Kaleidoscope Park Event and Operations Coordinator, part time

Communities Foundation of Texas; Frisco (TX); Vor Ort; USD 22.000 - 30.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Kaleidoscope Park Foundation is seeking a part-time Park Operations & Events Coordinator to support daily park operations, event setup and takedown, vendor and volunteer coordination, light office work, and planning for an expanding event calendar at Kaleidoscope Park in Frisco, Texas.

The ideal candidate is active, proactive, friendly, detail-oriented, comfortable outdoors, and willing to jump in wherever needed.

Qualifikationen

• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage details, checklists, timelines, and priorities.
• Comfortable with hands-on work outdoors and in a fast-paced public setting.
• Experience supporting events, operations, nonprofits, parks, or community spaces is preferred.

Aufgaben

• Support the Program and Operations Director with day-to-day park operations, including maintenance needs, security coordination, landscaping updates, facility needs, and general park readiness.
• Oversight of janitorial staff and assignments
• Maintenance of water features, including water testing and troubleshooting problems (CPO certification to be completed after hiring)
• Assist with event setup and takedown, including tables, chairs, signage, supplies, equipment, and other on-site needs
• Help prepare for events by tracking timelines, supply needs, setup details, volunteer needs, and day-of logistics
• Assist in communicating with vendors, volunteers, internal team members, and community partners to support smooth event execution
• Assist with light office work, including tracking invoices, expenses, attendance numbers, supplies, photos, notes, and basic reporting information
• Help monitor the park during programs and events, identify needs or concerns, and support a safe, clean, and welcoming environment
• Support volunteer day of event on-site direction during park events
• Model a culture of trust, teamwork, service, and commitment to the Park’s vision

Kenntnisse

Event coordination

Outdoor work

Volunteer management

Communication

Customer service

Attention to detail

Time management

Jobbeschreibung

Kaleidoscope Park Foundation Overview

Kaleidoscope Park is a new, approximately six- acre, community park in Frisco, Texas that opened in late 2024. The park is an inclusive and accessible arts and culture-driven community gathering space activated with year-round engaging and diverse free public programming. This new public space features amenities such as a Kaleidoscope pavilion, children’s play area, dog park, gardens, public art, water features, and technology terraces. Park operations are overseen and funded by the Kaleidoscope Park Foundation, a nonprofit supporting organization of Communities Foundation of Texas, in a public-private partnership with the City of Frisco.

Kaleidoscope Park Foundation Mission

Kaleidoscope Park thoughtfully engages the diverse and rapidly growing communities of North Texas through free, inclusive, accessible, and genuine arts and culture public programs and events.

Kaleidoscope Park Foundation honors its supporters’ wishes in ensuring Kaleidoscope Park is operated, maintained, and activated to only the highest standards, making the Park one of the top arts and family destinations in North Texas.

We Achieve These Missions By

• being inclusive, thoughtful, caring, and genuine in our attitudes;
• being systematic, planful, and tactical in our approaches;
• being entrepreneurial, risk-taking, and strategic in our actions; and
• always remembering we work in a PARK!

Your role

You will report to the Program and Operations Director and assist with park operations, event setup and takedown, vendor and volunteer support, light office work, and planning support for the Park’s expanding event calendar. We are seeking a dependable, organized, and hands-on Park Operations & Events Coordinator to support the daily activity of Kaleidoscope Park. The ideal candidate is active, proactive, friendly, detail-oriented, comfortable working outdoors, and willing to jump in wherever needed.

This position will be based at Kaleidoscope Park in HALL Park, Frisco, Texas. The role supports a fast-growing public space where teamwork, flexibility, guest service, and a willingness to help wherever needed are essential to creating welcoming experiences for the community.

This is a manual labor position. The role is part-time Wednesday through Sunday - 25 hours per week.

What you’ll do

• Support the Program and Operations Director with day-to-day park operations, including maintenance needs, security coordination, landscaping updates, facility needs, and general park readiness.
• Oversight of janitorial staff and assignments
• Maintenance of water features, including water testing and troubleshooting problems. CPO certification to be completed after hiring
• Assist with event setup and takedown, including tables, chairs, signage, supplies, equipment, and other on-site needs.
• Help prepare for events by tracking timelines, supply needs, setup details, volunteer needs, and day-of logistics.
• Assist in communicating with vendors, volunteers, internal team members, and community partners to support smooth event execution.
• Assist with light office work, including tracking invoices, expenses, attendance numbers, supplies, photos, notes, and basic reporting information.
• Help monitor the park during programs and events, identify needs or concerns, and support a safe, clean, and welcoming environment.
• Support volunteer day of event on-site direction during park events.
• Model a culture of trust, teamwork, service, and commitment to the Park’s vision.

What does success look like?

• Ensures the park is consistently guest-ready by proactively identifying and addressing maintenance, cleanliness, safety, and operational issues before they impact visitors or events.
• Executes events smoothly and reliably, with setups completed on time, logistics coordinated effectively, and volunteers, vendors, and partners supported to create a positive guest experience.
• Builds strong operational systems, maintaining accurate records, tracking expenses and attendance, managing supplies, and keeping timelines and checklists current and dependable.
• Serves as a trusted day-to-day partner to the Director of Programs & Operations, anticipating needs, solving problems independently, and stepping in wherever support is needed in a fast-paced environment.
• Creates a welcoming and positive experience for visitors, volunteers, and partners, consistently demonstrating teamwork, service, flexibility, and a commitment to Kaleidoscope Park's mission and community impact.

Experience you bring

• Experience supporting events, operations, parks, hospitality, nonprofits, public spaces, or community-focused organizations preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage details, checklists, timelines, and competing priorities.
• Comfortable with hands-on work, including event setup, takedown, supply movement, and outdoor activity.
• Friendly, professional communication style and comfort working with volunteers, vendors, partners, and internal teams.
• Ability to stay calm, flexible, and helpful in a busy public environment.
• Comfort with basic office work, including calendars, documents, email, spreadsheets, supplies, invoices, attendance tracking, and simple reporting.
• Reliable, proactive, and willing to jump in where needed to support park operations and events.
• Willingness to work a flexible part-time schedule, including weekends and s ome evenings and holidays based on park events.
• Ability to thrive in a start-up-style environment where creativity, flexibility, humor, and a hands-on spirit are important to building strong park operations and community experiences.
• Effectively model and demonstrate CFT’s core competencies which include Collaboration, Impact and Problem Solving, Integrity and Accountability, Learning, and Internal and External Service.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer: The above sections contain representative examples of job duties that might be performed by employees assigned to this classification. CFT is a dynamic organization, and the environment can be fluid. Roles and responsibilities may be altered to accommodate changing conditions and objectives as well as to tap into the skills and experience of its employees. Accordingly, employees may be asked to perform duties that are outside the specific work that is listed. This is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities , duties and/or skills required of all employees within this class.

Accommodations

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position