Playful Program Assistant
About The Position
The Bay Area Discovery Museum is seeking an entry-level Playful Program Assistant to join its Learning & Museum Experience team. The role helps provide visitors with a memorable, engaging, welcoming, and safe museum experience. The assistant primarily facilitates educational programs during special events, including birthday parties and festivals, and supports open-ended playful learning experiences for young children ages 0–8 and their caregivers in museum exhibits. The position offers an opportunity to explore museum education and early childhood education. This is a part-time, onsite role at the museum’s 7.5-acre campus in Sausalito, California, averaging 16 hours per week. Weekend availability on Saturdays and Sundays is required. The schedule includes one paid hour during the week, preferably Fridays, to check email and stay current on upcoming weekend programming. The role is predominantly public-facing. The stated rate is $21.74 per hour; bilingual candidates fluent in English and Spanish, Mandarin, or Cantonese earn $22.74 per hour.
Requirements
- Interest in working with young children ages 0–8 and their families.
- Professional commitment to Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion, and thoughtfulness about how a workplace and cultural institution can create welcome and belonging for staff and visitors.
- A positive, friendly, playful, and curious approach, with the ability to work with people from varied backgrounds and cultures.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to speak in front of small groups of visitors.
- Excellent problem-solving skills; dependability, helpfulness, and adaptability.
- Reliable transportation.
- Ability to bend, kneel, walk, and pick up items for 2–3 hours at a time.
- Ability to stand for up to 8 hours and carry up to 50 pounds for short distances or periods.
- Ability to work indoors and outdoors in varying weather.
- Availability to work Saturdays and Sundays.
Nice To Haves
- Fluency in English and Spanish, Mandarin, or Cantonese; bilingual candidates receive the stated higher hourly rate.
- Flexibility to adjust the schedule and work alternate days or hours depending on programming and staffing needs.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate educational programming during special events such as birthday parties and festivals.
- Support playful learning for young children and their caregivers by activating museum exhibit spaces.
- Support museum opening and closing routines and protocols.
- Keep indoor and outdoor learning environments clean, tidy, and stocked with materials, props, and tools.
- Set up and clean up programs and festivals.
- Organize, prepare, and complete inventory of program materials and supplies as needed.
- Document and communicate repair, maintenance, and material supply issues to appropriate staff.
- For bilingual staff, support visitors in Spanish, Mandarin, or Cantonese, including translating materials and communications.
- Provide empathetic, inclusive, flexible customer service so visitors have an enjoyable and safe experience and feel welcome and cared for.
- Orient families and groups to the campus, programs, and activities, and answer questions.
- Adhere to, communicate, and enforce museum policies and protocols related to visitor safety.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
