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Museum Education Assistant - Part-Time
Dayton Art Institute is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Mission
Through art, we create transformative and diverse experiences, stregthen community connections and inspire imagination.
Through art, we create transformative and diverse experiences, stregthen community connections and inspire imagination.
Vision
Through art, we will be a community leader reconized as a welcoming, thought-provoking and collaborative place that nurtures incusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Mission Statement
The Dayton Art Institute aspires to develop, promote, and sustain an organizational culture and reputation in the communities that we serve as an organization that values, nurtures and leverages inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility in all that we do.
POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting directly to the Museum Education Manager and indirectly to the Education and Community Engagement Director, the Part-Time Museum Education Assistant serves as an education assistant supporting the Education department’s philosophy and initiatives, assisting with studio and early learning art-making activities, providing support to gallery learning as a gallery guide, and assisting with the DAI’s mobile programming. The employee assists the Education department’s efforts to make the DAI a recognized leader and partner in visual arts education in the local community by connecting diverse audiences to ideas, stories, people and objects via the museum’s encyclopedic collection. S/he supports the implementation of studio art-making and early learning programs including but not limited to DAI’s Tiny Thursdays, ARTventures, mobile programming, community workshops and classes, and summer camps.
This position is part-time, based on a 30-hour work week. This position requires the ability to work weekend and evening hours. In general, the needs for coverage of non-traditional hours are known in advance.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum three years’ relevant experience as an educator and/or artist
- Volunteer in museums, schools, or non-profits; museum or gallery teaching experience preferred
- Deep commitment to advancing inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility
- Must be able to thrive in a multi-tasking and changing work environment and have the initiative to undertake and complete projects accurately, on deadline, and at times with minimal supervision
- Knowledge of best and current practices in museum/community education, interpretation, visitor study and audience research
- Experience working with early learning and learning diverse communities a plus
- Knowledge of art history, materials, processes, and techniques a plus Knowledge of American Sign Language and/or multilingual a plus
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Must pass a criminal background check and drug, nicotine, and tobacco free test.This job listing will remain open until the first interview phase is complete or until an acceptable number of qualified candidates have been identified. For consideration, please submit resume; cover letter optional.
GENERAL INFORMATION:Dayton Art Institute is a smoke, nicotine, and tobacco free workplace. To improve the overall health of the workforce and while reducing health care benefit costs, the Dayton Art Institute has enhanced its Nicotine/Tobacco Free Workplace Policy to no longer hire nicotine/tobacco users. The use of any nicotine products including cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes and any other products containing nicotine and/or other nicotine products that are not approved by the Federal Drug Administration for tobacco cessation are prohibited. The use of electronic smoking devices (also known as electronic cigarettes or “e-cigarettes”) is prohibited in any place where smoking of tobacco products is prohibited.
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