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Student Museum Assistant

Program stream:
Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations
Job title:
Student Museum Assistant
Organization name:
Heritage Acres Farm Museum
Job location:
Pincher Creek, Alberta
Length of assignment:
2018-05-14 to 2018-08-06 (12 weeks)
Hourly wage:
$16.50
Position: Museum Assistant (Summer)
Term: Seasonal - Full Time - May 14th to August 31st, 2018
Salary: Up to $16.50 per hour ( 40 hours per week)
Hours: Five days per week (Includes weekends) 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

JOB DESCRIPTION

Heritage Acres Farm Museum is seeking a knowledgeable, innovative, and highly motivated individual to be the museum assistant for our site

The successful candidate will be an energetic, self motivated and creative person. They will also have strong interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills an well as respect for, and the ability to work with diverse populations. The Museum Assistant will have the opportunity to work in a variety of areas of museum practice including visitor services, collections management, school programs and special events.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This position is dependent on grant funding from |Young Canada Works and applicants must fit the criteria of the Young Canada Works program

To be eligible for YCW individuals must be a current student who must:
- be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada; Note: Non - Canadian students holding temporary work visas or awaiting permanent status are not eligible;
- be legally entitled to work in Canada
- be between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of employment;
- meet the specific eligibility criteria of the program for which you apply;
- be registered in the YCW online candidate inventory,;
- be willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment;
- not have another full-time job (over 30 hours a week) while employed with YCW.

Organization Description: Heritage Acres Farm Museum is the largest independent farm museum in Alberta. Our working museum is dedicated preserving the heritage of the agricultural industry in Southern Alberta from 1880 -
1960.

APPLICATION:
Please send cover letter and resume via e-mail to heritageacresfarmmuseum@gmail.com with "Summer Student Application" before the deadline of April 27th, 2018
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