Museums

Position Description:

Through tours, exhibits, and programs, Roebling Museum tells the story of the origins and growth of a company town built in 1905 with a majority immigrant/migrant workforce. (More information can be found at Roeblingmuseum.org.)

The Program Assistant at Roebling Museum is part of a dynamic team of volunteers and paid staff whose goal is to greet and interact with visitors.  This role will also help with administrative work related to programs, events, and exhibits.  Relevant training will be provided.

This is a grant funded position is for the 2022 tour season (March-end of December) with the opportunity to renew.

The Help Desk Manager has a key role in managing the museum’s support services.  The Help Desk Manager will have the responsibility of developing a help desk practice that utilizes technology to deliver secure and reliable systems.

The Membership Coordinator plays an integral role in delivering high value to our members. As a member of a team, this individual’s management and coordination of operational activities is vital to the execution of programs, initiatives, and day-to-day operations. This role is ideal for someone who is self-motivated and highly organized, customer-focused and has the aptitude to work as part of a strong team, maintaining a positive and constructive attitude.

Reports to: Director of Membership & Business Systems

Essential Functions

Grounds For Sculpture is seeking part-time, (average of 25 hours per week) Visitor Assistants for our Guest Services Department. The Visitor Assistant reports directly to the Managers of Guest Services.  The Visitor Assistant, Guest Services is responsible for the daily GFS operational procedures and assisting visitors. Their primary responsibilities include providing excellent customer service, selling tickets, enforcing security and safety guidelines and distributing information.

Grounds For Sculpture is seeking a full time Senior Visitor Assistant to join our team. The Senior Visitor Assistant reports directly to the Manager of Guest Services and is responsible for daily Guest Services operational tasks, assisting visitors and providing excellent customer service, working on administrative tasks, training new Guest Service staff  and assisting with events held at GFS.  

The Controller is responsible for overall financial and risk management activities of the Museum. They work as part of the Museum's leadership team and in cooperation with the Board of Port Wardens to ensure the financial health of the organization.

The Grants Officer (GO) is responsible for the Museum's relationships with all private foundations and government grant opportunities.  Experience preferred in writing major grants to private foundations, corporations and government agencies (Federal and State). The GO a skilled writer with strong organizational skills who researches, cultivates and stewards institutional funders, according to funder guidelines, deadlines and accepted best practices, to foster connections with the Museum. The GO maintains a yearly grant status calendar and oversees all aspects of grant-writing within the ISM. 

The Event Specialist is responsible for ensuring that rentals of museum facilities are executed in a superlative, safe and well managed way. This is achieved by providing extraordinary customer service for renters and their guests while also ensuring the safety of attendees and the museum’s resources.  The Event Specialist will serve as the point person for all events beginning with set up, continuing through the event itself and ending as the last person to leave the building following clean-up. During events, the ES will actively monitor all components to ensure adherence to Independence Seaport Museum rental policies.  This position will also entail a high degree of accuracy in the ordering and inventory of liquor.

The Museum Store Manager will ensure, either by their own actions or those of store employees/volunteers, a positive, knowledgeable and welcoming customer experience for Museum visitors.  The Museum Store Manager creates and implements merchandising strategies that complement the mission and programs of the Independence Seaport Museum and proactively supporting the shop’s daily operations. This position plays an integral role in achieving stores sales targets and meeting budgetary goals. A love of selling, merchandising, and exceptional customer relations are the ideal qualities for someone in this new role at Independence Seaport Museum.  

The Berman Museum of Art seeks candidates with an experienced, visionary, energetic, and enthusiastic commitment to liberal arts education and a cross-disciplinary approach to integrating museum programming into the living and learning environment of the college. The ideal candidate will have the ability to navigate multiple constituencies on campus and beyond while playing a vital public role in representing Ursinus College to donors, alumni, and a broad external community.