Employment & Internships
Education
Director of Youth Education
The National Building Museum seeks an inspirational and motivated leader to direct a team that conceives, organizes, presents and evaluates the Museum's full range of programming for youth and families, including school, outreach, and family programs.
The position directly supervises four staff who in turn manage four full-time and approximately one dozen part-time staff members. Each year, the Museum attracts approximately 45,000 young people and family members to some 1,200 programs.
Candidates should have a solid background in design education, staff management, teaching, project management and strong interpersonal skills. This is a full time position with competitive salary and benefits. Send cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to: recruitment@nbm.org. Please reference job title. No phone calls, please.
Ongoing Recruitment for Museum Teachers--Now Accepting Applications for the 2008-2009 School Year!
Teach About the World We Create!
The Museum seeks applications for part-time Museum Teachers to work either during the weekday or the weekends for 10 - 20 hours a week. The National Building Museum offers approximately 1,000 original educational programs for school, scout, and birthday parties. Qualifications include: 1) degree in education, museum education, or teaching certificate and/or two or more years experience teaching in a museum or classroom; 2) excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills; 3) flexibility and enthusiasm for working with children; 4) knowledge of architecture, design, civil engineering, and the built environment is a plus, as is scouting experience. Please send a cover letter with resume to: National Building Museum at recruitment@nbm.org. Please referene position title in email. Application period closes July 31, 2008. No phone calls, please.
Visitor Services Department
Volunteer Manager
Imagine, Explore, Educate.
The Museum seeks to fill a fulltime position for a Volunteer Manager to manage and operate the museum's volunteer, tour, and intern program. This position oversees over 300 volunteers, 150 docents, and on average 20 interns throughout the academic and summer months. The Volunteer Manager is in charge of creating and leading all docent trainings for the museum's bi-annual docent training as well as all exhibition docent trainings. A background, or demonstrated interest in a Museum environment; 3-5 years experience in managing a volunteer and intern program in the building arts or museum field is required. Applicants should be reliable, flexible and personable; posses strong communication and interpersonal skills; exhibit professional manner and dress at all times; be responsible and trustworthy; able to work as a team player; uphold the mission of the Museum; abide by the stated rules, regulations and procedures of the Museum. Interested candidates should send resume and cover letter to National Building Museum at recruitment@nbm.org. No phone calls, please.
Ongoing Recruitment for Visitor Services Representatives
Become part of our team.
Part-time positions available. Are you a team player? Good at multi-tasking and have the desire to deal with the public? If so, then we have the job for you! The Museum seeks to fill multiple positions for Visitor Services Representatives to perform overall Visitor Services duties which include the daily monitoring and care of the Museum's exhibitions and galleries and interacting with the public to ensure that the visitor experience at the Museum is productive, informative and enjoyable. You will be asked to work in a variety of locations including the exhibition galleries, the Information Desk and the Reception Desk. The Visitor Services Representatives are the primary communication channel between the Museum, its members, and the general public. A background, or demonstrated interest, in a Museum environment, the building arts or museum studies is desired. Applicants should be reliable, flexible and personable; posses strong communication and interpersonal skills; exhibit professional manner and dress at all times; have reliable transportation; be responsible and trustworthy; able to work as a team player; uphold the mission of the Museum; abide by the stated rules, regulations and procedures of the Museum. Weekend, holiday, and occasional evening shifts are required. Interested candidates should send resume and cover letter to National Building Museum, HR-VSD, 401 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 or e-mail recruitment@nbm.org. No phone calls, please.
