Museum Guide Representative - Museum Guide

About Us

Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls, with 2.5 million members—1.8 million girls and 800,000 adults. Girl Scouts is the leading authority on girls’ healthy development, and builds girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. Today, and spanning coast to coast and across the globe, Girl Scouts of the USA is the largest girl focused organization in the United States and a household recognized brand. Many know the organization from its iconic Girl Scout Cookies (yes, they’re delicious!), but Girl Scouts is so much more.

As a mission driven nonprofit organization, Girl Scouts of the USA has been championing girls as they discover their dreams and work together to change the world. From navigating a rocky hiking trail to advocating for climate justice, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be themselves unapologetically as they rise to meet new challenges and discover the issues that matter most to them. GSUSA describes themselves as a team of doers, innovators, problem-solvers, creators, and dreamers collaborating to support Girl Scouts in 111 local chapters and 152 countries and engaging 50 million alumni.

Everything Girl Scouts do builds their curiosity, kindness, and can-do spirit. The Girl Scout community means girls are building their self-confidence by making friends, finding adventure, giving back to their communities, gaining leadership skills, having fun, and earning awards for their achievements. Notably, Girl Scouts of the USA believes their programs should positively impact not girls, but their families too.

That’s why 91% of caregivers say Girl Scouts is welcoming to families of all kinds; 83% of families say Girl Scouts connects them to something bigger; and 8 in 10 families say they value being part of the larger troop community. Engagement with Girl Scouts USA means better academic, social, and leadership outcomes for girls and their networks.

POSITION SUMMARY

Do you want to have fun while making a difference? The Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum is seeking to hire a part-time (hourly) Museum Associate to work as a tour guide, program leader, and visitor assistant. By sharing the life-changing story of Girl Scouts at the birthplace of its Founder, Juliette Low, the dedicated staff of the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace support the GSUSA mission to “build girls of courage, confidence, and character to make the world a better place.”

Primary duties of the position:

As a part-time Museum Tour Associate at the Birthplace, you will:

• Research and develop your own tour based on training and materials provided
• Lead visitors of diverse ages, backgrounds, and abilities in engaging museum tours
• Lead Girl Scout troops in hands-on activities based on training and materials provided
• Fill in as needed at the front desk or shop selling tickets and assisting visitors
• Show initiative in completing other daily tasks as needed such as program prep and development, historic research, and light cleaning and office duties
• Serve as an enthusiastic representative of Girl Scouting

Accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

You must have a background or demonstrated interest in public history or education, in working with the public and youth audiences, and in supporting the Girl Scout Movement. You have a demonstrated commitment to excellent customer service. With strong communication, interpersonal, and storytelling skills, you are excited about making history fun in an interactive museum environment. Reliable and personable, you are a team player with a good work ethic and a desire to learn new skills on the job.

REQUIRED SKILLS  

Comfortable presenting to groups

Comfortable working with children

Comfort with managing classroom activities

Basic math skills

Ability to learn and retain tour and activity background information

Ability to adapt classroom activities for age and ability

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: This job requires the ability to give group presentations and assist visitors in a busy museum environment and/or manage classroom activities for youth audiences multiple times during a work shift. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: This job operates in a professional museum environment.

POSITION TYPE / EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK: This is a part-time position.

Days and hours of work: weekend and weekday shifts are typically 3-7 hours long and range from 8:30 am - 7:30pm, and some holidays. Due to the seasonal nature of museum visitation, we cannot guarantee a minimum of hours.

Current starting rate is $14.00/hour.

AAP/EEO Statement: GSUSA is an equal employment opportunity employer.

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