Museum Assistant
- Program stream:
- Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations
- Job title:
- Museum Assistant
- Organization name:
- Brooks and District Museum
- Job location:
- Brooks, Alberta
- Length of assignment:
- 2017-05-15 to 2017-08-22 (12 weeks)
- Hourly wage:
- $15.00
Brooks & District Museum
PO Box 2078
Brooks, AB, T1R 1C7
The Brooks & District Museum is located in rural Alberta within the City of Brooks and the County of Newell. Brooks has been cited “The City of 100 Hello’s” because of all the diversified nationalities that live here. Our largest attraction for the area is Dinosaur Provincial Park with over 100,000 people enjoying the park. The Brooks & District Museum is a small historical village type museum with 17 outside buildings and a main building.
The Museum Assistant must have a positive attitude and be a team player, have excellent communication. Student will need intermediate to advanced computer skills including MS Word, MS Excel and MS Access along with basic computer networking knowledge.
This position gives tours and demonstrations to school groups and large groups. Candidate must have good communication, planning, implementation and organizational skills. Candidate must be able to work with the public and as a team member, answer questions professionally and can give directions, when needed. A portion of the job will include proper artifact cleaning and handling techniques as well as janitorial style cleaning of museum and restrooms.
Knowledge of the County of Newell, Eastern Irrigation District (EID), and surrounding area would an asset.
Weekend work is a requirement for this position, if you cannot work on weekends please do not apply.
Candidates must be registered in the Young Canada Works (YCW) online candidate inventory
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