Job Description: Museum Education Officer
Company: Mission Museum
Location: Mission, BC (Mainland/Southwest)
Job Category: Programs and Events
Job Type: Contract
Salary: $$17.20/ hour -
Hourly
Museum Education Officer
Summer Employment Opportunity
Position: Museum Education Officer
The Mission District Historical Society is seeking a Museum Education Officer for the Mission Museum. The Museum Coordinator will be responsible for conceptual program planning to engage a variety of audiences, in-person and virtually, including a children’s program series and an educational toolkit based on topics relevant to Mission’s history.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conceptualising plans for a new children’s program series and online educational resource.
- Purchasing/creating program supplies in accordance with the programming budget.
- Advertising programs through local community resources.
- Conducting registrations, delivering programs and keeping accurate records as needed.
- Assisting with the execution of outreach opportunities, including the planning, design and fabrication of an educational toolkit.
- Attending to the public remotely and/or in person when required.
- Assisting with planning and executing special events.
Qualifications:
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Enjoy working with children.
- Confidence maintaining the attention of exuberant groups of kids.
- Ability to improvise and creatively problem solve.
- Demonstrated ability to organize information and prioritize tasks and projects.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently as well as with others.
- Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite.
- Proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite an asset
Eligibility
- Must be aged 15 to 30 years to apply;
- Must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 2;
- Must be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations;
- Must pass a criminal record background check.
Term of Employment:
- 30 hours per week for 10 weeks, beginning June 1 through July 30, 2022; part-time work negotiable.
- Regular Hours: Wednesday-Saturday; 9:00am-4:30pm with some occasional work required outside of these hours.
- This position is subject to the receipt of funding through the Canada Summer Jobs Grant program.
- Rate of Pay: $17.20 per hour.
Applications:
Please submit resumé and cover letter by Friday, May 20th to Jennifer Nundal, Acting Manager, in person or via email at info@missionmuseum.com.
Thank you to all applicants, however, only those short-listed for an interview will be contacted.