Collections Assistant
Location: Woodland Cultural Centre
Deadline: April 5, 2022 @ 4:00 PM
Contract Length: April 11, 2022 – March 31, 2023
Hourly Rate: $18.00 hr, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job Duties
- Accessioning – assigning chronological numbers to each incoming artifact according to the system already in place, and recording basic data on the artifacts
- Labelling – using appropriate materials and techniques to apply the accession number to the artifact according to museum professional standards
- Cataloguing – using appropriate museum terminology to complete condition reports on all incoming artifacts; including photographs of the objects; learn and use appropriate cultural terminology/language for items in preference to the academic nomenclature; involves researching provenance and history
- Organizing – the professional care, handling, and storage of collections items while maintaining accurate and detailed location information
- Sacred and Sensitive – organizing collections that may be sensitive and require cultural interventions; arranging for the appropriate traditionalist to conduct ceremonies, etc.
- Inventory – annual accounting of the locations and conditions of the items accessioned to the Collections
- Loans – assist with condition reporting, packaging, and handling of both in-coming and out-going loans
- Clerical – entering accessions into the PastPerfect database; contributing as required to the Centre newsletter/social media; environmental monitoring records; attend and contribute to various staff and committee meetings
- Professional Development – as opportunities arrive and are deemed appropriate for the Collections Management field
Qualifications
- Must be highly organized and detail-oriented with an educational background in the field of collections management, museum studies, cultural studies, and/or history
- Have, or be in the process of acquiring, a Certificate of Museum Studies from the Ontario Museums Association or equivalent
- Highly organized and efficient
- Knowledge of Haudenosaunee culture essential
- Knowledge and familiarity with Haudenosaunee Communities and people
