Traffic and Parking Control Attendant

Reporting to the Director of Safety and Security, the Traffic and Parking Control Attendant works with all Community members and visitors during events on campus to safely direct moving traffic and to direct cars into appropriate parking areas.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages and directs vehicle and foot traffic for academy events, to ensure safe access to parking areas;
• Provides parking assistance and information to employees, students, and visitors, including responding to inquiries and providing directions to campus locations
• Perform traffic control duties such as setting up cones or placing temporary signs in a specific area.
• Responds to questions and concerns from visitors, students, employees and the general public;
• May operate a motor vehicle to patrol, transport employees, students, visitors, or others as necessary;
• Works closely with Safety & Security Officers to ensure effective coordination of service efforts through two-way radio communication

• Comply with all Deerfield policies and procedures and those of the Department of Campus Safety & Security

• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 5 – 7 years of experience in an executive administrative support role
• Discretion and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality
• A high level of integrity and a strong work ethic
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills

• Excellent leadership and managerial skills, and a demonstrated capacity to manage a complex function

• Ability to multitask effectively and maintain focus in a complex, fluid environment
• Ability to monitor issues during the Head’s absence, resolve independently or refer appropriately
• Creative problem solving, critical thinking & strategic planning skills required
• Excellent facility with technology applications, including MS Office suite
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion and to serving the needs of a diverse community
• Close visual acuity to analyze data and figures and view a computer terminal;
• Ability to sustain substantial movements of the wrists, hands and/or fingers;
• Ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects of up to 5 lbs.;
• Ability to occasionally stoop, kneel and reach.