Applicants can apply via this link: 

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/3045663

Description

GCV&M is seeking applicants to join our historical interpretation staff for the 2025 season. This position is intended to engage, educate, and entertain visitors through interpretive programming, to provide a positive visitor experience, and to assist in the daily operations of GCV&M. Interpreters are historically costumed, public-facing employees who connect guests to the past by engaging them in hands-on activities, demonstrating historical tasks and trades, and other related activities. 

Requirements

  SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Models excellent guest services through thoughtful engagement and interactions with museum visitors.
• Uses modern interpretive techniques to help visitors connect to the rich diversity of the 19th century.
• Conduct historic foodways programming including historic kitchens, historic dining, and other food-related interpretive programming 
• Conducts interpretive and educational programs that appropriately engage students of all ages.
• Participates in content training and professional development to enhance the delivery of the museum’s interpretive program. 
• Supports the maintenance and protection of Village buildings, grounds, animals, collections, and clothing. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse public in an enthusiastic, friendly, and open manner. 
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and utilize basic cooking knowledge
• Comfortable working around fire using both an open hearth and woodstove
• Demonstrated ability to provide consistent, quality customer service. 
• Ability to develop a working knowledge of site programs and educational content. 

SALARY AND BENEFITS:

Salary: The hourly rate for a candidate selected for this position is $15.50 per hour.

Benefits: We are proud to support the health and wellbeing of the people we employ. We offer a competitive package that includes accrued sick leave, NYS statutory disability, an employee assistance program and a family membership to the Genesee Country Village & Museum.

WHO WE ARE:

Genesee Country Village & Museum, located in Mumford, NY 25 miles outside of Rochester, is the largest living history museum in New York State. Our 68-building Historic Village, John L. Wehle Gallery, and Genesee Country Nature Center host nearly 100,000 guests each year on site, off site around the community, and online across the world. Learn more on our website www.gcv.org.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Genesee Country Village & Museum is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity with respect to all employees, applicants, and interns for employment. We recruit, hire, train, and promote without discrimination due to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, citizenship, national origin, military or veteran status, marital status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Diversity Statement: Genesee Country Village & Museum is actively committed to broadening our understanding of DEAI (Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion), and making it part of everything that we do.  Guided by our mission, values, and inclusive culture of curiosity, we celebrate the stories of our shared past; connect the rich diversity of the 19th century to the present; and collaborate with the communities we serve to create welcoming spaces for learning, work, exploration, and play.  

Salary Description

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