Museum Assistant

📷Summer Student Position

Community Museum Technician (1 Positions)

The Carstairs Heritage Centre is a local history museum containing multiple exhibit spaces including an art gallery, historic church, original homestead building, and an accredited Visitor Information Centre.

Overview

· 16-week employment period- 35 hours/week (5 days a week for 7 hours a day), weekend work required. Conditional of the organization receiving funding.

· $18.00/hour

· Start date: 5th May 2025 (or as negotiated)

· Museum Summer Hours:

o May Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm

o June/July/August: Monday to Saturday 9am to 4pm, Sunday 10am to 4pm

Tasks and Responsibilities

· Assisting Museum Guests & Travellers: this includes offering tours to visitors and answering questions about local history. We serve the community including adults, seniors, children, and travellers. As we are a visitor information centre this can also include offering travel advice, directions, assisting guests in booking excursions, etc. Training in offering travel guidance will be provided.

· Research & Exhibit Development: research on objects in the collection and/or curatorial research as requested.

· Collections Management: Assist with database management, photo-documentation, accessioning, condition reporting, re-housing, programming, collection research, digitization.Maintain and clean existing exhibits and displays as needed.

· Facility Maintenance & Groundskeeping: Light groundskeeping duties such as watering the historic gardens, painting fences, and maintaining the general order of the museum and site will be required.

· Public Programming & Events: assist in planning, organizing, and running online events and/or future programs that the museum will offer.

Qualifications

· Must be enrolled in full-time post secondary studies for the upcoming Fall semester (proof of enrolment required).

· Excellent customer service skills and the ability to interact with visitors in a variety of settings.

· Detail oriented and highly organized.

· Ability to conduct and communicate historic research.

· Ability to follow verbal and written instructions and to work independently and as part of a team.

· Pursuing post-secondary education in history, museum studies, education, art history, curatorial studies, public history, heritage management, or a related field.

· Ability to work in a variety of conditions including but not limited to sitting, standing, walking, gardening outdoors, climbing stairs/ladders, and the ability to lift up to 20lbs.

Please submit a Resume and Cover Letter to info@carstairsmuseum.cabefore Thursday, May 1st, 2025. The Carstairs Heritage Centre is an equal opportunity employer.