Museum Educator

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Museum Educator

Casual Part Time, Hourly

Compensation: $16.00 per hour

About The Museum:

The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh provides innovative and inclusive museum experiences that inspire kindness, joy, creativity and curiosity for all learners. We forge connections with artists, community partners and neighbors to work on behalf of children, youth and families. We have a vision to transform education. We believe people of all ages can benefit from different types of learning experiences. We value Learning, Experimentation, Partnerships, Diversity, Kindness, Good Design as well as Art and Artists, and Reflection and Improvement.

Position Summary:

The Museum Educator works collaboratively to lead fun, inclusive, developmentally appropriate learning experiences that inspire kindness, joy, creativity, and curiosity for children and families across the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh campus and throughout the Greater Pittsburgh Area. The Museum Educator works primarily with the general public and school groups in facilitation of fun and lively hands-on educational programming in exhibit spaces. Experience working both on a team and independently with a wide demographic of guests is required to ensure a vibrant, integral, and essential element of the Museum experience. This position also requires organization, communication, positivity, and excellent teamwork skills. *This is a union position.

Essential Job Functions:

• Creates a warm, welcoming, and inclusive space for museum guests while staffing exhibits by greeting families, engaging in play, encouraging exploration, and providing helpful information to guest inquiries.
• Ensures that activities and materials in the exhibit spaces are appropriately organized and prepared for general guests or for specific age ranges (e.g. school or camp groups).
• Facilitates daily educational programs (e.g. arts and making activities, early learning drop-in programs, fieldtrips, camps and classes, youth programming, community engagement events and offsite outreach programs).
• Staffs after-hours Education events and offsite outreach programs as needed.
• Engages in regular staff trainings and professional development, and applies skills and information learned on a daily basis.
• Stages and prepares museum spaces prior to museum open, and works with fellow education staff to close museum spaces at the end of the day.

​​​Additional Responsibilities:

• Positively and accurately represents the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and its programming initiatives to the community.
• Participates in ongoing learning research and reflective practices.
• Closely monitors exhibit spaces for safety concerns, exhibit maintenance, and housekeeping needs, and communicates these needs effectively.
• Follows Museum's safety and emergency policies and procedures.

Job Qualifications

Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required
• College Education or work experience in a related field (e.g. fine art, creative art, interactive media, theatrical arts, informal or inquiry-based teaching, education, etc.) preferred.

Experience:

• Experience working with children.
• Daily interest and enthusiasm for working with children, youth and multi-generational groups.
• Strong problem-solving experience, flexible thinking, and ability to adjust expectations and actions with an open mind

Skills:

• Must be dependable, adaptable, and a good communicator. Additional experience with families, educators, administrators and creative peers strongly preferred.
• Commitment to continued learning for both personal and team growth.
• Excellent verbal communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to remain calm and professional working with a high-volume of visitors.

Physical Requirements, and Equipment Usage:

• Walking, Standing, Bending, Kneeling, and Sitting: The duties and responsibilities associated with this position will require movement throughout the museum spaces to interact with visitors, educators, and to activate museum experiences.
• Verbal Communication: This position frequently communicates with visitors while facilitating museum experiences. The Museum Educator will be expected to exchange accurate and helpful information and communicate issues to team members and supervisors.
• Lifting: Occasional lifting and moving of furniture, equipment, and supplies weighing up to approximately 50 lbs. Regular lifting of items under 15 lbs.
• Manual Dexterity: Museum Educator may operate various equipment, including but not limited to power tools, utility knives, art materials, etc.

The physical demands and work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment, Hours of Work, and Travel Requirements:

• Must work one weekend day and have occasional evening availability. Daily hours range from 3 hours - 8 hours per day, based on programming needs. May work up to 25 hours per week.
• Dependable mode of transportation is required.
• Duties will be performed in a museum environment and other community-based settings, which includes interaction with the public and exposure to children and families.

Clearances:

• FBI fingerprint, PA Child Abuse History Certificate (Act 33) and PA State Police Criminal Record check (Act 34) are required.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete our online application found at:

https://pittsburghkids.isolvedhire.com/jobs/

Thank you for your interest.

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The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic or trait protected by local, state, or federal law.

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