Shuttle Driver
Reports to: Producer and Hospitality Coordinator
Job Purpose: To provide safe and friendly shuttle transportation for performers and guests.
Qualifications:
- Must be of Alberta legal age
- Must have a valid Alberta drivers licence
- Must have a good drivers history and provide drivers abstract if deemed necessary
- Must be prepared to safely lift heavy weighted and awkward items, luggage and equipment
Work setting:
- Sitting in a vehicle
- Hotel lobby
- Festival and hotel parking lot
- Airport arrivals and departures
- Outdoors rain or shine
Timeframe:
- Friday afternoon to Sunday evening
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Required to transport passengers and materials irrespective of weather, traffic and road conditions
- Understand and comply with road and safety regulations in a safe and courteous manner
- Drive responsibly and take care of the physical safety of the passengers
- Provides shuttle service for performers and guests from the hotel to the festival site following schedule provided by Producer
- Provides transportation to and from airport for fly-in performers and guests
- Assists with check in and checkout hotel as required
- Assists with loading and unloading luggage and music gear
- Assists with boarding passengers if needed
- Report any problem with the shuttle vehicle to the Producer/Volunteer Team/Rental Agency for proper corrective action
- Ensure the inside cleanliness of the shuttle
- Works in conjunction with hospitality to provide Red Deer tourism information including questions about local venues and attractions
- Provides a good impression and enthusiastically answers any questions about the festival
- Understand and complies with the Central Music Fest volunteer regulations and code of ethics
Benefits:
- Ambassadors for the festival – first impression of festival for most performers and guests
- Opportunity to forge a positive professional relationship with performers and guests
- Comfortable work environment
- Volunteers receive t-shirts, food voucher(s), snacks, free camping
- Meet other volunteers
- Enjoy some really great music