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23 people are interested
Guest Services Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
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23 people are interested
The position enhances Fairchild's services to our members and guests during our Jurassic Garden exhibit by being part of our retail and ticket-selling function and assisting the organization in delivering great customer service.
Responsibilities:
- Check-in members and guests
- Sell merchandise
- Collect payment
- Follow open/close procedures
- Friendly, helpful, and outgoing personality
- Enjoy being with people and helping them
- Proactive in assessing and resolving the admission experience with a goal toward guest satisfaction
- Previous experience in retail, sales or customer relations highly preferred
- Must be able to be trained on IPad
- Able to work outdoors (fans and plenty of water will be provided)
Volunteers will be trained on the use of our payment system as well as open/closing procedures
Time Commitment: 3-6 hours per week for the entire Jurassic Garden event (May 15th-July 18th).
Daily two shifts available: 10am-1pm; 1pm-4pm
*On Wednesdays three shifts available: 10am-1pm, 1pm-4pm, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Arrival should be 15 minutes before the start of shift.
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About Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Location:
10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33156, US
Mission Statement
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's mission is to save tropical plant diversity by exploring, explaining and conserving the world of tropical plants; fundamental to this task is inspiring a greater knowledge and love for plants and gardening so that all can enjoy the beauty and bounty of the tropical world.
Description
Founded in 1938 on an 83 acre site south of Miami, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden gets it name from one of the most famous plant explorers in history, David Fairchild (1869-1954). Fairchild was known for traveling the world in search of useful plants, but he was also an educator and a renowned scientist. At the age of 22, he created the Section of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture, and for the next 37 years he traveled the world in search of plants of potential use to the American people. Fairchild visited every continent in the world (except Antarctica) and brought back hundreds of important plants, including mangos, alfalfa, nectarines, dates, cotton, bamboos, and the flowering cherry trees that grace Washington D.C.
Dr. Fairchild retired to Miami in 1935 and joined a group of passionate plant collectors and horticulturists, including retired accountant Col. Robert H. Montgomery, environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas, County Commisioner Charles Crandon, and landscape architect William Lyman Phillips who were all interested in bringing a one of a kind botanic garden to South Florida. In 1938, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden opened its 83 acres to the public for the first time.
Today, Fairchild is one of the premier conservation and education-based gardens in the world and recognized leader in both Florida and international conservation. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden emphasizes the expansion of plant knowledge through publications, education programs, and research in taxonomy, floristics, conservation biology and ethno-botany. Fairchild plays many roles, including museum, laboratory, learning center and conservation research facility, but it's greatest role is protecting biodiversity, which the garden's scientists, staff, and volunteers all contribute to on a daily basis. In 2012, Fairchild became the home of the American Orchid Society, and opened the state-of-the-art DiMare Science Village, covering more than 25,000 square feet and featuring five buildings including The Clinton Family Conservatory's Wings of the Tropics Exhibit, Glass House Cafe, Windows to the Tropics Conservatory, The Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion and the Kushlan Tropical Plant Science Institute.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
10901 Old Cutler RoadMiami, FL 33156
DATE POSTED
June 16, 2021
SKILLS
- Customer Service
- Transactions
- Retail / Sales
- Basic Computer Skills
- People Skills
- Problem Solving
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- Time Commitment: 3-6 hours per week for the entire Jurassic Garden event (May 15th-July 18th). Daily two shifts available: 10am-1pm; 1pm-4pm *On Wednesdays three shifts available: 10am-1pm, 1pm-4pm, 5:30pm-5:30pm Arrival should be 15 minutes b