[BCMA] Job Posting - Member Services, Gift Shop & Volunteer Coordinator at the Canmore Museum & Geoscience Centre

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The Canmore Museum & Geoscience Centre is looking for a responsible,
organized and enthusiastic individual to be our Member Services, Gift Shop
& Volunteer Coordinator! Since 1984, the Canmore Museum & Geoscience Centre
has been dedicated to telling the stories of our mountains and our
communities for present and future generations. This position entails
overseeing the full operation of the Museum Gift Shop and North
West Mounted Police Barracks historical site.

Under the supervision of the Museum Director, responsibilities will include:
 •Supervising Gift Shop/front desk volunteers, weekend staff, and summer
students, including assigning of duties, writing and implementation of
policies, and creating/maintaining procedure and volunteer manuals
 •Scheduling of weekend staff and volunteers for the Museum Gift Shop/Front
Desk and volunteers for the barracks site
 •Maintaining visitor attendance statistics, membership records and
contacts, and charitable tax receipt records.
 •Managing all Barracks activities including Tea and Gift Shoppe, Art in
the Park, banner bookings and all Barracks and off-site special events
(including monthly Barracks events and Canmore Folk Festival/Canmore
Highland Games booths)
 •Research and write volunteer policies, including maintaining a volunteer
manual with volunteer job descriptions and a volunteer rewards system.
 •Various administrative duties, including research, working with local
media to promote events and monthly reports to the Board of Directors
 •Other duties as required

This position requires someone with experience in retail management,
including scheduling of staff, merchandising, ordering, tracking sales,
inventory, cash handling, cash registers, and POS systems. The successful
applicant must also possess excellent communication and time management
skills, with the ability to maintain strong working relationships.

Additional skills and requirements:
•Experience with statistics, budgets, finances, and accounting.
•Experience training staff/volunteers and managing human resources,
including delegation of duties.
•Intermediate experience with computers, including Word and
Excel. Experience with database programs, graphic design and PowerPoint an
asset.
•Experience planning and implementing community programs for various age
groups, including preparation of promotional material.
•Ability to write in a clear and concise manner.
•Bachelor of Arts degree in history, business, education, science, or
museum management would be an asset.

For more information about the Canmore Museum & Geoscience Centre, visit
cmags.org or @canmoremuseum on Twitter.

Please apply with cover letter and resume by July 20, 2012 to the attention
of:
Debbie Carrico, Museum Director
Canmore Museum & Geoscience Centre
902B  7th Ave
Canmore, AB  T1W 1K3
p. 403.678.2462
f. 403.678.2216
e. director at cmags.org
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