Now Hiring: Bike Parking Shift Supervisor

Updated: August 28, 2024

Reports To: Bike Parking Program Manager 

Status: Part-time, seasonal 

Location: San Jose, CA 

Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) is a non-profit membership-based organization that seeks to build healthier and more just communities by making biking safe and accessible in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. In the past few years, SVBC’s staff size has grown from one to twenty employees, and our impact can be seen across the two counties we serve. There has never been a more exciting time to be a part of Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition!  

SVBC is hiring a Bike Parking Shift Supervisor to manage bicycle parking on scheduled days at public events. This position will include full responsibility for setting up outdoor bike parking corrals, ensuring security of bicycles, delegation of tasks to bicycle parking volunteers, and solving problems as they arise. If you are effective at operating in a service-oriented position, and passionate about improving our world by making bicycling easier for everyone, this is the position for you! 

Responsibilities will include: 

  • Inventory materials needed for each event

  • Transportation of materials by bike or car to and from SVBC office in downtown San Jose

  • Manage bike parking corral volunteers on-site

  • Communicate with other bike parking supervisors and bike parking program manager regularly  

  • Supervise bike parking corral at events 

  • Ensure vigilant security of corrals 

  • Manage inquiries from corral users and/or direct to Manager 

  • Track corral usage and donation amounts at each event 

  • Enter usage and donation amounts into a spreadsheet for each event to be utilized for future planning 

  • Effectively communicate the mission, vision, and programs of SVBC to corral users 

  • Ensure that all corral users have a top quality customer experience 

  • Respond in a timely fashion to SVBC staff to sign up for work shifts 

Qualifications 

  • Previous experience delegating tasks to volunteers 

  • Comfortable transporting, loading/unloading, and staging tote boxes, tables, chairs, canopies, and other bike corral materials 

  • Familiar with QR codes and spreadsheets 

  • Ability to communicate within a team to achieve the greater goals 

  • Must have strong organizational and interpersonal skills 

  • Able to lift 50 pounds 

  • Access to cellphone 

The right candidate for SVBC's Bike Parking Shift Supervisor position will: 

  • Be willing to work in an outdoor environment 

  • Be able to work evenings and weekends 

  • Be responsive to communications by text or email

Compensation 

Hourly rate of $25. This is a part-time position offering up to 3 eight-hour shifts per month, usually on weekends. 

How to Apply 

For more information, please contact eleni@bikesiliconvalley.org with the subject line "Interested in Bike Parking Work". Include your name, contact information, and any of your previous volunteer or work experience that would help you do this job well. If you prefer to talk on the phone, you can call (408) 673-4876. No Driver’s License is needed to apply as some nearby events are feasible without car transport. 

SVBC is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, sex or age.

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