Parking Attendant

About Us

Vancouver Farmers Market's (VFM) mission is to build healthy communities through placemaking, increased access to healthy food, youth education, and supporting a thriving small business community.

Operating since 1990, VFM is a hallmark of Vancouver and is well known and respected in the community, supporting over 270 small businesses and welcoming over 500,000 shoppers a year. We also operate a wide range of programs focused on food access, youth education, and small business development. We value hard work, serving our community, and having fun together!

About the Position

If you love the idea of working outside at a Farmers Market, this might be the perfect part-time job for you! The Vancouver Farmers Market is hiring a seasonal Parking Attendant to welcome shoppers and manage our donation-based parking lots during the market season. This role takes place at the Downtown Vancouver Farmers Market on Saturdays.

Parking Attendants are responsible for greeting and directing shoppers, ensuring a smooth parking experience, and accurately tracking and handling parking donations. If you're great with people, customer service-oriented, and ready to be a welcoming face at the market, we'd love to have you on our team!

Status: Part-time, Seasonal, Non-Exempt, 7 hours per week

Compensation: $17.13 per hour 

Benefits:

• Sick time accrued per WA State paid sick leave policy
• Annual $50 clothing reimbursement

Schedule: 

• Saturdays, 8:00am - 3:00 pm
  
• August - October

Reports to: Market Managers

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Greet customers and direct parking lot traffic
• Accept and handle cash donations and accurately count vehicles who enter the parking lots
• Provide excellent and friendly customer service to market shoppers, answer questions, and give information about the market and downtown area
• Collaborate and communicate with market managers throughout the market day

Position Requirements:

• Must be 16+ years of age
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Accurate and honest cash handling and management
• Ability to work independently and with diverse groups of people
• Be a reliable communicator via phone, email, etc.
• Must have access to reliable transportation
• Ability to pass background check

Physical Demands:

• Working outside in all types of weather
• Long periods of standing and walking
• Ability to work weekends

Additional Desired Skills & Experience 

• Preference will be given to candidates who are Bilingual in English and Spanish. 
• Preference will be given to candidates living in Clark County, Washington.