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Community Services Assistant 3 - YCW Curatorial Internship 2019
Municipality: City of Surrey This posting closed on

September 2, 2019
at 4:30 PM
Job Description: The City of Surrey is looking for an enthusiastic, collaborative, and creative Curatorial Assistant with the experience and drive to work amidst a dynamic civic artifact collection and community. With demonstrated experience in artifact handling and documentation, preventative conservation, and database systems, the Curatorial Assistant aids in facilitating community engagement through artifacts. Reporting to the Curator of Collections, the Curatorial Assistant is a key member of the team that manages the City???s Heritage artifact collections.
The City???s artifact collections consist of approximately 40,000 objects, housed and exhibited at the Museum of Surrey, Historic Stewart Farm, and other civic venues. The collections play a central role in the presentation, interpretation, and understanding of the City???s past, present and future. The Curatorial Assistant assists in the organization and administration of the collections and works collaboratively to support access and use for exhibits, research, and programs.
As an internship position, there will be a focus on mentorship and career planning. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate pursuing a career in Museums or Heritage.
Duties: ??? Assist to reorganize collections storage spaces
??? Rehouse collections items, implementing preservation standards and care
??? Catalogue and document artifacts using the MINISIS M3 database
??? Undertake primary and secondary source research on a variety of subjects
??? Facilitate collections access and use for exhibitions, research, and programming
??? Take and prepare digital images of artifacts for public access and long term preservation
Educational Requirements: ??? Completion of grade 12 supplemented by some post secondary schooling.
??? Emergency First Aid with CPR.
??? Work experience in a cultural heritage facility, with training and experience in artifact handling and documentation.
??? Valid driver???s license, with a safe driving history, and
Please note that this position is contingent on Federal Government grant funding. Applicants must be available to work the full duration of the grant sponsored position, be between the ages of 16 and 30, and be registered on the Young Canada Works on-line candidate inventory.
Address: 14245 - 56th Avenue
Surrey, British Columbia
V3X 3A2, Canada
E-mail: humanresources@surrey.ca
Fax:
Opening Date: August 7, 2019 08:30 AM
Closing Date: September 2, 2019 04:30 PM

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