[Bcma-l] Job Posting - Museum Assistant - Curatorial

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

Township of Langley
Summer Career Placement 2008
Bulletin File #: B026
Web Site: http://www.tol.bc.ca

Job Title: Museum Assistant - Curatorial
Division: Community Development
Department: Langley Centennial Museum
Hours of Work: Non-standard Hours and/or Non-standard Work Weeks
Hourly Wage: $15.31 – $17.88 per hour (2006 rate) plus 12% in lieu of 
benefits
Placement Date: Approximately May 12 to approximately August 29, 2008
(12 to 16 weeks - dependent on funding)

Applications are currently being accepted from a dynamic and committed 
individual to fill a temporary full-time Summer Career
Placement for a Museum Assistant - Curatorial from approximately May 12 
until approximately August 29, 2008 (dependent on funding).

1. Duties and Responsibilities
As a student employee in the Community Development Division of the 
Township of Langley, the incumbent will work on short-term projects at 
the Langley Centennial Museum & National Exhibition Centre. Summer 
Curatorial projects are aimed at the care for, establish proper 
intellectual control over, and effectively use our collection in the 
most professional manner affordable so that the Museum can connect 
people with their cultural heritage by making the artifacts and 
information resources in our profession more accessible, useful, and 
valuable to our visitors and research clientele.

The Museum Assistant – Curatorial will be aimed at supporting the 
following project goals:
• Photograph 150+ artifacts in the off-site storage facility
• Upgrade the data on these artifacts stored off-site
• Upgrade the collections database with the above additions
• Continue backlog of collections records data entry including 
photographing artifacts, scanning photographs, etc.
• Assist with reorganization and maintenance of main collections storage 
area as a result of off-site storage facility availability
• Carry out basic artifact cleaning & proper re-housing for storage
• Assist with a temporary exhibitions change involving dismantling the 
existing and mounting the new displays, preparing exhibition
mounts, participating in the review, editing, and mounting of label 
copy, photo and other documentation of the installation
• Assist with research and development for a future exhibition with the 
working title “Remembering the 1950s”
• Assist with refurbishing 2 permanent exhibitions
• Assist with records keeping for the removal and return of First 
Nations baskets scheduled for conservation treatment in 2 batches
• Assist with preparations, set-up, take-down, and staffing Museum’s 
major public event on Canada Day
• Assist with day-to-day Museum operations including opening & closing, 
participating with other colleagues in staffing the reception desk for 
lunch coverage, Gift Shop retail sales as help is occasionally required 
with this function
• Other duties as reasonably assigned.

2. Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills required for this position include:
• University or college student entering second year of study or above, 
with courses in history, anthropology, fine arts, museum
studies, or other related field
• Computer skills including knowledge & experience using word 
processing, Access, Excel , and collections database software
would be definite assets
• Excellent organisational, technical writing, research, and manual 
skills with a penchant for attention to details
• Excellent interpersonal skills, preferably with some experience in 
teamwork and the service industry
• Previous experience in a museum environment would be a definite asset
• Because of the physical nature of much of the work proposed, the 
candidate must be physically capable of lifting 35 lb. from floor to 
table height and 20 lb. from table to head height
• Access to their own transportation.

3. Position dependent on funding and the following eligibility criteria:
• Must be a Canadian student, legally entitled to study and work in 
Canada, preferably returning to school and between the ages of 16 to 30 
and willing to commit to a work assignment up to 16 weeks.

If you possess the required qualifications, knowledge and skills, as 
well as, meets all the eligibility criteria, please send your rιsumι and 
cover letter, quoting Bulletin # B026, in confidence to:

Human Resources Division, Township of Langley
20338 65 Avenue, Langley, BC V2Y 3J1
Fax #: 604.533.6129

These positions are defined by the Township of Langley as positions of 
trust (Child Safety) and require a criminal record check.
The closing date for this competition is by 4:30 p.m. Friday March 28, 
2008. We appreciate all applications; however, only short-listed 
candidates will be contacted.

The Langley Centennial Museum & NEC is a community museum located in 
Fort Langley, British Columbia. More information is available at 
www.langleymuseum.org

Langley Centennial Museum & NEC
9135 King Street, Fort Langley, BC