Volunteer Program Specialist (Museum Aide)

About This Position

The City of Phoenix Arts and Culture Department champions promotes and supports the City's arts and culture community to make Phoenix a great place to live, work, and visit. The department manages an award-winning public art program, granting funds to artists and nonprofit arts organizations. The department also oversees a dozen cultural facilities, promotes arts learning for youth, provides professional development opportunities for arts administrators and individual artists; participates in national studies and research that make a strong case for the arts and demonstrates their economic, social, practical, and educational benefits.

The Arts and Culture Department is currently seeking a full-time Volunteer Program Specialist to support the daily operation of S'edav Va'aki Museum. In this role you will have the primary responsibility for the Museum's Volunteer Program which includes interviewing, on-boarding, training, tracking, supervising and handling formal recognition activities. Other duties include visitor services assignments such as staffing the front desk. When a new assignment is given, you will be given detailed instructions, however, you will be expected to exercise independent judgment in the completion of assigned tasks. You will report to the Museum Administrator.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Knowledge of leading educational classes and programs.
• Knowledge of volunteer on-boarding procedures.
• Knowledge of best practices for volunteer supervision and recognition.
  
  
  

SALARY

Pay Range: $19.54 to $33.41 per hour.

Hiring Range: $19.54 to $21.54 per hour.

Pay Range Explanation

• Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
• Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
  
  
  

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package is offered which includes:

• Traditional pension with employer and employee contributions, click here for more details: Pension Information
• 401(a) and 457 plans with employer contributions
• Choice of generous medical HMO, PPO, or HSA/HDHP plans
• Medical enrollment includes a monthly $150 City contribution to a Post-Employment Health Plan
• Wellness incentive of up to $720 annually
• Dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Employer paid long-term disability
• Free Bus/light rail pass
• Tuition reimbursement program up to $6,500 per year
• Paid time off includes 13.5 paid holidays, 12 vacation days, and 15 sick days and personal leave days
• Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees up to 480 hours (12 weeks) of paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child during a 12-month period
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness offered through Savi
  
  
  

For more details, visit: Unit 003 Benefits

Minimum Qualifications

• One year of experience in archaeological or museum work.
• College course work in archaeology, anthropology or a related field.
• Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
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Preferred Qualifications

The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:

• A college degree in anthropology, history, or a related field.
• Experience directly supervising and managing volunteers and interns.
• Excellent customer service and cash handling experience.
• Experience coordinating educational events such as lecture series, conferences, workshops.
  
  
  

RECRUITMENT DATES

Recruitment closes January 22, 2025. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.

This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.

How To Apply

Apply online by completing the required information and attaching, as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.

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REFERENCE

Museum Aide, JC:42010, ID# 56663, 1/8/2025, USM, KA, Benefits:003.

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City of Phoenix is an equal opportunity employer. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service alumni who meet the required qualifications are encouraged to apply.