Student, Teacher/Interpreter

Student, Teacher/Interpreter (Museums)

Job Number: 3788

Job Type: Student

Vacancy Reason: Temporary (Student)

Temp Contract Length: 4 Months (May September 2026)

Location: 10 Huron Rd - Doon - Museum

Job Category: Other

Number of Positions: 7

Department: PDLCUL - Ken Seiling WRM

Division: Planning, Development and Legislative Services

Hours of Work: 35

Union: OTHER

Grade: Student Grade 03

Salary Range: $ $17.80 per hour

About Us

The Region of Waterloo is a thriving, diverse community committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations. Waterloo Region is part of the Dish with One Spoon wampum, a treaty guiding our commitment to:

• Taking only what we need
• Leaving some for others
• Keeping the dish clean

This agreement underpins our vision, mission, and core value, and reinforces our dedication to meaningful reconciliation and equity.

Waterloo Region is home to over 674,000 residents and expected to grow to nearly one million by 2051. Guided by our Strategic Plan, "Growing with Care," we prioritize homes for all, climate aligned growth, equitable services and opportunities and a resilient and future ready organization. Our mission is to provide essential services that enhance the quality of life for all residents, while our core value emphasizes caring for people and the land we share. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in our community.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Facilitates visitors' experience and enjoyment by interpreting the Region of Waterloo Museums exhibits and artifacts and answering visitors' inquiries. Museum/sites include Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum, Doon Heritage Village, Schneider Haus, and McDougall Cottage.
• Assists in the preparation of materials for programs.
• Wears historical costume and/or uniform.
• Presents/delivers a variety of programs and activities to the public, including school children, summer camps, special interest groups, seniors, and pre-school aged children.
• Leads demonstrations, activities, crafts, and curriculum-related education programs to museum audiences, including historical craft, trade, agriculture, and domestic activities associated with museum exhibits.
• Provides basic housekeeping, gardening, security and conservation duties (e.g., dusting furniture, cleaning artifacts, planting, weeding, harvesting).
• Based on assignment/location, performs work in a museum gallery or historic site, including outdoors.
• Takes steps to mitigate risks associated with site/assignment, including working in/around weather, temperature variations in historic buildings, heat/smoke when working around a stove/open hearth, and noise if working in the blacksmith shop. Lifts carries supplies weighing up to 11 kg/25 lbs.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must be currently enrolled in a university or college program.
• Knowledge and experience in delivering public programs, educational programs, demonstrations and special events to varied audiences (ages, interests).
• Ability and willingness to learn local history and early historic crafts skills.
• Communication and presentation skills to interact with the public, deliver programs and demonstrations, and participate as an effective team member.
• Ability to read and understand resources, training and education manuals, and other reference material.
• Ability to work weekends, some statutory holidays, and occasional evenings.
• Must provide an acceptable vulnerable sector police records check.
• Ability to travel within Waterloo Region.
• Ability to support and demonstrate the Region's values.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To be considered for employment as a student, a person must be: registered as a full-time secondary or post-secondary student in an accredited institution, or currently recognized as having full-time status by the academic institution but applying for a school vacation, practicum or work term, or returning to full-time studies in the next academic term. Students who are in their final year of academic study and who are not intending to return to full-time studies are eligible for student employment up until the time they convocate. Students participating in education and retraining programs at the post- secondary level, though not full-time students, are eligible for related student employment opportunities, where appropriate.

Region of Waterloo is committed to building a workforce through fair, equitable, and accessible hiring practices that allow us to hire qualified staff who reflect the diversity of the community we serve and to promote a respectful, inclusive, and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and actively encourage applications from members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity, including, but not limited to:

• First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, and all other Indigenous peoples;
• members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race, ancestry, colour, religion and/or spiritual beliefs, or place of origin;
• persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities;
• persons who identify as women; and persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions

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