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As a Tour Guide within our audio tour house museums you are responsible for providing excellent customer service, assisting visitors in way-finding on tours, learning about our house museums and the families who owned those houses, providing information to visitors and contributing to the overall quality of the Visitor’s Experience. The job involves working in multiple areas of each house where you will be required to stand, walk and sit throughout the day. You will use a two-way radio with an earpiece in order to communicate with other guides. Guides will have the opportunity to learn to give guided tours at our other house museums once they have worked at all the audio house museums. HS Diploma or equivalent required. Excellent verbal, interpersonal and customer service skills; documented customer service skills and public speaking experience preferred. Strong self-starter with the ability to work independently, multi-task, and establish priorities. A minimum of one weekend day per week is required for all guides. We are only closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas; guides must be available to work on other holidays. Please email a cover letter, and resume with contact information for professional references, tohumanresources@newportmansions.org or mail to 424 Bellevue Avenue, Newport RI 02842.Posted on: 05/18/2016

Part-Time Brick Market Associate at Newport Historical Society’s Brick Market Museum. Assist in the daily operations of the museum and shop; engage with public, make sales in a retail setting, and lead public history tours. Must be willing to close the museum and shop and be available on weekends and holidays. Job Duties Include: Greet and assist museum patrons and store customers. Answer questions about the NHS, programs, services and historic properties. Open and close store and museum, monitor the cleanliness of the building and grounds. Encourage visitors to buy merchandise; encourage visitors to visit the museum, NHS sites, and take tours. Accurately operate the cash register, ensuring that sales and sales reports reconcile at the close of business each day; sell NHS tour tickets; document daily attendance. Lead site and walking tours. Skills & Qualifications: Customer Service, Dependability, People Skills, Energetic, Sales/Retail Experience, Comfortable with Computers (social media skills a plus), Strong Verbal Communication in Person and on Phone, and an Interest in History. Ability to climb several sets of stairs, lift up to 40 pounds, and walk for at least a mile. To Apply: Please send cover letter and resume to Jenna Teachout atjteachout@newporthistorical.org. Qualified applicants will be called in for an interview and position will begin ASAP.Posted on: 05/11/2016

The Properties Assistant is responsible for maintaining the appearance of the museum for the benefit of our visitors’ experience, including building maintenance, grounds care, and event setup/cleanup. Duties and Responsibilities: Regularly clean historic buildings, offices, and visitors center, including bathrooms. Perform basic maintenance and small repairs, painting, and light carpentry. Use riding and walk-behind mowers, power tools, and manual tools for the maintenance of the grounds. Install and paint fence posts. Learn setup and take down process for events and take leadership thereof once trained. Set up pop-up tents, temporary lighting, and hand wash stations. Ensure site is clean after events. Regularly work indoors and outdoors. Must be able to lift 45 pounds. Some painting and other work will involve the use of a ladder. Work entails lots of moving around a 9-acre site. Qualifications: High School diploma, three years’ experience in similar work, skilled at painting, carpentry, and simple repairs. 30 hours per week. Must work weekends and some nights (for events). Pay is commensurate with experience. Generous benefits package includes paid time off, health and dental insurance, and 403(b) plan. Email resume to Kylee Noga, HR Coordinator,knoga@strawberybanke.org.Posted on: 05/19/2016

The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) seeks an energetic and positive visionary who enjoys educational and family programming to join its award-winning team as the the Manager of Education. The NHA provides engaging educational programs serving Nantucket’s schools, youth organizations and community. The Manager of Education reports to the Director of Visitor Experience, facilitates the development and implementation of educational and learning opportunities for schools, students, teachers, families and life-long learners within the Nantucket community, inspiring and pioneering youth initiatives that expose audiences to the internationally significant history of Nantucket Island, with the NHA mission and strategic tenets as guidelines. The successful candidate is energetic, highly-organized, flexible, personable, positive and creative, with excellent communication skills, and natural affinity for working with community and educational stakeholders. Applicants should have some formal teaching experience, knowledge of Common Core and Massachusetts educational frameworks, and relevant experience in education in museum settings. A Master’s degree in education, public history, or museum studies is preferred. Demonstrated interest in art history or museum administration is a plus. Candidate should demonstrate excellent computer and writing skills, and aptitude for learning new technology, media and A/V skills. Candidates will successfully manage multiple projects, work well in a team or with direction from a supervisor and be prepared to work some weekends, evenings, and holidays as needed. Cover letter, resume and three references should be emailed immediately to Rebecca Miller at rmiller@nha.org, or by mail c/o Nantucket Historical Association, PO Box 1016, Nantucket, MA 02554. The Nantucket Historical Association is an equal opportunity employer.Posted on: 05/09/2016

The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, an AAM-accredited institution serving New London and Southeastern Connecticut as a vibrant museum and cultural arts center, seeks an experienced Director of Education for a permanent, full-time (Tuesdays through Saturdays) salaried position. Reporting to the Museum Director this senior staff member will implement excellent and comprehensive programs to further the core mission and stature of the Museum. The ideal candidate has a B.A. in the Humanities and an M.A. in Education, Museum Studies, Art History or related field, along with demonstrated experience teaching hands-on art classes for K-12 audiences. The successful applicant will be an energetic, goal-oriented and a creative self-starter who possesses the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please send cover letter and resume with references to: Search Committee, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams Street, New London, CT 06320. Applications may also be filed via email to search@lymanallyn.org. The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer.Posted on: 05/13/2016