The Skirball Cultural Center seeks skilled On Call Educators to facilitate school and public programs within various Skirball spaces and galleries, including Noah’s Ark at the Skirball, the Skirball’s award-winning interactive children’s and family destination.
On Call Educators are part of a collaborative team that facilitates participatory programs for visitors, especially those with young or school-age children. These include programs for Noah’s Ark at the Skirball and adjacent Bloom Garden, Art Studio, Archaeology Dig, Visions and Values exhibition, selected changing exhibitions and a variety of seasonal Family Programs offerings. On Call Educators facilitate school and family learning through activities such as puppetry, movement, percussion, cooperative games, storytelling, gallery learning and hands-on art making activities. They impart key Skirball and Noah’s Ark messages and help to maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming environment.
On Call Educators are part of the Education and Family Programs Department and report to the Associate Director of Noah’s Ark and Family Programs.
Compensation
- $19.50 per hour
- Hours are scheduled on an as-needed basis, primarily on weekends and holidays.
- Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively to deliver consistently excellent gallery experiences for the public
,and occasional school groups, which may include performances of memorized cultural flood stories, puppetry, art-making activities, and participatory movement and music making. - Demonstrate mastery of assigned tour content and facilitation strategies; when scheduled, team-teach experiential, gallery-based programs and sustain high performance standards.
- Convey key Noah’s Ark messages and content through programs and positive visitor interactions.
- Help maintain a friendly, clean, and safe environment, proactively address customer service and operational issues, and troubleshoot as needed.
- Integrate and apply feedback from supervisors to achieve program goals and standards. Incorporate notes quickly and show measurable improvement between shifts.
- Reset and maintain Noah’s Ark galleries, and other spaces as assigned including daily prop cleaning.
- Assist in preparing, keeping inventory, and organizing materials for programs.
- Perform related administrative work as assigned.
- Contribute to new gallery, garden, amphitheater, and family festival programs, school tours, drop-in performances, visitor interactions, and educator trainings as assigned.
- Co-train and mentor fellow colleagues as assigned, modeling best practices and reliable classroom leadership.
- Commitment to a respectful, supportive team culture; collaborate with colleagues and supervisors with kindness and professionalism, fostering trust, welcoming interactions, and constructive responses to feedback.
Qualifications, Experiences, and Attributes
- Background and experience in arts education, museum education, early childhood education, acting, storytelling, and/or related field
- Outstanding public speaking and interpersonal skills; warm, welcoming, professional manner, ability to discern visitor needs and engage positively with people of different ages and abilities
- Demonstrated ability to lead participatory educational experiences for people of all ages in an informal education setting.
- Proficiency in one or more of the following specialized areas: gallery teaching, puppetry, acting, movement, music, percussion, storytelling, improvisation and visual arts
- Team player with a collaborative work style; ability to accept and support change, and work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and work styles
- Ability to work long hours in both indoor and outdoor settings that require physical agility (kneeling, crouching, lifting, sitting on floor, etc.) and sustained energy
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, highly sensory environment while maintaining composure and visitor focus.
- Proven ability to exercise good judgment, take initiative, and manage a changing and varied workload
- An active interest and understanding of the Skirball Cultural Center mission and essential values
- Basic knowledge/understanding of Jewish cultural practices desirable
- Fluency in spoken Spanish preferred but not required