Museum Assistant

Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:
As an Interpretative Guide/Museum Assistant at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre you will:

- Provide visitors with informative guided tours of museum grounds.
- Gardening and some grounds keeping with assistance from Maintenance Director.
- Cleaning museum displays and exhibit space.
- Help with gift shop operations. This includes operating cash register, inputting new stock into inventory system, preparing online orders, greeting guests and answering questions, stocking gift shop, and posting various gift shop items on social media platforms.

- Help with opening and closing routines.
- Assist with data entry and cataloguing and organizing archives.
- Assist museum staff and volunteers at community markets.
- Maintain COVID-19 sanitization policies.

Our ideal candidate is a positive team player who is comfortable with public speaking and with an interest in history and heritage. You enjoy working outside, are detail-orientated, enjoy meeting new people, and are a great communicator. Knowledge of Doukhobor and local history is an asset. Training will be provided for all aspects of the job.