Volunteer
OMAH loves its Volunteers!
When you volunteer at OMAH, you join a group of people who share a passion for culture and our community. In addition to the opportunity to work with a highly committed team of staff and volunteers in a stimulating workplace, some of the benefits of volunteering at OMAH include:
Orientation and training for all volunteer positions – both on the job and through workshop opportunities, development of employment-related skills, discounts on Museum Shop purchases, letters of reference and records of volunteer hours. Vulnerable sector screening check may be required.
Roles and Opportunities:
Visitor Experiences/Gallery Greeter
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Welcome visitors
- Inform visitors about exhibitions and OMAH programmes (membership, education)
- Basic administrative duties
Reporting to: Administrative Assistant
Administrative Support
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Record keeping, data entry
- Scanning
- Basic administrative duties
Reporting to: Administrative Assistant
Gallery Guide/Docent
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Greet and engage with museum visitors using a variety of interactive strategies to help provide a personalized visit
- Keep up-to-date on current and upcoming exhibition content
- Conduct independent research on art and artefacts on display
- Facilitate interpretive activities in galleries for children and adults
- Help the Programming team to develop interactive gallery activities
Reporting to: Executive Director
Collections
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Entering information into the database
- Cataloguing
- Organizing and re-housing reference material
- Photographing artifacts
Reporting: Executive Director
Research
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Gain familiarity with collection
- Assist visitors with research resources
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information
- Occasional independent research administrative assistance as required
Reporting: Executive Director
Exhibition Installation
Responsibilities:
- Assist with exhibition installation
Duties may include: Painting, mount creation, carpentry, artefact and art installation, lighting, administration - Assist with exhibition take down
Duties may include: Patching and painting walls, artefact removal, administration
Volunteers should be comfortable on step stools and some ladders
Reporting to: Exhibition Project Lead
Special Events
Duties and responsibilities:
- Assist with setup, greeting and registration
- Food and beverage service (Smart Serve certification is not mandatory, but is an asset)
- Event planning
Reporting to: Administrative Assistant
Studio Assistant
Duties and responsibilities:
- Greet families, children and students
- Assist instructor with setup and striking of studio materials
- Assist students (children) with art-making
- Supervise children indoors and outdoors
- Organize activities for break times
Reporting to: Programming team
For more information, please contact
Monica Szegvary, Administrative Assistant
705-326-2159