Seasonal Special Event Attendant - Prairie Lights

About the role

The City of Grand Prairie offers exciting career opportunities! Please complete an application to begin your first steps to a wonderful career!

Are you looking to make the most of your holiday season while earning some extra cash? Do you have a passion for ensuring that everything looks perfect during the festive season? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! We're seeking a dedicated and motivated individual to work at our Prairie Lights location as a Seasonal Prairie Lights Special Event Attendant. Join our team today by applying with The City of Grand Prairie!

Provides customer service by having frequent interaction with citizens and park patrons; answering questions; and providing directions.

Maintenance Attendant

Maintains the interior of facilities by painting walls; vacuuming and cleaning carpets; buffing and mopping floors; assembling and moving furniture; dusting and polishing furniture; removing trash; and replacing interior lights. Maintains the exterior of facilities by sweeping sidewalks; using the pressure washer to clean outside walls and sidewalks; removing litter, debris, and trash; replacing exterior lights; and removing graffiti.

Tent Attendant

Charge and collect proper entrance fees for special events and shows; informing customers of park rules; ensuring that proper receipt and forms are given to the customer and maintaining accurate records of transactions.

Provides security by monitoring and observing activities for the safety and security of citizens and patrons.

Parking Attendant

Control traffic congestion and help navigate customers through the park and find parking spaces.

• Work requires the ability to read and understand written instructions, to understand simple processes and the routine operation of machines. Level of knowledge equivalent to less than high school or equivalency.
• Must be able to work holiday event from November thru January. Evening hours that require weekends, some holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & day and New Years Eve and day. Must be able to work outside in all types of weather including rain and snow.
• No experience required.
• Ability to recognize meaning of common two- or three-syllable words. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in elementary school up to high school. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
• Ability to perform the four basic arithmetic operations. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in elementary school up to high school. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
• Ability to write simple sentences containing subject, verb, and object, and/or series of numbers, names, and addresses. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in elementary school up to high school. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
• The employee normally performs the duty assignment after receiving detailed instructions as to methods, procedures, and desired end results with little room for deviation. Close and constant review is given.
• No responsibility for the direction or supervision of others.
• Normal tasks require use of definite procedures, with little deviation. Work requires little or no analysis or judgment.
• Discussion Very Frequent: More than 51% of work time.

Pay Range $15.000-$18.8500

The City of Grand Prairie is an Equal Opportunity Employer

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Selection is based on the candidates whose background, qualifications, and any preferences requested from the hiring manager that most likely closely match the requirements for the job.