Maritime Interpretive Guide - Cowichan Bay, Canada - Cowichan Wooden Boat Society

Description

The Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre is looking to hire two Maritime Centre Interpretive Guides.


Duties will include:

• Enhancing the visitor experience by meeting and greeting visitors, handing queries, directing visitor traffic flow, and leading guided tours,
• Planning and implementing our most popular community event, the 39th Annual Wooden Boat Festival,
• Coordinating and leading educational maritimethemed summer programs for children and youth,
• Opportunities for improving and upgrading existing museum displays and signage,
• Advertising upcoming activities and events and filling registrants,
• Gathering feedback and conducting post event, post program and visitor satisfaction surveys,
• Opening and closing the facility and ensuring site safety procedures are followed.

Skills Preferred:
- good verbal and written communication skills

• Familiarity with the marine environment

- good customer service skills

• Detail oriented
• Experience working with the general public
• Experience working with children and youth
• Competency with Microsoft Word and Excel
• Previous museum or gallery experience an asset
• Valid Driver's License and access to a vehicle an asset
• Fluency in a second language an asset
• Evening and weekend work will be required
• Must be aware of, and sensitive to, First Nations culture and heritage

To be eligible, you must be:

• Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada

- legally entitles to work in Canada;
- between 15 and 30 years of age
- enrolled as a student in the current school year and intend to return to full-time studies in the fall.


Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract, Internship / Co-op


Salary:
$18.50 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week


Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location:
In person