Docent Program Assistant

Job Title:

Docent Program Assistant (Part-time, 24 hours a week)

Department:
Conservation, Education and Science

Reports To:

Docent Program Coordinator

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Job Location:

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Tucson, AZ, Salary Range: $19.86 - $21.02

Hourly

Compensation:
Pay rate range of $19.86 - $21.02 per hour DOE, plus a comprehensive benefit package, which includes medical, dental, vision, life and LTD insurance, FSA, HRA, 403(b) retirement plan, paid holidays, personal business, sick leave, and vacation.

Do you enjoy teaching, creating engaging educational experiences, and working with volunteers? The Desert Museum is seeking a part-time Docent Program Assistant to support the volunteers who bring the Sonoran Desert to life for our guests.

The Docent Program Assistant provides direct support to the Docent Program. Docents are volunteers who interpret live animals, demonstrate educational kits and lead tours, helping to enrich the experience for Museum guests.

The Docent Program Assistant will assist in Docent and Junior Docent training and scheduling, development and evaluation of interpretative activities, creating and maintaining interpretive materials, and implementation of special events.

The Docent Program Assistant will serve as the staff liaison for docents on most Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Assists with Docent and Junior Docent Training.
• Assists with day-to-day Docent operations; proactively responding to concerns, questions, problems, and complaints.
• Develops, maintains, and updates interpretive kits and materials for Docents and Junior Docents.
• Creates interpretive schedules for daily programming and special events.
• Observes and evaluates Docent and Junior Docent interpretive practices.
• Maintains mastery of scheduling platforms, training Docents in their use, and solving problems and issues.
• Recruits and coordinates Docents for Special Events.
• Maintains current links on Docent and Junior Docent websites and file exchange.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Associate’s degree (AA) (or equivalent) in a natural history‑related field and/or education, and one year experience teaching or creating educational materials. Knowledge of Sonoran Desert natural history is preferred.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of word processing and design software such as PowerPoint or Adobe…