Curatorial Assistant

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 707013260
  • Open Date: May 9, 2024
  • Close Date: August 2, 2024
  • Organization: Billy Bishop Museum, A National Historic Site
  • Sector: Hospitality & Tourism
  • Business Location:948 3rd Avenue West, Owen Sound, Ontario N4K 4P6
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Job Details

  • Experience: Not mandatory
  • Job Vacancies: 1
  • Compensation: $16.55 per hour / 35 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: 2024-05-27to2024-09-13
  • Apply by: email to [email protected]
  • Education: College certificate or diploma from 1 to 2 years

Job Description

Tasks

  • Prepare reports
  • Assist in the research, handling and storage of artifacts
  • Classify and assign registration numbers to artifacts and supervise inventory control
  • Conduct guided tours of museums, gallery exhibitions and historical, heritage and other sites, answer inquiries and provide information
  • Construct displays and dioramas, build models, install artifacts in displays and prepare artifacts for storage and shipping
  • Protect and care for cultural artifacts and collections during exhibitions, while in transit and in storage

Security and safety

  • Bondable

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Handling heavy loads

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Team player

Benefits

Other benefits

  • Free parking available