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Why Work at The Whyte?
Working at The Whyte offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the rich cultural heritage of the Canadian Rockies, right in the heart of Banff National Park. Employees enjoy a collaborative and creative environment surrounded by stunning natural beauty, where passion for history, art, and community thrives.
Current Opportunities
Education Manager
The Education Manager is responsible for the education programming (school and group tours, including hands-on activities), exhibition and heritage tours and administration of the Museum’s Education area. The Education Manager works in collaboration with the Director of Curatorial Initiatives and Director of Archives to ensure that education and public programs are developed to ensure that education programs are integrated with and relevant to the Museum’s mission and exhibition program. The Education Manager is responsible for content development, program and service delivery that contributes to education related Museum attendance and participation.
Archives and Special Collections Library Assistant
The Library Assistant will receive training and hands-on experience completing a variety of tasks, including accessioning, cataloguing according to library standards, data entry and basic preventative conservation procedures where required. The Library Assistant will primarily assist with original and/or copy cataloguing of publications belonging to the Alpine Club of Canada Library, Art Library and Archives Library. The data entry will utilize DBTextworks database management system; the catalogue is available online. The Library Assistant will also assist in the tracking and filing of incoming periodicals, filing newly catalogued publications, and in assisting Reference Archivist in the pulling and refiling library materials requested by researchers. If timing permits, the re-housing and description of oversize files consisting of maps, posters and technical drawings will also be assigned.
Indigenous Tour Guide
The Whyte in Banff is looking for one highly motivated and team-oriented person to share their passion for the art, history, and culture of this area with a wide variety of museum visitors. This position is 100% focused on visitor experience through Indigenous and museum-focused tours.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Deliver tours specific to the Cave and Basin Indigenous Mural Project
• Deliver scripted tours daily to visitors and tour groups
• Adhere to the Whyte Museum Indigenous Access Policy
• Be present in galleries and on museum grounds to engage with visitors
• Assist/deliver other interpretive programs as required
• Conduct independent reading and tour-based research in the areas of Rocky Mountain art, culture, and history
• Assist in writing a tour for the summer exhibition
• Gather visitor feedback and comments
• Complete social media tasks and projects
• Other duties as assigned