| SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
BILLY BISHOP HOME: MUSEUM, ARCHIVES AND NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
MUSEUM ASSISTANT (35 hours/wk) – potentially 5 positions
$14.00hr/16 weeks (Dependent on grants - grant restrictions apply)
The Museum Assistant position will assist in developing and implementing exhibits/displays, events and education materials. The successful candidate will welcome visitors and provide tours as costumed interpreters, help catalogue artefacts, and other duties as required.
Pending grant approval there will be up to five positions at Billy Bishop Home: Museum, Archives and National Historic Site.
The successful candidate will have completed at least one year of post secondary instruction and will be going back to school in History, Cultural Studies, Museum Studies or Education; directly related experience would be an asset. The individual will be able to work with the public, volunteers and be computer literate.
To be eligible, you must:
- be between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment;
- have been registered as full-time student in the previous academic year and intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year;
- be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act3; and,
- be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations;
- be willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment;
- not have another full-time job (over 30 hours a week) while employed under YCW; and
- be registered in the YCW online candidate inventory (www.youngcanadaworks.ca)
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Those interested in applying for these positions should forward a complete resume with cover letter to the address listed below as early as possible, but no later than midnight, Monday, April 16, 2018. We thank all who apply for these positions, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Hiring Committee
Billy Bishop Home & Museum
948 3rd Avenue West
Owen Sound, Ontario
N4K 4P6
Or email museumsprograms@owensound.ca
| Summer Student Position Overview |
| Billy Bishop Home and Museum provides students with an opportunity to learn about our Canadian Heritage at a significant Museum. This position provides an opportunity for students to become familiar with all aspects of working in a Museum setting by assisting the Curator of Collections in researching, developing, organizing and implementing new exhibits; enhancing permanent exhibits; cataloguing artefacts; researching and developing educational programs; and planning tours. The students will learn about the care and organization of the Museum's collection in order for the community to benefit in learning and enjoying the significant collection the Museum owns. Students will scan and digitally prepare photos of artefacts, documents and past exhibits to enhance accessibility to our immediate community and to increase our potential for provincial and national outreach. They will also learn about and assist with our ongoing efforts to raise our local, provincial, and national communities’ awareness about the contributions of all our Canadian Veterans and our Canadian Heritage through the lens of Billy Bishop Home: Museum, Archives and National Historic Site with a focus on the First World War, the Second World War, and especially on Billy Bishop.
Billy Bishop Home & Museum, the only National Historic Site in Grey County, located in Owen Sound, Ontario, was built in 1884 and showcases the Bishop family history. It is also the boyhood home of Air Marshal William Avery “Billy” Bishop VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED , the charismatic hero of the Great War. An adventurous, mischievous, and restless spirit, Billy was driven to be the best in all he did. This Victorian home attracts many tourists throughout the year. Parts of the Museum are decorated in the Victorian style with many furnishings that are original to the Bishop family. We offer diverse programs to our visitors, both local and those tourists that appreciate our cultural heritage and spend time in our attractions, historic sites, stores, and restaurants. We have architectural tours, weekly heritage ghost walks, and present visitors with an opportunity to partake in our most popular event, our Victorian Teas. Students will assist in organizing and implementing those programs, and will help develop and present new child, adult and community inclusive activities throughout the summer with a focus on public programming throughout July and August. We also have an on-site gift shop where students will greet visitors and have their first opportunity to promote the Museum, Billy Bishop, our gift shop, and the city of Owen Sound. Our students will be trained in outstanding customer service which will enable them to engage tourists in conversation to discover what has brought them to the area and what their interest in the Museum is. This will enable the students to determine what might interest them at the end of their tour. Essentially, everything the on-duty docent does is to make the visitor experience the best it can be.
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| Detailed Summer Student Job Description |
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Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Interview a minimum of six Veterans for our annual Honouring Our Local Veterans exhibit and program. This is very valuable for our Museum, our community, and our heritage.
- Create photographic, artefact, text, and related data of the three new exhibits as usable content for our social media, touch-screen modules, and digital content for outreach kits.
- Enhance parts of our permanent exhibits to ensure new information or artefacts are included to keep repeat visitors interested.
- Along with the Curator of Collections, enhance one display case with new artefacts and information that keeps within the overall theme of the exhibit.
- Learn our PastPerfect program to ensure artefacts are registered, accessioned and stored properly throughout the museum. This will also make sure the artefacts are easily accessible for new exhibits.
- Assist the Curator of Collections to install “The Comforts of Home” exhibit which focuses on what life was like for soldiers overseas, in and out of the trenches, and help create one or two educational modules or materials to accompany this exhibit.
- Create either a binder or a PowerPoint presentation to allow those who cannot access the second floor to see this exhibit, as well as the other upstairs exhibits as required.
- Organize, market, and deliver a one-week children’s summer camp. This demonstrates a variety of skills throughout the various stages of research, development, and delivery of hands-on activities.
- Incorporate “edutainment”, in the form of a plausible fictional character they will ‘perform’ during tours and special events, as a playful means to engage museum visitors that allows them to connect to what life was like when Billy Bishop lived in his boyhood home from 1894 to 1911.
- Research, plan, market, and implement four themed Victorian Teas/Luncheons including a speaker for each Victorian Tea. This popular program brings around 40 adults, youth, and seniors per event to participate in a Victorian tradition. Students will use a variety of skills to recruit speakers, plan, market, and deliver this program.
- Continue to foster excellent working relationships with local and locally operating tour groups and tourism associations by providing all necessary media, marketing, and programming materials as needed.
- Prepare and continue to development of the contents of the “Bringing the Museum to You” modules, and additionally for use as content for hands-on outreach kits. Speak with various Activity Directors at local retirement residences to schedule a “Bringing the Museum to You” program at their facility and deliver it to the residents.
- Review and research the various historical walks held by the museum to prepare for “Ghost Walks”.
- Assist volunteers in enhancing our gardens by continuing to research the different plants and flowers that were grown circa 1900; help to plant and maintain the gardens throughout the summer.
- Maintain the Museum’s social networking accounts over the summer; generate new ideas to help increase the Museum's presence. Students will incorporate their information videos on the Museum’s YouTube channel. The student’s computer skills and social media literacy will be utilized.
- Promote the Museum at local events over the course of the summer.
- Photograph exhibits, events and other activities at the Museum to be used within the Museum for documentation and promotion. This may also incorporate a video component.
- Assist in administrative duties such as updating PastPerfect with member and donor contact information.
- Update media lists for the Museum to ensure all contacts are correct.
- Work to help prepare any materials required for major fall fundraisers.
- Recruit high school student volunteers to assist with Museum duties, special events and programming.
- Other duties as required.
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