SUMMER POSITIONS - SEASONAL ASSISTANT CURATOR -
- SEASONAL ASSISTANT CURATOR -
The position provides summer support in the operation of a small museum in the Town of Millet, Alberta, of under 2100 residents, 40 minutes south of Edmonton for an accredited award-winning Alberta museum, archives, and visitor information center. A charity board of directors and two full-time staff members operate the facility with potentially four Museum Assistants Students.
Duration - April 29-August 30, 2024 (subject to change, pending funding)
Hours - 40 hours/ week including scheduled Saturdays
Wage –$15.50 per hour and 4% holiday pay
Description of duties:
- Contribute to providing professional customer service as well as self-motivated.
- Assist with the development and implementation of successful summer services and programs for school groups, group tours and individual tourists.
- Exceptional communication ability in speaking and writing English.
- Supply a Police record Check to work with the vulnerable sector of children/seniors.
- Use professional standards to complete collection documentation, permanent numbering, digital photography or scanning within a collection management database while maintaining daily preservation techniques of light, humidity and pest management.
- Ability to lift and move up to 20 kg to be able to weed and water the grounds and move collections.
- Compile documentation of photographs and project information to be able to provide tourists with enhanced cultural visibility, encourage them to stay longer, and impact the economics of Millet and Alberta
- Increase community awareness through the production of a temporary summer exhibit.
- Assist with maintaining Facebook, Instagram, and website and increase engagements.
- Research of chronological history, and Communities in Bloom heritage environment.
- Arrange and file paper and electronic documents of the organization.
All candidates hired must:
- Be legally entitled to work in Canada
- Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or have refugee status in Canada
- Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of employment, as per funding organization requirements.
- Complete a Candidate Eligibility Form.
- Be willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment and not have another full-time job (over 30 hours a week) while employed with CSJ
Deadline April 19, 2024
Job Type: Seasonal
Contract length: 9 weeks
Salary: $15.50 per hour
Schedule:
- 8-hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Language: English (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: April 19, 2024
Expected start date: April 29, 2024
Deadline April 19, 2024
EMAIL RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO INFO@MILLETMUSEUM.CA
We are an equal-opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified candidates. The museum is not accessible by public transit.
Only applicants who receive interviews will be contacted.