Seeking Part-time Museum Educators at the Museum of Florida History

The Museum of Florida History seeks to fill two part-time educator positions (OPS).

JOB DESCRIPTION

Work hours:  up to 20 hrs/week as needed

Salary: $12.50/hr

Schedule: Various weekends as needed:

Saturday 9:45 am – 4:45 pm

Sunday 11:45 am – 4:45 pm

Various weekdays flexible: Monday – Friday 8:45 am – 4:45 pm

Various special events, outreach, and community programs as needed.

Contact Morgan Szymanski (morgan.szymanski@dos.myflorida.com) or 850-245-6486 if you would like to apply.

Duties:

• Give introductions, tours, and programs to student and adult groups
• Staff the Welcome Desk as needed
• Conduct opening and closing procedures
• Maintain daily visitor statistics, weekend, special event, and other requested reports
• Help create and implement Museum programming
• Help coordinate Museum volunteers
• Staff evening functions at the Museum of Florida History and/or Knott House Museum as needed
• Help in the distribution of bulk mailings, this includes flyers for programming and student packets
• Enforce Museum policies (such as no food or drink in the exhibits)
• Be familiar with education and visitor databases, including FileMakerPro scheduling DB
• Other office and educational duties as director by supervisor

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree; preferred subjects are education, museum studies, social studies, history, anthropology, or related fields
• Flexible work schedule; available to work weekends on a regular basis and provide staffing for Museum of Florida History and Knott House Museum as needed
• Friendly and team player
• Willing to learn Museum of Florida History and Knott House Museum visitor service and operational procedures
• Experience working and interacting with people, including diverse audiences
• Competency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel, Internet, and other technology based systems including FileMakerPro