Collections Technician

Job Overview: Provide assistance with collections/archival processing, and exhibit development centered on the Hocokata Ti permanent collection. To include exhibit and storage monitoring in a museum environment while exercising the initiative and sound judgement to uphold the highest ethical standards of conservation and preservation. Responsibilities also include assisting with education-focused tours, workshops and public engagement. This position requires working with many different stakeholders to ensure that the space is welcoming and informative to all audiences.

Create Your Path: The Work You’ll Do:

• Processes artifacts into the SMSC collection and archive. Prepares condition report for curatorial or archival review.
• Performs inventory of artifact and archival areas on a continual basis to ensure that objects are in correct areas and their condition has been properly documented
•  Ensures database information is entered correctly and updating locations as objects or archival items are moved.
• Constructs storage mounts for artifacts and archival materials to ensure that objects are properly stored according to museum best practice.
• Serves as support to collections and archival staff to ensure that items are identified and pulled for visits to those respective areas, while providing database information for researchers.
• Assists with maintenance for museum components in exhibits and work with maintenance staff to troubleshoot or order new parts for internal exhibits.
• Compiles and reviews environmental data to ensure that exhibit areas maintain appropriate temperature and humidity levels
• Assists in the development of collection finding aids using DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) and other industry standards.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in art, History, Anthropology, American Indian, Museum, Curatorial studies or equivalent experience.
• Two years of work experience in a museum, art gallery or related with a concentration on collections management.
• Knowledge of Dakota Culture and Dakota history in Minnesota.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Valid Class D driver’s license may be required with a good driving record.
• On feet or standing - Percent of Time: 50%
• Lifting (% of time) - Percent of Time: 5% - Maximum Weight in LBS: 50

Outstanding Benefits & Awesome Perks: Enjoy competitive weekly pay, outstanding benefits, and advancement opportunities. Generous benefits include medical, dental, life and disability insurance, onsite medical clinics, and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs and more. Plus, take advantage of perks like discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes and fitness membership, and tuition reimbursement.

Who We Are: The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes both time and financial resources across the region, state, and country. The SMSC has donated more than $400 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC's Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties, and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land. Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative that organizes various opportunities in the local community. To empower its team members to take part in the Dakota tradition of giving, the SMSC provides paid hours to team members to volunteer at events. Learn more at shakopeedakota.org