Buffalo Gap Historic Village
Volunteer Job Description

Position Title: Cashier/Customer Service
Position Classification: Volunteer
Benefits: After 30 hours of service, Volunteer receives a year long Pioneer Membership (Family) which includes personalized membership cards for volunteer and spouse, unlimited free admission to BGHV and the Abilene Zoo, invitations to members-only events, a 10% discount at the Texas History Store, priority registration for events and fundraisers, and the BGHV newsletter. BGHV staff will train volunteer on using equipment associated with this position.

Volunteer Duties:

Cashier for Texas History Store. Responsible for cash control, accurate sales and admission transactions, keeping all display areas stocked and clean, meeting and greeting visitors to site, starting orientation film, taking reservations for school groups and tours, booking weddings, providing site and local information, answering phone, informing visitors of the advantages of the Abilene Round Up Pass and membership to Buffalo Gap Historic Village, keeping all site policies enforced, and other duties as needed.

Certain events may necessitate staying later than normal operating hours and volunteer may be asked to assist in these after hours special events.
Volunteer may be asked to assist in opening and closing the site.

Responsibilities:

All volunteers for the Buffalo Gap Historic Village, an educational program of the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation, for the safety of themselves, fellow volunteers, staff and visitors must follow all existing and future policies for volunteers.

Volunteers must obey all local, state, and federal laws.

Additional:

Our cashiers are the face of BGHV, and in many ways are the face of Buffalo Gap, Texas and all of the Big Country. We are the first place many people call for information about happenings in town.

BGHV Management may reassign volunteer to other positions as needed and with proper training. Volunteer may ask for additional training at any time and may also take on additional volunteer responsibilities of other volunteer positions.

If volunteers at any time feel they are not trained or equipped to accept or complete any task assigned to them, the BGHV staff will be available to provide training and equipment.