{"id":41101,"date":"2017-03-12T10:36:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T14:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=41101"},"modified":"2017-03-12T10:36:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T14:36:39","slug":"job-multi-lingual-museum-tour-guides-museum-of-the-city-of-new-york-new-york-city-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/12\/job-multi-lingual-museum-tour-guides-museum-of-the-city-of-new-york-new-york-city-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Multi-lingual Museum Tour Guides – Museum of the City of New York (New York City, New York)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow<\/strong>, an ALT currently living in Toyota City<\/em>.\u00a0Click here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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P<\/b>osition:<\/b>\u00a0Multi-lingual Museum Tour Guides<\/em><\/span>
\nPosted by: <\/strong>Museum of the City of New York<\/em><\/span>
\nLocati<\/strong>on:\u00a0<\/strong>New York, NY, USA<\/em><\/span>
\nContract: <\/strong>Full-time<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a job via Idealist:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Museum of the City of New York is recruiting multi-lingual Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral researchers, and early-career academics interested in gaining experience in public history to provide tours as Museum Scholars to visiting groups including college\/university students, foreign tourists, seniors, professional organizations, and alumni associations.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Museum is pleased to offer a roster of interactive, guided tours as a key component in a new initiative in adult education. Tour offerings will include highlights of the Museum’s current exhibitions, as well as in-depth experiences of singular exhibitions including the\u00a0New York at Its Core<\/em>. Tours typically last between 60 and 90 <\/span>minutes, and are primarily offered during regular museum hours: 10:00am \u2013 6:00pm<\/span><\/span>, seven days a week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ideal candidates will have excellent public speaking skills, an interest in understanding and relating history <\/span>though artifacts and images, an ability to synthesize and communicate new information from the Museum’s rotating schedule of exhibitions, and fluency in one of the following languages: Spanish, Mandarin, French, Japanese, Italian, or Portuguese. Though an appreciation of New York City history is essential, candidates from a range of academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trainings will take place around new exhibition openings to prepare Museum Scholars for guiding groups. In anticipation of\u00a0New York at Its Core<\/em>, there will also be a special training series through September and October for Museum Scholars alongside Museum Educators with the Frederick A.O. Schwarz Children’s Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

Expectations:<\/strong>\u00a0Guides are expected to be available to lead tours one day a week and one weekend per month. Hours are not guaranteed and are based on booking requests. Guides are also expected to attend <\/span>trainings or if unable to review material on their own.<\/span><\/p>\n

Compensation:\u00a0<\/strong>Guides will be paid a flat rate of $75 per <\/span>tour, and a separate hourly training rate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Please send a cover letter and resume, and salary to Museum of the City of New York, Attention: Human Resources Department, 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, or send an email with this information t<\/span>o\u00a0jobs@mcny.org<\/a>. To be considered, please include Museum Scholar within the subject line of your email. The Museum of the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Please send a cover letter and resume, and salary to Museum of the City of New York, Attention: Human Resources Department, 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, or send an email with this information to<\/span>\u00a0jobs@mcny.org<\/a>. To be considered, please include Museum Scholar within the subject line of your email.<\/span><\/p>\n

Application deadline May 8, 2017<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City.\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email. Position:\u00a0Multi-lingual Museum Tour Guides Posted by: Museum of the City of New York Location:\u00a0New York, NY, USA Contract: Full-time Here’s a job via Idealist: The Museum of the City of New York is recruiting multi-lingual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t