Special Exhibit Development Coordinator
- Program stream:
- Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations
- Job title:
- Special Exhibit Development Coordinator
- Organization name:
- Jack Miner Museum
- Job location:
- Kingsville, Ontario
- Length of assignment:
- 2018-05-28 to 2018-08-22 (12 weeks)
- Hourly wage:
- $14.00
General Description:
The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation requires four (4) students to fill the positions of Special Exhibit Development Coordinators. These positions will be 14 weeks in length with a start date of May 28, 2018 and end date of September 01, 2018. Students will be required to work 35 hours a week on a rotating schedule that will include weekdays, weekends, and some evenings at a rate of $14.00 an hour.
Main Duties:
- Develop two special exhibitions based on the Foundation’s historical collection.
- Creating access to the Foundation’s historical collection both electronically and onsite.
- Surveying and organizing the historical collection of the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation.
- Digitizing and encapsulate photographs in adherence to current museum and archival standards.
- Conducting historical research on the Foundation’s collection to develop exhibit themes.
- Assisting with administrative duties such as answering phone calls and responding to e-mails.
- Assisting with summer community events as required. This may include assisting with providing site tours of the museum and historic home, and assisting with educational programing.
- Providing customer service and answering visitor inquires.
- Assisting with cataloging artifacts, documents, and photographs.
Qualifications:
- Candidate must be a student aged 16-30 who was a full-time student in the previous academic year and plans on returning to full time studies in the fall.
- Must be legally entitles to work in Canada.
- Pursuing studies and/or having an interest in history or the humanities with a background in museum or archival studies, library science, public history, or similar field.
- Experience writing exhibit text, digitizing and organizing historical collections would be considered an asset.
- Must be registered with the Young Canada Works online candidate inventory and meet all other eligibility criteria set out by the Young Canada Works program.
Essential Skills:
- Organization
- Time management
- The ability to work individually and as part of a team
- Basic computer and word processing skills
- Enthusiasm
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Data entry
- Self motivated
Interested candidates who meet the above requirements are encouraged to send a resume and cover letter to the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation, 360 Road 3 West, Kingsville, ON, N9Y 2E5. Or e-mail information to events@jackminer.com quoting the job title in the subject line. The deadline for applications is May 04th,2018. Only those selected for an interview will be notified.
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