Museum Educator

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh•Pittsburgh, PA

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh provides innovative and inclusive museum experiences that inspire kindness, joy, creativity, and curiosity for all learners. We forge connections with artists, community partners, and neighbors to work on behalf of children, youth, and families. We have a vision to transform education. We believe people of all ages can benefit from different types of learning experiences. This is a Union position. The Museum Educator works collaboratively to lead fun, inclusive, developmentally appropriate learning experiences that inspire kindness, joy, creativity, and curiosity for children and families across the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh campus and throughout the Greater Pittsburgh Area. The Museum Educator works primarily with the general public and school groups, in facilitation of fun and lively hands-on educational programming in exhibit spaces. Experience working both on a team and independently with a wide demographic of guests is required to ensure a vibrant, integral, and essential element of the Museum experience. This position also requires organization, communication, positivity, and excellent teamwork skills.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
Experience working with children.
Daily interest and enthusiasm for working with children, youth, and multi-generational groups.
Strong problem-solving experience, flexible thinking, and ability to adjust expectations and actions with an open mind.
Must be dependable, adaptable, and a good communicator.
Commitment to continued learning for both personal and team growth.
Excellent verbal communication and customer service skills
Ability to remain calm and professional working with a high volume of visitors.
Must be able to regularly position self to properly interact with visitors and activate museum experiences.
Person in this position frequently communicates with visitors, team members, and supervisors. Must be able to exchange accurate and helpful information when facilitating museum experiences with visitors and when communicating issues to team members and supervisors.
Must be able to move objects, and use abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue.
Must be able to lift or move up to 15 lbs regularly.
Must be able to lift or move furniture, equipment, supplies, and other items weighing up to 50 lbs occasionally with assistance.
FBI fingerprint, PA Child Abuse History Certificate (Act 33), and PA Criminal Record Check (Act 34) clearances are required.

Nice To Haves

College Education or work experience in a related field (e.g. fine art, creative art, interactive media, theatrical arts, informal or inquiry-based teaching, education, etc.) preferred.
Additional experience with families, educators, administrators, and creative peers strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Creates a warm, welcoming, and inclusive space for museum guests while staffing exhibits by greeting families, engaging in play, encouraging exploration, and providing helpful information to guest inquiries.
Ensures that activities and materials in the exhibit spaces are appropriately organized and prepared for general guests or for specific age ranges (e.g. school or camp groups).
Facilitates daily educational programs (e.g. arts and making activities, early learning drop-in programs, fieldtrips, camps and classes, youth programming, community engagement events, and offsite outreach programs).
Staffs after-hours Education events and offsite outreach programs as needed.
Engages in regular staff trainings and professional developments, and applies skills and information learned on a daily basis.
Stages and prepares museum spaces prior to museum open, and works with fellow education staff to close museum spaces at the end of the day.
Positively and accurately represents the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and its programming initiatives to the community.
Participates in ongoing learning research and reflective practices.
Closely monitors exhibit spaces for safety concerns, exhibit maintenance, and housekeeping needs, and communicates these needs effectively.
Follows Museum's safety and emergency policies and procedures.