Activity Leader Volunteer

Opportunity Details

Position Summary

The goal of the volunteer's role is to enhance and improve all Museum visitors’ experience by leading and facilitating family-friendly activities.

Responsibilities

• Introduce an activity table and encouraging kids or adults to join.
• Engage with families in a proactive way inviting them to explore the activities, asking questions and interacting with them around the activity or specimens.
• Offer wayfinding and problem-solving as needed while leading your activity.
• Represent the Museum in a professional and friendly way at all times.
• Familiarize yourself with the Museum’s schedule of daily animal shows and other fun family friendly things to do to help answer visitors' questions.

Requirements

• Introduce an activity table and encouraging kids or adults to join.
• Engage with families in a proactive way inviting them to explore the activities, asking questions and interacting with them around the activity or specimens.
• Offer wayfinding and problem-solving as needed while leading your activity.
• Represent the Museum in a professional and friendly way at all times.
• Familiarize yourself with the Museum’s schedule of daily animal shows and other fun family friendly things to do to help answer visitors' questions.

Skills Needed

• Communication: Able to engage in clear, concise and effective communication to varied audiences; able to empathize with others’ needs and respond sensitively; able to use good judgment when responding to objections successfully. Will communicate immediately with supervisor any issues that arise while volunteering.
• Initiative: Able to adapt old methods for new uses or seek continuous improvement in procedures. Able to conceive more effective/efficient ways of completing tasks.
• Professionalism: Able to remain calm and professional through stressful or ambiguous circumstances; able to objectively and calmly interpret information and solve problems.
• Teamwork: Able to show team spirit and treat team members with cooperation and respect; able to share useful information with team members; able to support and comply with decisions.

Physical Volunteering Conditions

Reasonable accommodations available for all physical requirements.

Requirements for all Volunteer Positions

• All volunteer positions require a minimum age of 16.
• All volunteer positions require a 3-month commitment. Unless otherwise stated.
• Volunteers need to complete all training sessions or orientations.
• Attend required continuing education seminar(s) each year.
• Fingerprinting and/or background check is required for all volunteers.
• A commitment to maintaining confidentiality of all privileged information to which they are exposed to while volunteering, whether this information involves a single staff person, or another person, or involves overall museum business.

Age Minimum (with Adult)

18+

Minimum Age

18+

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