Collections Assistant North Vancouver Museum & Archives

8-week Temporary Position The Friends of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Society, acting on behalf of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, is seeking two energetic, conscientious individuals to provide assistance to the Museum Collections Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities: The Collection Assistants will assist with a variety of museum collection management tasks, such as creating and updating documentation on artifacts used in educational programs; preparing artifacts for storage; organizing and inventorying artifacts; scanning images; filing; updating data in the museum database records. The positions are suitable for mature high school students or recent secondary school graduates interested in pursuing work in the cultural, historic or preservation field. At the end of the work term, the students will have gained experience in museum practices and procedures, record keeping and data entry, care of historic artifacts, documentation, and artifact handling and storage techniques.

Qualifications: The successful applicants will have an interest in history and in pursuing a career in museums or other cultural organization, a high degree of computer literacy, ability to follow directions precisely and maintain accuracy, able to walk up stairs and lift up to 20lbs, effective interpersonal and organizational skills, and excellent written and spoken English language skills.

Terms of Employment: This position is funded by the Canada Summer Jobs program of Service Canada and subject to hiring restrictions imposed by that program. The position is open only to applicants between the ages of 15 and 30, who attended school full time last year and intend to return to school full time next year. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants and must commit to the entire work term.

Work Week: 35 hours per week (7 hours/day; Monday-Friday) Start Date: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 End Date: Monday, August 27, 2012 Salary: $13.00 per hour plus 4% vacation pay, to be paid with final cheque. Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Please submit resumé and covering letter by e-mail to nvmac@dnv.org, specifying ”
Administrative Services Manager, North Vancouver Museum and Archives,
3203 Institute Road, North Vancouver, B.C. V7K 3E5. Collections Assistant Position” and your name in the subject line, by fax (604.987.5688), or by post addressed to Jan Manaton, The Friends of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Society is an equal opportunity employer. Students of aboriginal heritage and members of visible minorities are encouraged to apply.

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Posted by Ms. Neeru Parmar, nparmar@nvsd44.bc.ca