Position: Learning & Engagement Facilitator (Summer Student)
Salary: $18.20/hour
Hours: Summer contract, full time, 37.5 hour/week
Contract Term: 16 weeks, May 6 – August 23, 2024
Position Overview:
Nanaimo Art Gallery is looking to add a new member to our team! The Learning & Engagement Facilitator shares Nanaimo Art Gallery’s values of relevance, relationships, innovation, and openness, and is responsible for delivering innovative hands-on art programming.
Under the direction of our Education team, the Learning & Engagement Facilitator will plan and facilitate six weeks of full-day Art Camps for elementary school-aged children. They will develop lesson plans, order supplies, manage the art camp budget, plan games, and excursions, book visiting artists, and recruit and manage volunteers. The Learning & Engagement Facilitator will facilitate and assist with additional educational programming and events for all ages. They will be a part of a passionate team and will receive support and training to expand their Gallery knowledge, knowledge of contemporary art, and customer service skills.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
The Learning & Engagement Facilitator’s responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to:
- Researching, planning and facilitating full day Art Camps for children aged 6-12
- Developing lesson plans, and planning games and activities for campers
- Ordering supplies, and managing a budget
- Recruiting and managing volunteers
- Booking visiting artists, and special excursions
- Creating communication documents for families of campers
- Setting up the room, preparing supplies, cleaning up, and locking up the Gallery at the end of the program
- Helping to create a welcoming and motivating environment
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements: (Qualifications, Knowledge, Education and Skills)
- Clear and confident communicator with strong written and oral communication skills
- Creative, enthusiastic, adaptable and self motivated
- Experience working with school-aged children
- Love of art and culture
- Desire to contribute to and collaborate with a creative team
- Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada (non-Canadians holding temporary work visas or awaiting permanent status are not eligible)
- Between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of employment
- Willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment
- Registered as a full time student this past semester
- Intend to return to studies in the fall of 2024
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency in common communication tools (MS Office, Google Suite, Zoom, etc.)
- Undergraduate student studying visual art, art history, museum studies, Indigenous studies, education, or another related field
To Apply
Please submit a cover letter, detailed resume and 3 references by email to [email protected] with the subject heading “Learning & Engagement Facilitator.”
Closing date for applications is Friday March 15, 2024. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Nanaimo Art Gallery hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community.
The Gallery strives to be a safe space where all voices are heard and valued and work towards accessibility, anti-racism, 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion and encourage diversity in our staff team. We encourage applications from visible minority group members, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. Students from other parts of the country and those with English as a second language are encouraged to apply.
Position: Community Engagement Facilitator (Summer Student)
Salary: $18.20/hour
Hours: Summer contract, full time, 37.5 hour/week
Contract Term: 16 weeks, May 6 – August 23, 2024
Position Overview:
Nanaimo Art Gallery is looking to add a new member to our team! The Community Engagement Facilitator shares Nanaimo Art Gallery’s values of relevance, relationships, innovation, and openness, and is responsible for expanding the reach of our programs within the community.
The Community Engagement Facilitator will be responsible for engaging with Nanaimo communities at different events throughout the summer, developing new ways to track visitor experience, and helping with social media marketing.
Under the direction of our Education team, the Community Engagement Facilitator will create visitor surveys and tracking materials to help to improve the visitor experience, represent the Gallery at community events, and engage with the community around the development of a new facility, attend meetings with community partners, create social media content, plan and facilitate programming for all ages in response to the the exhibition, and will assist with events and visitor services tasks.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
The Community Engagement Facilitator’s responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to:
- Assisting with the coordination and facilitation of programs and on-site and off-site community events (such as Night Market, Pride, Silly Boat Races, etc.)
- Assisting with market research around the development of a new facility
- Attending meetings with community partners
- Recruiting and scheduling volunteers
- Researching visitor trends in museums and galleries, and creating visitor tracking materials
- Creating and scheduling social media posts and stories
- Providing staffing support to summer camps and at the front desk
- Other duties as assigned
- Will include some weekend and evening work
Requirements: (Qualifications, Knowledge, Education and Skills)
- Clear and confident communicator with strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability and willingness to work with the public of all ages
- Creative, enthusiastic, adaptable and self motivated
- Love of arts and culture
- Desire to contribute to and collaborate with a creative team
- Ability to move folding tables, tents, and other equipment
- Valid BC drivers license and access to a vehicle
- Available for evening and weekend shifts
- Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada (non-Canadians holding temporary work visas or awaiting permanent status are not eligible)
- Between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of employment
- Willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment
- Registered as a full time student this past semester
- Intend to return to studies in the fall of 2024
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in common communication tools (MS Office, Google Suite, Zoom, etc.)
- Undergraduate student studying visual art, art history, museum studies, Indigenous studies, education, tourism or another related field
To Apply
Please submit a cover letter, detailed resume and 3 references by email to [email protected] with the subject heading “Community Engagement Facilitator”.
Closing date for applications is Friday March 15, 2024. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Nanaimo Art Gallery hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community.
The Gallery strives to be a safe space where all voices are heard and valued and work towards accessibility, anti-racism, 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion and encourage diversity in our staff team. We encourage applications from visible minority group members, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. Students from other parts of the country and those with English as a second language are encouraged to apply.
Position: Collection Project Assistant (Summer Student)
Salary: $18.20/hour
Hours: Summer contract, full time, 37.5 hour/week
Contract Term: 16 weeks, May 6 – August 23, 2024
Position Overview:
Nanaimo Art Gallery is looking to add a new member to our team! The Collection Project Assistant shares Nanaimo Art Gallery’s values of relevance, relationships, innovation, and openness, and is responsible for helping to document, catalog, and organize our permanent collection.
Under the direction of the Gallery’s Curator and Gallery Technician, the Collection Project Assistant will work to improve the organization, documentation, storage, and care of our permanent collection, through detailed condition reporting, matting, filing, labeling, and documenting.
The Assistant will add important context to the works we house through online and on-site research. The Assistant will help us to populate our collection management software with new acquisitions, and expand information about previously cataloged works. The Assistant will also help us to index the locations of artworks in our building to locations data in our collection management software. They will also help with exhibition installation and other related duties.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
The Collection Project Assistant’s responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to:
Art handling
Photographing artwork
Condition reporting artwork
Populating and updating artwork entries in our collection management software
Organizing and labeling artwork
Researching artists and artwork
Helping with exhibition installation and take down
Facilitating exhibition programs and events
Other duties as assigned
Requirements: (Qualifications, Knowledge, Education and Skills)
Clear and confident communicator with strong written and oral communication skills
Creative, enthusiastic, adaptable and self-motivated
Organizational skills
Love of arts and culture
Desire to contribute to and collaborate with a creative team
Ability to lift and move artworks (maximum 50 pounds)
Experience with spreadsheets and data entry
Computer literate
Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada (non-Canadians holding temporary work visas or awaiting permanent status are not eligible)
Between 16 and 30 years of age at the start of employment
Willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment
Registered as a full time student this past semester
Intend to return to studies in the fall of 2024
Preferred Qualifications:
Proficiency in common communication tools (MS Office, Google Suite, Zoom, etc.)
Undergraduate student studying visual art, art history, museum studies, Indigenous studies, archives, library studies, collections management or another related field
To Apply
Please submit a cover letter, detailed resume and 3 references by email to [email protected] with the subject heading “Collection Project Assistant”.
Closing date for applications is Friday March 15, 2024. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Nanaimo Art Gallery hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community.
The Gallery strives to be a safe space where all voices are heard and valued and work towards accessibility, anti-racism, 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion and encourage diversity in our staff team. We encourage applications from visible minority group members, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. Students from other parts of the country and those with English as a second language are encouraged to apply.