Museum Operations

**Looking for a unique summer job where history meets creativity?**
Do you enjoy working outdoors, engaging with people, and being part of meaningful community events? The Parksville Museum is hiring an enthusiastic and dynamic Summer Student to join our team for the 2025 summer season This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in museum operations, visitor engagement, and event coordination—perfect for building your resume and growing transferable skills.

**What You’ll Be Doing**:
As part of our summer team, you’ll contribute to a wide range of museum activities, including:

- **Visitor Services**: Welcome guests, provide information, and ensure a positive, memorable experience for all visitors.
- **Museum Tours**: Lead engaging tours of our exhibits and heritage buildings.
- **Exhibit Work**: Support research, curation, and the refreshing of exhibit displays using items from the collection.
- **Event Support**: Assist with organizing and running community events, concerts, and venue rentals (includes assistant with setting up tents, tables, and chairs).
- **Facility and Grounds Maintenance**: Participate in light cleaning, basic gardening, and routine upkeep of museum grounds.
- **Digital Media & Outreach**: Collaborate on content for social media, promotional materials, and public engagement campaigns.
- **General Museum Operations**: Open and close the site, manage placing signage, and help with special projects and administrative tasks.

**Preferred Skills and Qualifications**:

- **Interest in Museums & Cultural Institutions**: Passion for heritage, museum operations, and preserving local history.
- **Arts & Culture Engagement**: Desire to contribute to cultural programming, exhibit curation, and arts-based community events.
- **Community Building**: Enthusiasm for fostering connections and supporting community-based initiatives.
- **Event Coordination**: Experience in or interest in organizing and executing exhibitions, performances, festivals, or educational programs.
- **Creativity & Initiative**: Comfort with proposing and executing new ideas for exhibits, events, or community engagement.
- **Customer Service & Hospitality**: Background in customer service, tourism, or public-facing environments, especially in cultural or museum settings.

**Core Qualities We Value**:

- **Strong Interpersonal Skills**: Friendly, outgoing, and able to create positive visitor experiences.
- **Teamwork & Independence**: Ability to work collaboratively in a small team and manage individual tasks independently.
- **Adaptability**: Comfort with switching between tasks and handling a range of responsibilities as priorities shift.
- **Organizational Skills**: Detail-oriented with strong time management abilities to handle competing tasks.
- **Effective Communication**: Ability to engage with visitors, team members, and community stakeholders, including public speaking and social media outreach.
- **Creative Thinking**: Interest in storytelling, digital content creation, and innovative ways to engage with the community.
- **Passion for Heritage**: A genuine interest in history, culture, and the role of museums in shaping local identity.

**Job Details**:

- **Duration**: May 15 to August 25, 2025 (some flexibility to extend a few days)
- **Schedule**:, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (35 hours/week), with occasional adjustments for evening work on a few events.
- **Wage**: $20.00 per hour

**Ready to make history this summer?**

Thank you to everyone who expresses interest in this opportunity. We’ll be reaching out directly to those selected for an interview, and we truly appreciate your time and effort in applying.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 16 weeks

Pay: $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Every Weekend
- Holidays

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2025-05-02
Expected start date: 2025-05-15