Visitor Services Assistant (VSA) Position Description

What We Do

Shofuso is a traditional-style Japanese house and nationally ranked garden in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, administered by the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia (JASGP). We preserve, maintain, and interpret Shofuso and provide educational programs about Japanese arts, business, and culture. The site is open air with a 1.2 acre garden and a structure with open doors and breezeways in all seasons.  

The Science History Institute is currently recruiting for a paid, part-time (20–24 hours per week), limited-duration (up to 12 weeks) Digital Collections Internship in the Othmer Library of Chemical History. The Digital Collections Intern will be responsible for digitizing items within the Institute’s photograph collections and legacy publications collections. The Intern will ingest digital assets into the Institute’s Digital Collections application and apply technical and descriptive metadata.  This position requires in-person work at our office.

The Barnes Foundation is seeking a part-time Shop Sales Specialist to deliver consistent and superior customer service in the Barnes Gallery Shop and to sell products that support the educational and revenue goals of the Barnes.

The German Society of Pennsylvania has an opening for a part-time Administrative Assistant to work 24 hours per week on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. The Administrative Assistant will also be required to work occasional weekend days (about 7-10 days per year, scheduled and communicated well in advance).

Membership Coordinator

The Community Arts Center is seeking teaching artists to teach ceramics to teens and adults of various ages with special needs.  This may included co-teaching an existing class that meets 1:30 - 4:00 pm on Tuesdays and/or teaching other classes and workshops.  If you are interested in working with us but unavailable at that time on Tuesdays, we would still like to hear from you.

Ceramics experience and teaching experience are required.  Experience working with students with special needs is preferred.  

Instructors work with the organization as independent contractors.

The Community Arts Center (CAC) is accepting application materials for Summer Spree Art Camp Teacher.

Summer Spree is an art camp for children ages 5 – 12 (children entering grades K – 6), located at the CAC in Wallingford, PA.   Arts activities and experiences form the foundation of our camp, which is designed to foster creativity and freedom of expression.   Visual arts, music, play, and nature form the creative engine of this unique camp experience. 

The Digital Content Intern will support the Web Editor and Social Media Manager in the Communications department.

Primary Areas of Responsibility:

Assist the Social Media Manager with content ideation, development, scheduling, and production for organic and paid social media.

Assist the Web Editor with writing and editing web copy as well as building and updating pages through the Museum’s website CMS (Twill).

Assist in staying up to date on digital trends, including gathering and building content for Instagram Reels and TikTok.

The Collections and Exhibitions Department is looking for an undergraduate or graduate student for a 15 hours per week internship during the summer of 2023. This student internship will focus on exhibit development, particularly research and writing.

This role will support a variety of duties that contribute to the overall success of the Museum’s institutional partnerships programs, established through a variety of corporate partnerships, foundation grants, and other public support.
 

Corporate partnerships engage local, national, and international companies in providing financial support to the Museum through corporate memberships, sponsorships, and grants, as well as in-kind support. This summer will be an exciting time for the corporate partnerships program, with key initiatives including: