Museum Aide I-Museum Interpreter (Seasonal

Position: Museum Aide I-Museum Interpreter (Seasonal)
Full Salary Ranges: $15.16- $21.75 Hourly

Anticipated Hiring Ranges: $15.16- $18.46 Hourly

Why do I see two salary ranges?

The City of Greeley in compliance with Colorado state law, includes a salary range for all positions posted. This law is intended to improve wage transparency. The City of Greeley, in support of wage transparency, posts both the full salary range for each position (what you might anticipate your earnings could be if you work for the City of Greeley for some time), as well as the anticipated hiring range (the range within which the City anticipates making an offer).

The actual offer extended will be based on your years of relevant experience, education, certifications and potentially other factors.

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Benefits:
This position is benefits eligible. Please view our benefits guide here.

Job Summary:

The Museum Aide
- Museum Interpreter is a part time, seasonal position working approximately 20 hours per week through December 2026. The interpreter's primary function is to research, write, conduct, and support a wide range of interpretive programs including, but not limited to historic skill workshops, site tours, school field trips, special events, and similar. Additional duties will include visitor services roles such as admission and gift shop sales, light cleaning, gardening, and special project work as assigned.

This position reports to the Curator of Education.

Typical schedule for this position would similar to the below example with some variation based on needs of school groups, special events, rentals, and similar.

* Tuesday-Friday 8:30am-4:00pm, occasional Saturday or Sunday

Experience, Knowledge,

Skills:

Minimum Requirements:

* High school diploma or equivalent (GED).

* The ideal candidate is personable, reliable, detail-oriented, and passionate about history and community engagement.

* At least six (6) months of experience in customer service, retail, or front desk operations.

OR

* Any combination of related education, experience, certifications and licenses that will result in a candidate successfully performing the essential functions of the job,

AND

* Possession of a valid driver's license.

Preferred:

* Certified Interpretive Guide Training desired.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

* Friendly, approachable demeanor with a positive attitude.

* Ability to follow written and verbal instructions, policies and procedures, and work independently or as part of a team.

* Ability to adapt verbal and visual communication to diverse audience groups

* Basic historic research and content writing skills.

* Attention to detail and ability to remain alert during long periods of standing or walking.

* Comfort with engaging diverse groups of visitors, including children and seniors.

* Knowledge of basic accounting and cash handling.

* Knowledge of and interest in Greeley, Weld County, and Colorado history.

* Knowledge of or interest in historic skillsets ranging from skills such as fibercraft, historic cooking, blacksmithing, printing, and/or similar others.

* Experience working with audiences from children to seniors in informal or formal learning environments.

* Experience in third-person interpretation techniques.

* Computer skills, including the ability to utilize Microsoft Office programs (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) and learn and experiment with new software and systems.

* Interpersonal skills, including the ability to facilitate interaction, communication, and teamwork between others.

* Oral, written, and listening communication skills, including the ability to accurately interpret what others…