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The position provides summer support in the operation of a small museum in the Town of Millet, Alberta, of under 2100 residents, 40 minutes south of Edmonton for an accredited award-winning Alberta museum, archives, and visitor information center. A charity board of directors and two full-time staff members operate the facility with potentially four Museum Assistants Students.

Duration - April 29-August 30, 2024 (subject to change, pending funding)

Hours - 40 hours/ week including scheduled Saturdays

Wage –$15.50 per hour and 4% holiday pay

Description of duties:

• Contribute to providing professional customer service as well as self-motivated.
• Assist with the development and implementation of successful summer services and programs for school groups, group tours and individual tourists.
• Exceptional communication ability in speaking and writing English.
• Supply a Police record Check to work with the vulnerable sector of children/seniors.
• Use professional standards to complete collection documentation, permanent numbering, digital photography or scanning within a collection management database while maintaining daily preservation techniques of light, humidity and pest management.
• Ability to lift and move up to 20 kg to be able to weed and water the grounds and move collections.
• Compile documentation of photographs and project information to be able to provide tourists with enhanced cultural visibility, encourage them to stay longer, and impact the economics of Millet and Alberta
• Increase community awareness through the production of a temporary summer exhibit.
• Assist with maintaining Facebook, Instagram, and website and increase engagements.
• Research of chronological history, and Communities in Bloom heritage environment.
• Arrange and file paper and electronic documents of the organization.

All candidates hired must:

• Be legally entitled to work in Canada
• Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or have refugee status in Canada
• Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of employment, as per funding organization requirements.
• Complete a Candidate Eligibility Form.
• Be willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment and not have another full-time job (over 30 hours a week) while employed with CSJ

Deadline April 19, 2024