Curatorial & Operations Assistant

• Company: Huble Homestead Historic Site
• Job Type: Full Time
• Job Level: Supervisory
• Job Type: Full Time
• Job Address: 202-1685 3rd Avenue, Prince George, V2L 3G5
• Job Status: Contract/Temporary
• Start Date: April 3rd, 2023
• End Date: March 29th, 2024
• Positions Available: 1

Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Curatorial & Operations Assistant will maintain the artifact collection of the Society, conduct historical research, assist with implementing disaster planning exercises, and reconcile artifact database records. They will also provide guided tours and programming as required, participate in public events and site rentals, and serve as on-site manager one day per week during the historic site’s operating season. This opportunity has the potential to turn into a permanent full-time position.

Huble Homestead is seeking a detail-oriented, motivated team player who has a strong interest in history and objects and their stories and preservation. 

- Recent graduate of a post-secondary institution (within two years of position start date), with plans to pursue a career in the heritage field

- Advanced mastery of the English language

- Excellent communication and comprehension skills

- Proficiency with MS Office programs

- Superior organizational skills

- Ability to set and meet deadlines

- Ability to exercise good judgement, critical problem solving, and initiative

- Enthusiasm and creativity

- Knowledge of artifact care and cataloguing or hands-on curatorial experience in a museum, historic site, or related organization an asset

- Knowledge of traditional crafts or local history and geography an asset

- Ability to lift, move, and carry up to 20 kg

- Occupational First Aid Level 1 and Food Safe an asset

Requirements:

- A post-secondary degree in a relevant field (eg Museum Studies, History, Anthropology, Education, First Nations Studies, etc)

- Criminal Records Check

- Five-day workweek, which will include weekend, holiday, and evening work between May and October

- All Huble Homestead/Giscome Portage Heritage Society employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and attest to their vaccination status unless accommodated based on a medical contraindication, religion, or another prohibited ground of discrimination as defined under the Canadian Human Rights Act

• Salary/Wage: $21.00

Apply to Krystal Leason, Executive Director, by March 5, 2023 at 11:59 PM

-By email at admin@hublehomestead.ca; cover letter and resume should be in ONE document

-By mail at #202-1685 3rd Ave, Prince George, BC V2L 3G5

This position is dependent on grant funding. The successful candidate will be a recent graduate of a post-secondary institution (within two years of position start date), with plans to pursue a career in the heritage field. We encourage women, people of colour, and Indigenous interns to apply. We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Post Date: January 13, 2023 Deadline for Application: March 5, 2023