Museum Attendant

About This Role

The Galt Museum & Archives is looking for casual Museum Attendants to join their team. This visitor-focused role encompasses interpreting, guiding, and facilitating a variety of public engagement services such as tours and programs, maintaining public engagement spaces, and providing administrative support.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and guide tours through permanent and temporary exhibitions and interpretive spaces
• Respond to public inquiries, answer phones, and provide exhibition and collections information
• Assist facility rental clients to ensure events run smoothly, including set-up and dismantling of event areas
• Coordinate Fort Whoop-Up animal activities, gardening, and light cooking as needed
• Assist programmers with community and school engagement programs
• Sell merchandise, count inventory, and balance cash
• Perform daily and weekly janitorial duties for the Fort
• Conduct hourly and daily COVID cleaning
• Attend staff meetings and training as required

Requirements

• Excellent customer relationship skills
• Post-secondary education and experience in human history, museum visitor services, tourism, public relations, or communication arts
• Knowledge of regional history is an asset
• Retail and sales experience, plus knowledge of POS systems
• Ability to move chairs and tables, and work with audio/visual equipment
• Current First Aid and CPR Certificate
• Valid class 5 Operator’s License
• Fluency in Blackfoot and other languages is an asset
• Must have attended post-secondary school in the January-April 2021 semester and be planning to return in the fall of 2021

Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a culturally rich environment

Important Details

• Schedule: 0 to 37.5 hours per week, varies including evenings and weekends
• Application deadline: April 9, 2021, at 11:59 p.m.

Application Process

• Submit your application or resume with cover letter online at the City of Lethbridge website
• Candidates under consideration will be required to successfully pass a criminal records check with the Lethbridge Police Service

About the Company

The Galt Museum & Archives is located in Lethbridge, Alberta, on the traditional territory of the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot). It serves as an educational and cultural center for the community, promoting knowledge of local history and heritage.