K12 Gallery Assistant | University of Pennsylvania Job at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

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  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia, PA

Job Description

K12 Gallery Assistant

University Overview

The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn's distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning. As an employer Penn has been ranked nationally on many occasions with the most recent award from Forbes who named Penn one of America's Best Large Employers in 2023.

Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.

Posted Job Title
K12 Gallery Assistant

Job Profile Title
Temporary Employee - Non-Exempt

Job Description Summary
The K12 Gallery Assistant is part of the Learning Programs team dedicated to providing quality visitor experiences for K12 school students visiting the Penn Museum. School students visit the museum Tuesday through Fridays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm and participate in gallery tours, workshops, and self-guiding time in the galleries. Some tour operator groups bring K12 students after hours between 4 and 8 pm. The K12 Gallery Assistant will assist with K12 field trips by greeting school students, helping students use bins or cubbies to store lunches and coats, setting up self-guided materials, helping students find galleries during self-guided visit time, and monitoring groups during lunch in Group Dining. This role works closely with Museum security to ensure that student groups are aware of museum rules and adhere to them while in the galleries. This role would keep track of other guiding groups in the gallery from Group Sales and Academic Engagement as well as K12 guided gallery tour programs to recommend other areas of the museum to visit. This role would assist with K12 tour operator groups sometimes in the evening to assist with games and self-guided tour activities. This role works 10 hours per week, must work at least 9:30 am to 1:00 pm, and reports to the School Visit Manager.

Job Description

Key responsibilities: (1) Greeting school groups and helping to store coats and lunches in coat bins; (2) review tour schedules making sure groups are where they need to be according to their itinerary for the day; (2) Monitor K-12 school groups self-guiding in the gallery and helping them follow museum rules and providing self-guided materials for students to do; (3) Greet K12 tour operator groups during evening program and help them self-guide in the gallery on occasion; (4) Answering phone calls and providing basic information about the field trip to teachers; (5) Complete safety training including knowing fire evacuation and active shooter protocols and complete orientation training to understand museum history, basic gallery information, and visitor experience information.

Job Location - City, State
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department / School
University Museum

Pay Range
$7.25 - $17.00 Hourly Rate
Salary offers are made based on the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, as well as internal and market factors and grade profile.

Affirmative Action Statement
Penn adheres to a policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

Special Requirements
Background check may be required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.

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About University of Pennsylvania

Penn has a long and proud tradition of intellectual rigor and pursuit of innovative knowledge, begun by Benjamin Franklin in 1740. That tradition lives today through the creativity, entrepreneurship, and engagement of our faculty, students, and staff. Academic life at Penn is unparalleled, with an undergraduate student body of 10,000 from every U.S. state and around the world. The entering class of 2015 is the most talented and diverse in Penn's history. Consistently ranked among the top 10 universities in the country, Penn welcomes an additional 10,000 students to our top-ranked graduate and professional schools.

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Job Tags

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