as in their profession. Candidates will speak to how as a potential employee, they will contribute to the advancement of this vision through their teaching-learning, research, institutional service, and public engagement.