MUSEUM INTERPRETER (FULL-TIME, TEMPORARY)
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Hangar Flight Museum is looking for Museum Interpreters to provide support for education programming in late spring (May and June) and support for youth and public programming throughout the summer. We have many public events including: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Now Boarding: Open Aircraft Days and anticipated attendance at the Wings Over Springbank Airshow. Activities may include but are not exclusive to t new visitor activity that can be utilized on holidays or event days for increased interactivity, assisting with any educational program updates such as developing new aircraft builds and experiments, and ensuring enough staff are engaging with visitors for our seasonal events. We are looking to ensure that the hired students are able to create a finished product at the museum, which improves our visitor experience as well as creating a tangible resource for the students’ portfolios and increases their future employability. The Museum Assistant will assist with visitor services and gain experience in all areas of the museum as needed to gain a better understanding of day to day operations of a medium sized museum. Students will assist with visitor services, admissions, and the gift shop.
ORGANIZATION:
The Hangar Flight Museum is a museum in northeast Calgary that aims to inspire dreams of flight. We are a busy and growing museum that fosters the understanding and appreciation of the evolution of flight through stories told about the airplanes, and helicopters in our collection and the men and women who designed and flew them. The collection holds rare and historically significant military and civilian aircraft.
Positions available: 1
REPORTING:
This position reports directly to the Education Manager.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
MUSEUM INTERPRETATION AND EDUCATION:
- Provide high level of customer service and meaningful experience for all visitors by interacting with guests as they arrive, providing orientation to the museum, and being available for questions and casual conversation throughout their visit
- Lead guided tours for groups of all ages and backgrounds, including youth, immigrants, new Canadians, seniors, and veterans.
- Delivers curriculum-based education programs, youth programs, and other interpretive programs for the public based on the museum’s themes
- Assist with the update of education programs to include engaging and interactive content.
- Program Delivery: Students will deliver established programs to school groups, youth groups, and the general public. These programs will be delivered to a variety of ages, and backgrounds. They include tour-based programs, and hands-on classroom-based programs. Students will also administer a post-program survey to gather feedback from program participants.
VISITOR SERVICES
- Assists with general museum reception and visitor services, meets and greets the general public at the main entrance reception desk.
- Answers the telephone and fields calls to appropriate staff members.
- Assists with sales and inventory in the Museum Shop.
MUSEUM EVENTS AND MARKETING
- Assists with research
- Assist with research for future event activities, presentations, interpretive materials, and social media
Skills and Experience
- Ability to develop and deliver unique, interpretive programs
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Ability to work within a small team environment, and with minimal supervision.
- Ability to present before large and small audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
- Ability to exercise good judgement, critical problem solving and initiative.
- Ability to adapt and thrive in an ever-changing environment.
- Proficiency in English with additional language an asset.
- Proficiency in Microsoft office.
- Past work or volunteer experience in museums, programming, or with children is an asset
Physical Demands
- Standing on hard floors for long periods of time.
- Moving boxes and other support material (supplies, displays etc.)
- Ability to lift at least 25lbs.
ADDITIONAL CRITERIA:
This is a Young Canada Works job posting. In addition to the minimum job requirements, applicants must also meet the following eligibility criteria in order to be considered for the position. You are eligible if you:
- are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada (note: Non-Canadian students holding temporary work visas or awaiting permanent status are not eligible);
- are legally entitled to work in Canada;
- will be between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of employment;
- are willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment;
- will not have another full-time job (over 30 hours a week) while employed with YCW;
- are a current full-time college or university student who will be returning to full-time studies in fall 2024;
- are not receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits while employed with YCW;
Salary
$17/hour.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Qualified candidates are encouraged to send their letter of interest and resume in PDF form to Emily Anderson, Education Manager at education@thehangarmuseum.ca
Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Application deadline April 15, 2024. The intended start date is May 1, 2024 with an end date of August 23, 2024.
We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified candidates.
COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT (FULL-TIME, TEMPORARY)
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Collections Assistant will complete essential tasks and projects in collections, supporting the Collections Manager and Collections Director to preserve and present the collections of The Hangar Flight Museum for current and future generations.
TERM OF WORK:
2024-09-16 to 2025-03-14 (26 weeks)
ORGANIZATION:
The Hangar Flight Museum is a museum in northeast Calgary with the vision to inspire dreams of flight. Formerly the Aero Space Museum of Calgary, The Hangar Flight Museum is a busy and growing museum that fosters the understanding and appreciation of the evolution of flight by telling stories related to our collections and the people related to our historically significant aircraft. The Hangar Flight Museum provides a community place and historical resource in Calgary. The history of aviation is closely tied to Canada’s development as a nation and to Calgary’s development as a vibrant, international city. Our Museum tells this history, expands and inspires visitors’ knowledge of the stories surrounding aviation’s role in immigration, oil and gas exploration, war and civilian pleasure travel. Many roadways in Calgary are named after renowned aviators such as McKnight, McCall, Barlow and Palmer – who, after serving their country in wartime, went on to develop civilian passenger and transport aviation. The Museum is a civic partner of the City of Calgary and a large part of our collection is owned by the City. We are honoured to be entrusted by the City and others who have donated artifacts to us with the stewardship of our collection for the benefit of Calgarians and visitors from around the world
Positions available: 1
REPORTING:
This position reports directly to the Collections Manager.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Organizing collections and sorting through archival records; ensuring all artifacts are in PastPerfect (PP).
- Ensure all records in PP are updated and accurate, with photos.
- Sort through old accession records and digitize where necessary.
- Accession, catalogue and number 350 – 600 photographs in the photography collection. This will include scanning the photographs and updating data of the material in PP.
- Assist with the accessioning backlog by accessioning 50+ new artifacts. This will include cataloguing each object as per training, including inputting the data into PP.
- Catalogue aircraft manuals into the collections.
Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidate for this position should have a degree related to museum studies, history, or archival studies. Related degrees are acceptable. Some experience with museums or archives is preferred, particularly working with collections and/or exhibitions. A desire to work in museums, heritage, historic sites, or related is preferred. Computer skills should be intermediate, particularly working with Microsoft office and collections management databases.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Ability to work within a small team environment, and be able to work independently.
- Ability to exercise critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Other Requirements:
- English language proficiency is essential.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to work with museum collections, this includes high attention to detail and may include working in cramped and/or dusty spaces
ADDITIONAL CRITERIA:
Candidates must meet all of the Young Canada Works Building Careers in Heritage requirements. An individual may be eligible for an internship if they:
- are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada (non-Canadians holding temporary work visas or awaiting permanent resident status are not eligible);
- are legally entitled to work in Canada (have a valid social insurance number);
- are between 16 and 30 years of age inclusively at the start of employment; and
- are a college or university graduate (certificate, bachelor's, master's or doctorate). Note: Priority will be given to graduates that have not previously participated in YCW internship programs and that are unemployed or underemployed.
Position is dependent on funding.
Salary
$22/hour.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
The Hangar Flight Museum is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. Candidates should apply by September 1, 2024 with a cover letter and CV to Elizabeth Haupt, Collections Manager. Email applications are preferred, but applications will also be accepted by mail or in-person at guest services. Please submit applications to: collections@thehangarmuseum.ca The Hangar Flight Museum 4629 McCall Way NE Calgary, AB T2E 2A5
Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
