Museum Education Coordinator - Oshkosh, United States - City of Oshkosh

Description

The City of Oshkosh is looking for a part-time, in-person (no remote) Education Coordinator to join our team at the Oshkosh Public Museum.

This is a limited-term, part-time position working approximately 20 hours per week. Occasional evening and weekend shifts may be required.

The Education Coordinator will plan, develop, and present public programming related to the mission of the Oshkosh Public Museum. They will also creates and facilitate education and enrichment programming relevant to students, teachers, families, and adult audiences.

This position requires excellent people skills and the ability to communicate with visitors from a variety of backgrounds, abilities, and perspectives as well as energy and enthusiasm to help develop the museum as an extraordinary community, cultural, and educational resource.

Specific duties include:

• Support and participate in the development and delivery of educational and programmatic offerings and resources, such as writing plans for interactive programs, delivering programs, developing tours, creating handson activities, and other inquirydriven learning opportunities.
• Delivers onsite education programs to expand the reach and community impact of the OPM. These include, but are not limited to, scheduling/hosting field trips for PreK12th grade students, managing and facilitating family programming, hosting/facilitating adultaudience programming, and other enrichment programs as they are developed.
• Coordinates offsite outreach such as booking and maintaining Inquiry Kits, organizing classroom visits, and offsite programming. This also includes communication with external stakeholders, such as newsletter updates, and responding to public inquiries about education programs.
• Minimum of one year of experience working with Pre-K through 12th grade students; Bachelor's Degree in Education or a related field may be substituted for experience.
• Two or more years of experience working as a museum educator, teacher in a K12 classroom, or other professional education experience is highly desirable.
• Experience leading volunteers is desirable.

The City of Oshkosh is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workforce


Job Types:
Part-time, Temporary


Pay:
$ $23.29 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week


Schedule:

• Day shift
• Evenings as needed
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location:
In person