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Historical Scavenger Hunt Tour Assistant

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Program stream:
Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations
Job title:
Historical Scavenger Hunt Tour Assistant
Organization name:
Woodstock Museum National Historic Site
Job location:
Woodstock, Ontario
Length of assignment:
2018-06-11 to 2018-08-31 (11.57 weeks)
Hourly wage:
$14.00
As our Historical Scavenger Hunt Assistant , you will become the face of the Museum! Don’t worry if you don’t know much about local history - we will help you learn. You will also work with the other students as a tour guide (you get to guide both on and off the Museum property!), and be a part of running our extra fun Sidewalk Days and our Art in the Park event .There are just a few things that need to be in line in order for you to apply...
This position is funded by the Young Canada Works program. To be eligible to participate in this program, you must: be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada; be legally entitled to work in Canada; be between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of employment;have finished the school term at the start of employment; have been a full-time student January-April 2018 ;intend to return to full-time studies in September 2018; be willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment; not have another full-time job (over 35 hours a week) over the summer.
This is a pretty fast paced job, so you must be a disciplined person and be willing and able to learn quickly so you can start getting out and interacting right away. Good speaking/reading/writing abilities in English is amust, but given the broad spectrum of visitors we receive being able to speak French and/or another language is a plus.

Ideally, you’re planning a career in museums or heritage interpretation, drama, and are enrolled in a field of study related to that career.Experience working or volunteering in, museum or theatre would be considered an asset.

Salary rate is $14.00 per hour. Scheduled 35 hour work week which may include weekends and alternate shift hours. This position is a fourteen week contract to start June 11 and run to August 31, 2018.
Contact: Karen Houston, Curator, Woodstock Museum NHS, 466 Dundas Street, Woodstock, Ontario, N4S 1C4, 519-537-8411 x 2900; khouston@cityofwoodstock.ca

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