Summer Employment Opportunities - 2025 Season
We are currently accepting applicants for our summer employment opportunities funded through Canada Summer Jobs and Student Summer Skills Incentive (SKILLS). Interviews will be held during April and May 2025 to seek the best candidate. To apply please email us at [email protected] with a resume and cover letter.
Museum Interpreter/Archivist - POSITION FILLED FOR 2025
This position is funded through Canada Summer Jobs or Student Summer Skills Incentive (SKILLS) and certain restrictions apply. Anticipated start date June 29th, ending August 31st, 2025. (Possibility of weekends in September & October)
The Museum Interpreter Guide will greet visitors in a cheerful, outgoing and helpful manner, and then interpret the Museum and its artifacts to the degree and depth they desire, such that when they leave the centre the visitor will feel they have had a worthwhile and interesting experience.
The Museum Interpreter Guide will be based out of the main level of the museum and will work closely with other staff and volunteers to aid with ongoing tasks, providing support when it comes to research, digitization and marketing, in an effort to support local and regional tourism and community programming.
When not tending to visitors the Museum Interpreter Guide will work closely with the Curator(s) and Collections Committee to ensure all items in our collection have been digitized and archived correctly, aiding the Curator, Museum Interpreter/Media Creator and the Centre’s Director in updating our exhibits to improve accessibility for the hearing and visually impaired. The Museum Interpreter/Archivist will aid with the recording and editing of footage for use on our social media, website and youtube pages. QR codes linking to the content will be added to physical exhibits within our facility for added accessibility.
Other duties include:
This position is funded through Canada Summer Jobs or Student Summer Skills Incentive (SKILLS) and certain restrictions apply. Anticipated start date June 29th, ending August 31st, 2025. (Possibility of weekends in September & October)
The Museum Interpreter Guide will greet visitors in a cheerful, outgoing and helpful manner, and then interpret the Museum and its artifacts to the degree and depth they desire, such that when they leave the centre the visitor will feel they have had a worthwhile and interesting experience.
The Museum Interpreter Guide will be based out of the main level of the museum and will work closely with other staff and volunteers to aid with ongoing tasks, providing support when it comes to research, digitization and marketing, in an effort to support local and regional tourism and community programming.
When not tending to visitors the Museum Interpreter Guide will work closely with the Curator(s) and Collections Committee to ensure all items in our collection have been digitized and archived correctly, aiding the Curator, Museum Interpreter/Media Creator and the Centre’s Director in updating our exhibits to improve accessibility for the hearing and visually impaired. The Museum Interpreter/Archivist will aid with the recording and editing of footage for use on our social media, website and youtube pages. QR codes linking to the content will be added to physical exhibits within our facility for added accessibility.
Other duties include:
- Assisting with daily exhibit care and maintenance, including cleaning and monitoring procedures.
- Assisting with public research requests, responding to both local and distant researcher inquiries regarding collections and the Avon River area, as well as facilitating on-site research.
- Working alongside Museum staff to research, create, and install temporary exhibits showcasing local stories.
- Assisting with ongoing collection management and exhibit projects.
- Responsible for the safety of the visitors by providing necessary assistance for physically challenged or elderly people, knowing where first aid kits are stowed, the emergency telephone numbers and being able to respond to situations covered in the Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Plan for the ARHS
- Keeping the Museum clean, inside and outside. This includes making certain the bathrooms are checked frequently during the day for cleanliness and that adequate supplies are provided. This includes the two interior bathrooms and the outside facility.
- Providing tourist information as appropriate.
- Helping with inventory counts and checks.
- Security of the centre and its collection during the day and when closing at the end of the day and the correct handling of monies in the gift shop or tea room.
Qualifications: - Expressed interest in the fields of visitor services, museum studies, archival studies, and heritage, cultural, educational, or non-profit settings.
- Ideal candidates have taken courses in relevant disciplines (i.e. History, Museum Studies, Ecology,, Tourism, and/or Education)
- Confidence with time management, organization, and problem solving.
- Experience working effectively as a part of a team or independently.
- Demonstrated skills in customer service and interacting with a range of audiences
- Demonstrated interpersonal and English verbal and written communication skills
- Must have excellent research skills
- General computer literacy and the ability to learn new skills, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office Suite, Google programs, web-based software, and collection databases (Collective Access)
