Seasonal Position

Position Responsibilities:

• Museum, barn, and grounds tours (usually in 1850’s costume)
• Front desk reception (phones, greeting visitors, tour admissions, tourism questions)
• Visitor and volunteer services
• Membership sales and fundraising
• Gift shop sales and finances
• Public relations and general tourism inquiries
• Exhibit research and development
• Event support including food booth
• Children’s programs
• Office administration
• Collections care and records administration
• Site maintenance (eg. Painting)
• General and park maintenance (bathrooms, cleaning, garbage, lawn care, gardening)
• Historical research
• Social media and weekly blog posts (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram)
• Plus other duties as assigned by the Cultural Manager

Additional Info:

• All positions pay $14.25 per hour and will include working weekends, holidays, and on rare evenings
• **All summer positions are pending funding approval from Young Canada Works, Summer Experience Program, Canada Summer Jobs, and Summer Experience Program.**

Training & Supervision:

• All employees must attend a museum training workshop in June (date and place to be decided)
• Further training and orientation will be provided at Backus-Page House Museum on your first day of work and throughout the summer work term
• There may be an opportunity to extend the work term to the fall