Museum Interpreter

Description:

Essential Duties:

• Maintain safety, good order, and cleanliness of all workspace spaces, share responsibility with all staff for the clean and neat appearance of the entire museum
• Understand, identify and appropriately respond to the multiple learning styles of a diverse audience that includes students, families, and other life-long learners. Actively engage these audiences using a range of interpretation techniques including hands-on, participation, tours, immersion, demonstration, recreation, orientation, role-playing, performance, lecture and other techniques.
• Work closely with and mentor participants in Village educational programs, including Old Sturbridge Academy, Discovery Adventures, Jr. Interns, College Interns, and Fellows
• Work towards mastery of the information and skills necessary to teach specific aspects of the museum to visitors.
• Promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
• The full-time benefited position requires five days per week unrestricted availability with weekend & holiday work
• Available to work evening programs such as Phantoms by Firelight, Christmas by Candlelight, Illuminations, or other evening shifts as needed
• Participate in special event programs and other special activities; work with Marketing to promote all museum activities. Where appropriate, take a major role in special programs requiring specialized skills in teaching, facilitation, interpretation, or performance
• Participate in various projects or tasks assigned by directors, and coordinators
• Safeguard visitors and staff by being alert to foreseeable health and safety hazards
• Understand and observe all Village policies

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience OR 2 years college or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to work cooperatively with diverse groups.
• One year experience working with the public in a museum, educational institution or historical society
• Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
• Willingness to learn & work around large animals within our Dairy Program