Senior Facilities Operations Assistant

Location: Eureka

Salary: $27.23 Hourly
Location : Eureka County, NV
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: PW SFOA
12-2025
Department: Public Works
Division: Opera House/Museum
Opening Date: 12/24/2025
Closing Date: Continuous

Description
Range E09

Under general direction of the Facility Event Manager, supervises the use and operation of the Opera House and Sentinel Museum. Positions allocated to this class are typically assigned work at the Opera House and/or Sentinel Museum, Wednesday through Saturday. Employees must be available and agreeable to working a varying work schedule to meet the needs of the County.

Examples of Duties

• Prepares the Opera House and Sentinel Museum for events and activities; sets up and replaces tables and chairs after use; washes dishes before use; instructs caterers in use of kitchen equipment; services audio/video equipment; maintains computerized heating and cooling operation; assists lessee or performers during use of facilities; operates light and sound boards during performances; tracks inventory.
• Cleans the Opera House, Fairgrounds, and Sentinel Museum, Parks and Ballparks on a regular basis; sweeps, mops, and vacuums floors; dusts furniture, doors, windows, sills, and ledges; cleans and disinfects the bathrooms; removes trash; cleans and disinfects kitchen area, including ovens; cleans walls, carpets, display cases, and exhibits.
• Assist Facilities and Event Coordinator with booking and scheduling events; advising clients of available dates; completing booking forms; preparing events calendars and posters; changing and updating Kiosk and/or signs; preparing rental fee invoices and tracking receipt of fees; preparing monthly report of receipts; answering telephones; tracking and reporting.
• Gives tours of Opera House, Sentinel Museum, and Courthouse, and answers questions regarding facilities and town.
• Promotes use and patronage of the Eureka Opera House and Eureka Sentinel Museum; works with state and local tourism agencies to promote the use of the Eureka Opera House and other County facilities; makes presentations about services and facilities offered for public use; participates in convention and visitor bureau, tourism, and cultural associations; produces and distributes informational brochures; plans and organizes cultural functions for the Eureka Opera House and Sentinel Museum.
• Manages the use and supervises the safe operations of the Eureka Opera House and Eureka Sentinel Museum; monitors quality of service provided by vendors.
• Opens and closes the Opera House and Sentinel Museum; ensures visitor materials are available; greets visitors; answers questions about the Opera House, Sentinel Museum, Eureka, and the area in general; responsible for correspondence related to questions about the Opera House, Sentinel Museum, Eureka, and the area in general.
• Keeps records of museum gift shop sales and donations; conducts inventory and ordering of gift shop items.
• Keeps track of museum's artifact collection; accessions of new items into the collection; keeps donor records; keeps track of the museum's photo collection; creates and keeps computer records of all the collections.

• Establishes and maintains detailed records for the museum's permanent collection; oversees day-to-day object tracking and entry of new acquisition into the collection's database.
• Performs and is responsible for exhibit construction and design; labeling exhibits; changing exhibits; rotating collections; organizing storage for artifacts not on exhibit.
• Organizes and continues collection of research materials for museum; assists visitors with research.

Qualifications
Required Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.

• Incumbent is required to have possession of a valid Nevada State driver's license to operate county vehicles.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Required Knowledge and

Skills:

• Knowledge of the operation and promotion of convention, cultural, museum, or recreational facilities;
  Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook;
  Past Perfect Museum Software; health and safety standards for food preparation, handling, and equipment sanitization; and inventory management.
• Skills to work independently and as part of a team; strong customer relation skills; good verbal and written communication skills; ability to follow explicit directions; ability to learn and operate lighting and sound equipment;

Physical Demands & Working Environment:The physical requirement described herein are repetitive of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Strength, stamina, and dexterity to work standing, walking, and sitting for long periods; walk on uneven or slippery surfaces; perform manual tasks using hand tools, coordination and dexterity to adjust and make minor repairs on equipment;

strength to lift and carry supplies, tools, and equipment…