SUMMARY:  

Assists the Museum Curator coordinating activities or workers engaged in operating Museum. Assists in the acquisition of exhibits and maintains exhibits. Helps in the planning for special research projects.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Include the following: (Other duties may be assigned.)

• Administers the affairs of the institution in the absence of the Curator.


• Leads tours of the Museum for visitors. 


• Helps maintain museum inventories 


• Monitors physical plant and facilities.


• Assists Curator in the preparation of yearly budget.


• Helps curator obtain and organizes new collections to expand and improve facility.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervise 2 seasonal employees, and volunteers. 

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS:  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations, which does not create undue hardship, will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: 

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and two years’ experience; or completion of high school and at least four (4) years of responsible experience in related program. 

COMPUTER SKILLS: 

Must thoroughly understand and be able to use advanced computer program skills to include the Microsoft Office Suite, word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, budget, and desktop publishing programs. 

LANGUAGE SKILLS: 

Ability to understand, give, and follow oral and written instructions; read, analyze, and interpret correspondence, reports, and other general and specialized data; respond to citizen queries by telephone, in writing or electronically; research and prepare reports and correspondence; communicate effectively with peers, supervisors, and citizens; take and transcribe minutes, must be able to completely prepare correspondence using appropriate business writing style; possess an extensive knowledge of English language rules, spelling, punctuation, and style.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.  Ability to apply basic accounting principles and practices.

REASONING ABILITY: 

Apply principles of logical thinking to define and solve problems; exercise judgment and discretion with regard to city and department policies and procedures; work with limited supervision; ability to carry out detailed instructions and deal with problems in a standardized, unexpected, and unsupervised situations; logically schedule work for office staff; apply innovative ideas to problem solving.   Ability to maintain confidentiality of information accumulated in the course of employment. Must maintain professional appearance.  

OFFICE SKILLS: 

Ability to operate modern office equipment including calculator, fax, copier, computer, typewriter, and video projector. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations, which does not create undue hardship, will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee regularly is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects and controls of office equipment. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Individual would need to maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for: making observations, reading, writing, and communicating with others.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:   

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee regularly works inside a typical office. The employee may perform some duties outdoors while conducting official business and commuting between offices. The indoor noise level is low to moderate. Employee will be required to attend some evening and weekend meetings.                

DISCLAIMER:

Must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing a significant safety threat to self or others; the above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skill required of all personnel so classified. The job description is not an employment agreement and/or expressed or implied employment contract.

Management has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.                                                                                                                 

To comply with the Americans Disability Act (ADA), the City may make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential job functions.

Job #628449