Volunteer - California Welcome Center



Job Details

Volunteer - California Welcome Center
Employer

City of Buena Park

Salary

$0.00 Daily

Location

Buena Park, CA

Job Type

Volunteer

Job Number

14-00024

Department

City Manager/Purchasing/Visit Buena Park/Cal Welcome Center/Economic Development

Opening Date

02/25/2015

JOB BULLETIN

 

Through a partnership with Visit Buena Park in cooperation with Visit California, the California Welcome Center in Buena Park is the only Welcome Center in the Orange and Los Angeles County regions.

If you know and love the Southern California area, the perfect volunteer opportunity awaits you. Join the California Welcome Center - Buena Park Volunteer Staff and be a catalyst for great visitor experiences.  The Welcome Center is open seven days a week to assist visitors with their travel needs in California. The Center offers free maps, free city travel guides, discounted attraction brochures and tickets, help with hotel reservations, dining, and entertainment information.

The Welcome Center corps of volunteers has grown into a family network of new friendships and close bonds with the staff and one another. The Welcome Center is a very pleasant and fun place in which to serve. Volunteers have the opportunity to meet and interact with people from all walks of life from all over the world.

Volunteers are needed year-round; the Welcome Center is open 7 days a week, closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.

Basic skills needed for a Welcome Center Volunteer include:
 

  • Operating basic office equipment
     
  • Ability to conduct research using the internet
     
  • Ability to communicate effectively
     
  • Ability to use a high degree of tact, discretion and diplomacy in dealing with diverse groups and individuals
     
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, management, and the general public.

APPLICANT INFORMATION/EXAM WEIGHT

The Welcome Center is Located at the Historic Stage Stop Hotel at 6601 Beach Boulevard in Buena Park.

For more information please call Jeremy Peterson at (714) 562-3561 or e-mail jpeterson@buenapark.com

Employer
City of Buena Park
Address
6650 Beach Boulevard

Buena Park, California, 90620
Phone
714-562-3515
714-562-3512