Summary/Objective
The Reservationist position is responsible for booking education programs such as field trips, camp, homeschool, overnight, offsite, scouts, birthday parties and other educational programs. This role ensures accurate booking with ticketing systems, payment processing, schedules and confirmations. This individual provides exceptional customer service to schools, organizations, families and other guests via email, over the phone and occasionally in-person.
Essential Functions
- Responsible for all reservations pertaining to all education programs including but not limited to field trips, homeschool, offsites, overnights, camps, and birthdays.
- Demonstrates proficiency in the ticketing software systems, including all reservation data input, payment processing, data retrieval, and report printing.
- Serves as liaison between schools, organizations, parents, churches, and all other group institutions to make reservations and answer guest questions.
- Assists with the itineraries including lab, film, exhibit, and lunch scheduling for field trips.
- Handles reservation confirmations on all sales.
- Collects and follows up on deposits and payments received for educational programming.
- Responds to email inquiries, web-sale requests, and faxes regarding educational programming.
- Assists in the day-to-day operations of the Reservations Office.
- Assists with other program check-ins and other duties as required.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Experience & Certifications: N/A
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with ticketing systems.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Highly organized, attention to detail a must.
Supervisory Responsibility
N/A
Physical Demands
- Ability to remain in a stationary position.
- Ascends/descends stairs throughout the museum.
- Communicates and exchanges accurate information with guests, staff, volunteers, and community partners in a variety of formats including in-person, electronically, and over the phone.
- Operates a computer and/or office equipment efficiently and accurately.
- Manipulates and moves components weighing up to 50 pounds, including those that may be low to the ground or above eye level.
- Rarely works in outdoor environments.
- Frequently works in indoor environments.
- Coping with demands and stresses associated with job and work environment.
- Kneeling and Crouching (occasionally)
- Weight Levels – Lift, Push, Pull
- Up to 50 pounds
Expected Hours of Work & Travel
- This position is full time and primarily works Monday – Friday between 8:00am and 5pm.
- This position must be able to work weekends and after hour events as needed.
Telecommuting
This position is required to be onsite 100% of the time.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Experience with ticketing systems
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong organization and attention to detail
- Ability to work onsite 100% of the time
- Ability to work weekends and after-hours events as needed
What We Do
For more than 60 years, the Orlando Science Center has been a place that inspires curiosity and exploration. Truly one of the great activities for Orlando families, the Science Center encourages learning in a fun way. We're the perfect educational activity, fun and knowledge all under one roof. For visitors from out of town, Orlando Science Center is a must for your “things to do in Orlando” list. With four floors of exciting exhibits, amazing giant screen movies and engaging live programming, the Science Center is the perfect family destination. We're also the ideal rainy day activity - fun for your entire family and completely indoors!









