Visitor Services & Rental Coordinator

Wethersfield Historical Society (WHS) is seeking a full-time Visitor Services & Rental Coordinator. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Visitor Services & Rental Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center is safe, clean, and ready to accommodate visitors during all open hours, and ready to accommodate the needs of rental clients as well as the society’s own scheduled education, cultural and fundraising events.  

The Visitor Services & Rental Coordinator manages the Keeney event rental program, promoting the facility, managing the Keeney Ballroom social media pages, ensuring contracts are in order, all requirements are met, and that event staff carries out all tasks needed to provide clients with a smooth and positive rental experience. 

The Visitor Services & Rental Coordinator recruits, schedules and cultivates volunteers for the front desk and special events, schedules events and maintenance/security personnel and ensures that volunteers and maintenance/security staff receive the appropriate training.

The Visitor Services & Rental Coordinator opens and closes the Keeney Center and other buildings as needed, working occasional evenings as needed, monitors the condition of the building, coordinates with outside contractors and cleaning staff, and monitors the exhibits, notifying the Curator of any changes. 

The Visitor Services & Rental Coordinator participates in the planning and execution of historical society fundraising events including the Taste of Wethersfield and the Old Wethersfield Arts & Crafts Fair.