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Museum Educator
City of St. Louis
Parks - JB/Bissel Historical
Location
St. Louis, Missouri, 63105
Salary
Not specified
Type
Part-Time
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April 27, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This part-time role at the Jefferson Barracks museums involves welcoming visitors, leading guided tours, and handling daily operations to create engaging experiences focused on military history.
It suits energetic, friendly people who enjoy interacting with the public, working with volunteers, and supporting educational programs on weekends and evenings.
No benefits are offered, but it provides hands-on experience in customer service and museum work.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in History, Museum Studies, Education, or a related field
- One year of related experience or equivalent combination of training and experience
- Strong communication skills for public interaction and public speaking
- Customer service orientation with a positive, friendly personality
- Willingness to work weekends and some evenings for events
- Ability to work with volunteers and handle administrative tasks like visitor data and tour inquiries
- Knowledge of military history and experience with museums preferred
Full Job Description
St Louis County's Jefferson Barracks museums are seeking an enthusiastic Museum Educator to ensure a positive and welcoming experience for visitors and provide administrative, visitor services, and program support.
This position builds experience in customer service, public speaking, and knowledge of and experience with military history and museums.
Museum Educators facilitate interpretative services to Museum visitors through guided tours and during programs and events (i.e., family programs, exhibit openings), engage visitors in a welcoming manner and are responsive and informative to visitors' needs.
The ideal candidate will be hands-on, collaborative, energetic, customer oriented and possess a positive, friendly personality.
This is a part-time position with a predetermined schedule (monthly). Work schedule includes weekends and some evenings for special events. The average is 28 hours per week.
The starting salary is $18.07 hourly and there are no benefits provided. Work schedule is Wednesday – Sunday 11:30am to 4:30pm with some flexibility.
Requirements
Examples of Duties:
- Communicate with the public in a personable, professional and knowledgeable manner
- Works with Volunteers on a daily basis
- Works in a variety of historic buildings
- Process tour inquiries, provide check-in information and communicate with teachers and volunteers
- Keep daily attendance, collect and record visitor data; address visitor concerns in a resourceful and courteous manner and communicate visitor feedback to appropriate staff
- Provide accurate information about the Museum, its exhibits, events and programs, as well as information on the surrounding area; attend pre-exhibition trainings
- Assist in the set-up and/or assist visitors with a variety of audio visual and multimedia technologies that are used in exhibits (may include laptops and projectors, video cameras, and touch screen displays)
- Assist as needed with special projects and Education and Visitor Services departmental assignments
- Monitor building and exhibits to ensure safety of patrons and security of artifacts and exhibits while museum is open to the public; open and close buildings as scheduled
- Perform related work as required
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in History, Museum Studies, Education or a related field and one year of related experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Must be willing to work some weekends and evenings for special events and programs.
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