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1 <br />Seymour Senior Center -Facility Operator <br />Category of Request: Addresses a service level increase <br />Purpose: To establish a new permanent, .75 FTE Facility Operator position responsible for the <br />evening operations of the new Seymour Senior Center. <br />Job Functions: <br />• Greet visitors to the Seymour Senior Center and directs them to the appropriate department <br />.and/or person. <br />• Provides information and referrals to the public. <br />• Registers participants utilizing the RecTrak software for Senior Center activities, including <br />special events, classes, programs and day trips. <br />• Assists in maintaining security of the facility, including monitoring of the security camera <br />system and the scanning into RecTrak of all participants who enter the facility. <br />• Supervises evening volunteers and part-time staff. <br />• Determines scheduling of events and scheduling of meeting rooms and building rentals <br />using RecTrak facility scheduling software. <br />• Oversees after hours building usage and rental of the facility; collects fees and rental <br />income, and maintains rental registration records. <br />• Maintains bookkeeping and records management systems and procedures. <br />• Sets up and cleans rooms/facility after each program usage. <br />• Responsible for evening facility maintenance issues. <br />• Provides administrative support to other divisions within the Department on Aging. <br />Needs Addressed: <br />• This Facility Operator position will work 4:00 pm -10:00 pm Monday-Thursday, and 8:00 am <br />- 2:00 pm on Saturday and will provide evening front desk manager duties, as well as <br />facility management for a senior center that is more than doubling in space. The current <br />facility is 12,000 sq ft. with 6 program rooms/areas, while the new Seymour Center is 25,000 <br />sq. ft. with 13 program rooms/areas. The new center is scheduled to open May 1, 2007. <br />• The following table compares the differences between the two facilities: <br />Current Facili Se mour Center <br />Hours of Operation: <br />Mon-Fri 8:OOam - 5:OOpm <br />M, T, Th 6:30pm - 9:30pm <br />Sat Occasional) O en Hours of Operation: <br />Mon-Thur 8:OOam - 9:30pm <br />Fri 8:OOam - 5:OOpm <br />Sat 8:OOam - 2:00 m <br />12,000 S uare Feet 25,000 S uare Feet <br />One Floor Two Floors <br />6 Pro ram rooms/areas 13 Pro ram rooms/areas <br />Exercise classes in auditorium Fitness classes and basketball court <br />LCD, VCR and moveable odium Theater and built-in audio/visual s stem <br />Printed program schedule posted at front <br />desk Program calendar on LCD screens at two <br />locations <br />The Chapel Hill Senior Center has been open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings <br />from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, as well as some Saturday mornings for the past 10+ years. The <br />department has been utilizing various temporary staff to staff the facility during these <br />days/hours with one person each evening and Saturday. Since the Seymour Center is a <br />two-level facility with over twice the square footage of the current location, it is apparent to <br />the department that two staff persons are needed on duty at all times to handle the workload <br />