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Behind the scenes, the district works hard to maintain a clean and safe experience for residents and visitors alike. The district faces the typical challenges of other destination communities across the country: an aging infrastructure, ongoing litter control, addressing graffiti and tags, homelessness, panhandling and keeping the community connected and informed. While these challenges are harmless in nature, they do require a good deal of effort to stay on top of them.
What Ambassadors do
The role of the Ambassador is very broad. Essentially, Ambassadors work to make the district inviting through cleaning, safety, public relations, and outreach services. Duties include maintaining the cleanliness of the district, maintaining flowers beds and shrubs, removing graffiti, completing tasks to make the area more aesthetically pleasing, assisting and welcoming visitors, providing safety and security patrols, coordinating with Columbus Police Department, and assisting persons in need to find social services that would benefit them.
Skills and Ability Requirements:
Ambassadors perform as part of a team. An Ambassador must be a people person and have the ability to say hi to everyone you pass on the street.
You must be able to relate well to people of diverse backgrounds. The Short North is as culturally diverse as anywhere you will ever find yourself.
You should have an outgoing personality and a desire to help people with directions, suggestions, or information about the district.
Ambassadors have the desire to work to enhance the district aesthetics and create a welcoming atmosphere.
All ambassador work is conducted outdoors in all weather elements.
The position can be somewhat physical. Ambassadors must be able to lift 45 pounds unassisted. Also, Ambassadors spend most of their time walking or standing.
Ambassadors operate a small tractor, a golf cart, and a variety of power equipment such as lawn mowers and trimmers, gas powered pressure washers and water pumps, etc.
Ambassadors water plant beds and do some mowing and trimming.
Ambassadors conduct litter control. They pick up trash and empty trash cans when they are full. Litter control is an ongoing duty. Ambassadors never pass up the opportunity to pick up and dispose of litter.
Ambassadors remove graffiti and other signs through a variety of techniques such as chemicals, pressure washing, painting, and scraping.
Ambassadors provide a safety presence and observe and report illegal behavior. They also establish a security presence through security patrols throughout the district.
Apply at: https://www.joblinkapply.com/Joblink/5765
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Ohio Support Services Corp.
1291 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43206
Monday through Friday
8:30 am to 5:00 pm
EEO 614-443-2234 M/F/D/V
