Skip to main content

Event Parking Operations Coordinator

Employer
University of Virginia
Location
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
View more categoriesView less categories
Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

The University of Virginia’s Department of Parking and Transportation (P&T) seeks a dedicated and organized Event Parking Operations Specialist to support the logistics and execution of university events. This role is critical in ensuring smooth transportation and parking experiences during a wide variety of high-profile and routine events, including athletic games, Final Exercises (graduation), student move-in/move-out, conferences, workshops, and alumni gatherings. The successful candidate will support both on-site and administrative operations and must be comfortable working in a dynamic environment that includes both office and field assignments.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Special Event Operations Coordinator in planning and delivering all P&T-managed events.

  • Coordinate with internal teams and external partners for event planning, logistics, and follow-up.

  • Utilize parking management systems to manage event requests, approvals, billing, and closure.

  • Respond to public inquiries and concerns with professionalism and accuracy.

  • Maintain clear documentation of event procedures and operational plans.

  • Train part-time and student staff on event procedures, including the use of payment systems, signage, radios, and other equipment.

  • Support continuous improvement of event parking operations.

  • Use the parking and event management system to schedule, track, and document resources and activities.

  • Support event planning through data entry, coordination, and communication with team members and event hosts.

  • Assist with reporting and follow-up to ensure events are properly documented and closed out.

  • Drive University vehicles across Grounds to inspect parking facilities, traffic conditions, and event setups.

  • Transport, post, and remove event equipment including signs, barricades, and traffic cones.

  • Staff event locations to assist with customer service, verify access credentials, and manage payment systems.

  • Provide on-site coordination and communication with event staff to ensure smooth operations.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or combination of education, experience, and or certifications in lieu of degree requirement.

  • Experience: 3+ years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with event parking technologies such as mobile payment platforms, web-based registration tools, and variable messaging systems.

  • Relevant experience or education in event operations, parking/mobility services, public administration, or business administration.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

  • Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills in a team environment.

  • Ability to manage time effectively and respond to changing priorities.

  • Self-motivated, adaptable, and comfortable working independently or as part of a team.

  • Willingness to learn new systems and technologies.

  • Availability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and outdoors in varying weather conditions.

This position is designated Essential Personnel and is based in Charlottesville, VA.

Salary range for this position will be $21.00 - $23.75 hourly depending on experience.

Additional Requirements

Background checks, pre-employment health screenings, and drug screenings will be conducted on all new hires prior to employment.

This position will not consider candidates who require immigration sponsorship now or in the future.

How to Apply

External applicants apply HERE. Please complete the application and attach the following documents:  

  • Resume

  • Cover Letter

Internal applicants may search and apply for jobs on the UVA Internal Careers website.

Reference checks will be completed by UVA’s third-party partner, SkillSurvey, during the final phase of the interview. Five references will be requested, with at least three responses required. 

Upload all materials into the resume submission field. Applications without all required documents will not receive full consideration.

Contact

For questions about the application process, please contact Eric Allen uth9qh@virginia.edu.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

  • Ability to lift, carry, and move objects up to 50 lbs. (e.g., traffic cones, barricades, signage).

  • Frequent walking, standing, bending, and working outdoors in varying weather conditions.

  • Manual dexterity to handle signs, payment equipment, computer keyboards and small tools.

  • Ability to operate vehicles safely in accordance with University policies.


The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.

Organization

In 1819, the University of Virginia established a new model for intellectual exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration in higher education. Two hundred years later, as a major research institution, we continue to challenge conventions, lead with ingenuity and advance knowledge for the common good.

What began as an innovative idea has become one of the nation’s leading public research universities, with over 21,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UVA also has over 3,000 full-time faculty offering more than 400 degrees.

Each of the University’s eleven schools has its own distinctive mission, working together to garner consistently high rankings—including #2 Best Value Public College (Princeton Review, 2016), #3 Public University in the Nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2016), and #3 Best Value Among Public Colleges (Kiplinger’s, 2016).  

As we invest in and strengthen our research capabilities, UVA seeks new faculty ready to uncover new insights, rewrite old rules and collaborate on intellectual discoveries.

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS THAT CROSS DISCIPLINES

As an R1 institution, the University’s research centers, consortia and laboratories are on the leading edge of discovery and technology, offering collaborative spaces for students and faculty to solve global problems.

Our professors are recognized members of major national scholarly and professional organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Our faculty’s engagement in interdisciplinary research is being facilitated by new research institutes specializing in everything from big data to brain functioning, and by cluster hires across schools.

NATIONALLY RANKED HEALTH SYSTEM

UVA is also home to a nationally renowned academic medical center and the UVA Health System, which serves a three-part mission to treat patients, conduct translational research and train medical practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines.

Established as the nation’s 10th medical school in 1825, the institution has since grown to include a 612-bed hospital and a Level I trauma center, nationally recognized cancer and heart centers, a Children’s Hospital, and primary and specialty clinics throughout Central Virginia.

The UVA Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by the U.S. News & World Report magazine and has been named among the top 25 percent in seven specialties.

INSPIRING STUDENTS, INSPIRED TEACHING

The vast majority of UVA students come from the top 10% of their high school class, as well as from all 50 states, over 142 countries and a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Despite their diversity, all UVA students share a love of learning and a drive to achieve.

One of the reasons students choose Virginia is our unique residential culture. At UVA, the community of students, faculty and staff personifies the Jeffersonian idea that living and learning are connected. The Academical Village was constructed to support a unique residential experience, with faculty living in the Pavilions, students occupying Lawn rooms and the world-famous Rotunda at its heart. The University’s residential culture continues to support this experience today—strengthened by students, faculty and staff rich in backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. Our unique culture is also paying dividends in innovation:  UVA’s faculty have generated more than 130 patents since 2010.

Perhaps most importantly, faculty come to UVA knowing that instruction is as important as research, and they pride themselves on their many teaching awards.  Our best professors look for ways to encourage, mentor and develop tomorrow’s leaders inside and outside the classroom.

LIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

Living in Charlottesville you’ll find sophisticated restaurants, world-renowned wineries and breweries, cosmopolitan arts and music, friendly urban and suburban neighborhoods and a Piedmont landscape that has lured adventurous souls for centuries.  No wonder the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research named Charlottesville the “happiest city in America” in 2014.

In addition to UVA and its health system, several major employers have facilities in Charlottesville, including State Farm, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Defense, GE and others.  Charlottesville is also becoming a center for innovative start-up businesses.  The University also actively helps spouses and partners of faculty members build their networks and pursue employment opportunities with a wide variety of area employers. 

The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Company info
Telephone
434-985-4532
Location
2420 Old Ivy
Charlottesvle
Virginia
22911-7433
United States

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalized job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert