Urban Ecology Center-Community Experience Specialist

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

PUBLIC SPACE ATTENDANT

Maintain a clean, organized, and welcoming environment throughout the public space.

Ensure the beverages station is clean and stocked; prepare coffee for visitors as needed.

Organize public space resources, brochure holders, and bulletin boards around the building and remove any out-of-date material.

Update signage around the building such as chalkboards, whiteboards, or displays.

Support Facility Rentals & Events and Community Experience team in room set-up, including moving tables and chairs

ON-SITE VISITOR EXPERIENCE

Provide back-up support at the Reception Desk when the Coordinator is not available.

During events or programs, assist leading staff with assigned tasks to ensure

successful visitor engagement.

Stay up-to-date on what’s happening at the Urban Ecology Center to encourage

visitors to deepen their involvement.

Engage visitors through wayfinding and onsite engagements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECTS

Support the completion of special administrative projects identified by the cts identified by the Community Experience Manager and Coordinator

Required Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Verbal Communication

Initiative

Written Communication

Ability to Work Independently

Ability to Work in a Team

Presentation and Public Speaking Skills

Flexibility/Adaptability/Creativity

Customer Service Skills

Skills/Experiences Gained from this Position

Students will gain knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following UWM Shared

Learning Goals:

Critical and Creative Thinking

 Skills Student employee will be able to adapt and apply skills, abilities, theories, or methodologies gained in one situation to new situations to solve difficult problems or explore complex issues in original ways.

Effective Communication Skills

Student employee will be able to meaningfully articulate how experiences outside of the formal classroom deepens their understanding of fields of study and broadens their points of view.

Intercultural Knowledge and Competence

Student employee will be able to articulate insights into their own cultural rules and biases.

Individual, Social, and Environmental Responsibility

Student employee will be able to provide evidence in civic-engagement activities and describe what they have learned about themselves as it relates to a reinforced and clarified sense of civic identity and continued commitment to public action.