The Museum of Ontario Archaeology is seeking anInterpretation and Outreach Assistantfor the summer season (12 weeks, 35 hrs/week, $17.20/hr). Anticipated start date is June 9 through to August 30, 2025.
The Interpretation and Outreach Assistant will be responsible for delivering engaging gallery and site tours and representing the museum at outreach events in the community. They will play an active role in organizing and supporting summer programming, including events such as the June Forest Festival. They will also assist with museum operations by contributing to collections management tasks such as repackaging, data entry, inventory and 3D scanning. Additionally, they will enhance the museum’s community engagement by creating content for social media and blog posts, fostering connections with diverse audiences and promoting a deeper understanding of Ontario’s cultural heritage.
The Interpretation and Outreach Assistant will:
- Provide visitors with engaging information about the MOA’s exhibits, activities, and events.
- Organize and attend off-site outreach programs within the community, such as local events, to broaden the museum’s reach and foster connections (access to a vehicle is required).
- Expand interpretive voices and experiences within the gallery and on the museum’s digital platforms to reflect diverse perspectives about Ontario’s natural and cultural history.
- Prepare interpretive material for social media platforms promoting MOA programs, activities, and collections.
- Support outreach through social media content, community events and other initiatives to broaden the museum’s reach.
- Support Collections Management tasks, including repackaging, data entry, inventory and digitization.
- Provide support for visitors engaging with Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality experiences and other innovative engagement platforms.
- Market museum activities, events, and programming effectively within the local community.
- Demonstrate and explain best practices of collections care for archaeological materials.
The Interpretation and Outreach Assistant position will provide a student with an interest or background in Museum Studies, Anthropology/Archaeology, Canadian History, First Nations/Indigenous Studies, or related program, with experience in museum collections management, heritage interpretation, object care, data entry and record keeping. They will have the opportunity to develop skills in public engagement, public relations and community outreach while building expertise in heritage-focused tasks like object handling, collections care and digitization.
The successful candidate must meet the criteria of the Young Canada Works job program. We strongly encourage First Nations, Metis and Inuit students, and students from other underrepresented groups, to apply. An ideal candidate will have a background in Anthropology, Public History, Education, Museum Studies, First Nations studies, or similar University program, and possess both a positive attitude and a strong work ethic. Prior work or volunteer experience at a museum or historic site would be an asset.
Characteristics of City/Region:
The Museum of Ontario Archaeology is located in the northwest corner of the City of London, the traditional territory of the Munsee-Delaware, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee Peoples and their Ancestors who have lived here from Time Immemorial. First named as a settler village by John Graves Simcoe in 1793, London has a rich and deep archaeological past, with evidence of human occupation from the period of glacial recession approximately 13,000 years ago, to the vibrant city that it is today. Adjacent to the Museum is a 500-year-old village once inhabited by approximately 2,000 Indigenous agriculturalists, today known as the Lawson Site. This site is considered one the region’s largest settlements before European contact.
Museum of Ontario Archaeology website: www.archaeologymuseum.ca
London is situated in the Western part of Ontario, Canada. The city hosts the seat of Middlesex County, and it is located halfway between Toronto and Detroit.
City of London website: http://www.london.ca/
You must include in your covering letter how you meet the Young Canada Works eligibility requirements.
Applications will be due by Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
Please e-mail resume and cover letter to:
Heather Hatch, Collections Manager
Museum of Ontario Archaeology
heather@archaeologymuseum.ca