Seasonal Collections Assistant

**This is a seasonal/ summer position dependent on grant funding**

**Join Our Amazing Team**Come and be part of our dynamic team on a historic site located in Britannia Beach, British Columbia overlooking the scenic Howe Sound. The positive work culture at the Museum offers you the chance to showcase your interpretive skills while welcoming guests to this important heritage experience.

Advantages to being on our team:

- Discounts on retail, admissions, food and beverage.
- Excellent work environment.
- An opportunity to enhance your public speaking, presentation and communication. skills
- Access to the Vancouver Tourism Passport Challenge program (each May).

**The Role**

The **Seasonal**Collections Assistant**assists with the care and cataloguing of the permanent artefact and archive collections of the Britannia Mine Museum, while working closely with the Curator to enhance standards of care long term.

Responsibilities primarily include assisting with collection registration, cataloguing, electronic record keeping, and collections storage, but will also include digitization projects, deaccessioning of select items, and other administrative tasks.

**Other Details**
- Position may qualify for Young Canada Works or Canada Summer Jobs grant programs or Co-op Propel.
- All employees at the Museum are required to have a criminal record check completed (paid for by the museum).

**You**are detail oriented and enjoy working with people and objects. You have a keen interest in history, museums, curatorial functions, geology, education, mining and/or environmental issues. As a Seasonal Collections Assistant, you play a key role in helping to ensure our collections are preserved and documented to a high standard.

The Museum is governed by the Mines Act, and any employees who access our underground tunnel must be 18 years of age. This position requires access to our underground tunnel, therefore applicants must be over the age of 18.

**Key Duties & Responsibilities**
- Day to day care of the permanent artefact and archive collection, including learning internal processes related to accessioning, cataloguing, handling, preserving, transporting (on site), storing, and maintaining artefact/archive records according to accepted museum principles.
- Maintain records in the collections database (Past Perfect/other); may include cataloguing, scanning, photographing, accurately describing objects.
- Undertake collection projects, specifically notable archives that can be hosted on the Museum website.
- Perform simple cleaning of on artefacts/archives when necessary and appropriate, under the supervisor of the Curator.

**Knowledge, skills and abilities**
- An interest in social history, mining, and heritage.
- An understanding of best practices, theory, and relevant considerations related to maintaining, documenting and storing historic collection and archival information.
- Organized with a high attention to detail.
- Able to data enter with a high degree of accuracy.

**Required Experience & Qualifications**
- This opportunity is open to graduates High School, of a post-secondary level Degree, Diploma, or Certification programs related to Museum, Archive, or Library studies.
- Experience in projects requiring organizational skill and attention to detail.
- Excellent computer skills: Microsoft Office essential; database experience preferred.

**Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility**:
Britannia Mine Museum is committed to fair and equitable treatment, representation and prosperity for all peoples in our communities and our industry. We condemn all forms of racism, discrimination, intolerance, and bigotry and work to use the power of the museum spaces, arts, creativity and self-expression to attain equality and representation for everyone. Britannia Mine Museum is committed to fostering community and organizational well being and actively explores any required changes to our policies initiatives, and practices to address the root causes of inequalities.

**Statement on Truth and Reconciliation**:
Britannia Mine Museum conducts its work on the unceded territory of the SkSk̲wx̲wú7mesh Nation We respectfully honour their culture and tradition. We support the 94 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and commit to taking action on recommendations involving museums, culture, arts and education. It is our hope that museums continue to be an integral part of the Truth and Reconciliation journey in this country.