Operations Manager Fifth Maine Museum Peaks

OPERATIONS MANAGER AT THE FIFTH MAINE MUSEUM ON PEAKS ISLAND

Date Posted
:
February 9, 2026
Date Needed
:
February 24, 2026
Location
:
Peaks Island, ME
Salary
: $25-$30/hour depending on experience

• Part-time, hybrid position for a seasonal history museum open to the public mid-May through mid-October.
• Year-round, approximately 30-35 hours/week May-September, and 10-15 hours/week October-April, $25-$30/hour depending on experience
• Can be fully remote from November-March.
• Mindful of the island location, candidates are able to support the museum largely in-person during the open season. Some evening and weekend hours are required for events and meetings.

• Ideal candidate has a minimum of one to two years’ experience in organizational or corporate communications, staffing schedules and training, event and rental venue coordination.
• Candidate possesses exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills for internal success and to promote the museum with visitors, donors, prospective rental and business opportunities, volunteers, staff and board members.

• Past Perfect/database management software
• Square Space
• Google Drive
• Word / Excel
• Zoom
• Chat GPT/Gemini/Claude

• Report weekly and directly to the President and Vice President of the Board of Directors
• Work closely with curator and other staff such as the museum curator on projects such as new visitor interpretive materials, including completion of a self-guided tour.
• Interface and assist Guest Services Associates (GSAs) as needed.

• With museum staff, review and assist to develop docent protocols and training materials.
• Set up Sign-Up Genius for docent scheduling to reflect the May to September daily docent requirements. Docents enter own availability.
• Monitor daily shift coverage and notify the docent community of uncovered shifts, two per day.
• Solicit volunteers when empty shifts occur.
• Issue June - October weekly email reports and updates
• Develop and monitor surveys for docent interactions to improve docent and visitor experience.
• Prepare year- end summary of docent interactions with public toward improved visitor engagement

• Provide primary liaison with Visit Portland to develop public awareness of the museum as a micro-venue.
• Liaison with staff or board members responsible for private events and corporate off-site meeting rentals.
• Ensure staff for museum programs, including opening and closing the building, setting up and cleaning up after public events.
• Promote facility as a private event venue.

• Manage and update the museum webpage on a regular basis.
• Promote Fifth Maine events using a variety of media tools.
• Monitor the general email and voicemail inboxes and reply or forward as necessary. Keep outgoing voicemail messages updated.
• Write and solicit articles for newsletter with email distribution.
• Maintain on-island banners, sandwich boards, and bulletin boards.
• Submit ads to Casco Bay Lines, the Peaks Island News and other media outlets.

The Fifth Maine Museum is an oceanside, Queen Anne and Shingle-Style historic site located on Peaks Island, Maine built in 1888. It’s a rare survivor from the Civil War reunion era, and a unique piece of American history. Today, the building houses the Fifth Maine Museum, telling two related stories through objects, artifacts and exhibits, of the Fifth Maine Civil War regiment and the history of Peaks Island from its early settlement, to its days as the "Coney Island of Maine," and its role during World War II and beyond.

Only accessible by a 20-minute ferry ride from Portland, It’s also an active community center, hosting dozens of events for local nonprofits and organizations.

The museum is open Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Memorial Day through the end of June, and again from Labor Day through Indigenous People’s Day. It’s open every day of the week during July and August. Hours are 10am-3pm.

The museum…