Event Support and Material Movement Specialist I - Liberty University : Job Details

The Event Support and Material Movement Specialist is responsible for overseeing their zones, ensuring efficacy, productivity, safety, and the satisfaction of a customer when completing work orders. The Event Support and Material Movement Specialist reports to the Managers of ESMM, as well as the Director and Associate Director of ESMM. This position requires working in team environment, exercising good judgment, and providing support and supplies to the university for special events and the moment of various items for a wide variety of university departments. This position is considered an essential personnel role and as such is required to work during snow events and major on-campus events, including rotational weekends.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIESEvent Support Responsibilities:

• Deliver, set up and break down staging for university events.
• Deliver, set up and break down tables and chairs for university events.
• Deliver, set up and break down pipe and drape for university events.

Material Movement Responsibilities:

• Deliver items to and from central receiving and the 12th St. storage facility.
• Perform office moves for various departments.
• Assist other departments of the University in moving items from one area to another.

Other:

• Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, and other machinery necessary for moving various materials.
• Clean and assist in routine maintenance of equipment.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS

• High School Diploma or GED is required.

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOBCommunication and Comprehension

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated information.
• Ability to understand, speak, and write English to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.

Problem Solving

• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment to solve problems of a routine nature.

Physical and Sensory Abilities

• Frequently required to travel to local and campus locations.

• Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the building.
• Frequently handle materials, reach overhead, kneel, or stoop in order to conduct business.
• Regularly lift 125 or fewer pounds.

WORKING CONDITIONSWork EnvironmentThe working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is both an indoor and outdoor setting. It is well lit, and the noise level is moderate.Target Hire Date2024-11-01Time TypeFull timeLocationLynchburg - In OfficeThe University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University's hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the religion component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.