Outreach & Visitor Engagement Educator
2 weeks ago
Status: Part-time to Full-time
Rate: $18.00- $21.00 Hourly DOQ
Position Overview:
Work for an award-winning Children's Museum, voted a "Best Place for Kids" for more than a decade Seeking playful, flexible, and energetic educators with exceptional customer service skills and a desire to inspire creativity to support museum play, programming, and community outreach. This includes monitoring galleries for safe play and maintaining the cleanliness and functionality of the museum exhibits as well as presenting short education programs at the Museum and assisting Lead Educators at Community events.
This position is perfect for people who are excited about engaging and interacting with the public in a fun, fast-paced, learning environment and like variety in their work duties A strong candidate will demonstrate an understanding of how to engage visitors and students (ranging in ages from infant to late elementary and middle school) and present themselves in a public setting. Must aspire to meet the highest standards in program quality and Museum safety, communicate and work effectively with other team members, various museum departments, and the broader community.
Requirements
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
•Must demonstrate a high level of energy, enthusiasm, flexibility, and patience.
•Interest and desire to work in a variety of museum galleries, education, evening, and off-site event settings.
•Must be available to work on weekend days and evenings throughout the week.
•Ability to communicate with a wide variety of audiences in many different environments in a courteous and professional manner.
•Ability to work in a team setting where a high degree of daily communication is required. Must care about and value the viewpoints of other team members with different areas of responsibility.
•Must be able to work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
•Supportive of organizational mission and values.
•High level of organizational skills.
Minimum Qualifications
•HS Diploma, Associate degree, or equivalent experience in an education setting preferred
•Must possess and maintain a valid Washington State Driver's license and good driving record, provide proof of insurance, and have own vehicle.
•Willing to drive museum vans.
•Must be able to lift 50lbs and be able to be on feet for most of the workday.
•Ability to obtain First Aid and CPR certification, Food Handler's Card a plus
•Performing Arts experience and/or interest in science, nature, tinkering, and the arts a plus
Workplace Values:
Achieving our mission requires great people who actively demonstrate our core values .
To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, and 3 professional references.
Compensation & Benefits: $18.00-$21.00 hourly - medical, dental, and vision, employee wellness program, paid holidays and time off, a 401(k) retirement plan, and lots of adorable children. Benefits vary by number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status. See the benefit details for this position here .
About Hands On:
The Hands On Children's Museum is located on the picturesque East Bay waterfront in downtown Olympia. We are a nationally known family learning destination and the most visited children's museum in the Pacific Northwest hosting more than 300,000 visitors each year. Our mission is to stimulate curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking skills through rich, interactive learning experiences. We believe that all children deserve respect and the opportunity to learn, regardless of their ability to pay, which is why the Museum works hard to serve more than one-third of its annual visitation through the Inspired Learning for All initiative. The Museum is recognized as a national Museum for All and won a Noyce Foundation Bright Lights Award for bringing art and science education to underserved populations.
Voted a "Best Place for Kids" for more than a decade, the Museum offers a state-of-the-art LEED Gold facility with 150 indoor exhibits, a half-acre Outdoor Discovery Center, Art Studio, a MakeSpace for tinkering and inventing, caf and gift shop, and award-winning education programs including camps, workshops, preschool, parenting classes, field trips, community outreach and family support programs.
For more information, please visit our website at www.hocm.org
The Hands On Children's Museum exhibits, education programs, and employment are available to all without discrimination.
Salary Description
$18 - $21 per hour DOQ
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