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Summer Student JobThrough this 8 week paid summer position you will gain experience in working in a variety of departments at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, including Visitor Services, Gift Shop, Administration and Catering. The students will gain exposure to the museum sector and experience many aspects of the sectors including front line experience at Visitor Services, retail experience in the Gift Shop, event planning in catering and administration. They will also gain customer service, presentation, organizational, teamwork and marketing skills. Senior staff will act as mentors to support the student in developing a career in the museum sector.
Ideal candidate will be a recent high school graduate who will attend a post secondary institution in the fall.
Main Objectives:
--Give an Indigenous high school graduate work experience in the heritage sector before they attend post-secondary school in the fall
--Improve the employability skills of the Experience Indigenous Museums Summer Student
--Expose Indigenous high school graduates to careers in heritage and give them experience working the following departments: visitor services, gift shop, administration (finance and marketing) and catering
Description of Tasks:
-Operate Point of Sale Systems
-Develop excellent customer service skills
-Greet and welcome guests
-Network with community members, Elders, and Museum professionals from other organizations
-Assist in our Day Camps for kids between the ages of 7 and 12
-Assist with gift inventory
-Learn about First Nations artists, history and crafts
-Help plan and deliver special events
-Assist in the set up and take down of conference rooms
-Assist and shadow department managers
-Administrative duties
-Assist in special projects with Marketing Department
If you are an Aboriginal high school graduate with an interest in the museum industry, this experience is for you! (HR-E-91-09) (HR-E-91-17)
Essential Skills
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Additional Skills
- Prepare reports
- Operate computer systems
- Operate audio-visual equipment
Specific Interpretation / Guiding Skills
- Deliver and evaluate programs
Establishment / Work Setting Experience
- Regional or city museum
- National museum
- Interpretive centre
- Heritage/historical site
- First nations museum
- Cultural centre
- Art gallery
Area of Technical Specialization
- Interpretation/guiding
- Curatorial assisting
- Cataloging
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