QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required. Prefer one-year excellent guest service and one-year cash handling, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
WORKING CONDITIONS
This position requires long periods of standing, bending, stretching, and reaching. Speaking and listening, both in person and while using the telephone. Ability to occasionally lift boxes of merchandise up to forty pounds onto a wheeled device for moving from building to building. Some work on displays may require a ladder with 2-4 steps. Moving throughout the campus, on sometimes uneven terrain, sometimes in low light.
The working conditions described here represent those an employee may encounter while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
To Apply:
Please send the following documents to jobs@lowell.edu
· Lowell Application (https://lowell.edu/about/career-opportunities/)
· Resume
· Letter of interest addressing your qualifications
· Phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three professional references
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lowell Observatory seeks applications for the position of Visitor Experience Associate (VEA). The visitor experience team helps inspire visitors’ wonder and interest in astronomy and other STEM related topics. Visitor Experience Associates have an enthusiastic approach to greeting and helping visitors to the observatory that will result in increased store sales, membership recruitment and positive visitor feedback.
The mission of Lowell Observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach programs to bring the results of astronomical research to the general public.
Lowell Observatory is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Lowell Observatory has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity and inclusion. We seek individuals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.
Lowell Observatory sits at the base of one of the mountains sacred to indigenous tribes throughout the region. We honor their past, present, and future generations, who have lived here for millennia and will forever call this place home.
Employment with Lowell Observatory is on an “at will” basis. At-will employment means that the relationship may be terminated at any time, with or without cause, reason or advance notice, by either you or the Observatory for any reason not expressly prohibited by law. Please not that the teams and conditions of your employment, including but not limited to compensation, benefits, duties, and policies, are subject to change at the discretion of Lowell Observatory based on business needs or changes in applicable laws and regulations.
Lowell Observatory is committed to providing access, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. Our non-smoking campus is at an elevation of 7,200ft/2200m, and the LDT is 40 miles south of Flagstaff at an elevation of 7,800 ft/2370m. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Human Resources office for assistance.