Job title: Teaching Assistant
Company: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Job description: Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The MCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates may be contacted for interviews. However, due to the high level of interest in positions, the MCA contacts only a small percentage of applicants. Please submit your resume as either a PDF or Word document.
We have openings for Teaching Assistants to facilitate tours, workshops, and activities based on the MCA's exhibitions and collections that promote learning through reflection, creative participation, and exchange. Reporting to the Manager of Learning, Students and Families, the assistants will primarily facilitate experiences for youth audiences through school field trips and family programs, occasionally facilitating experiences for adult audiences. To be successful in this role, you must:
$23.72 - $30.53 an hour n
This is a part-time position, with a schedule of less than 20 hours per week as needed for schools and tours that may occasionally include evening and weekend availability as required to fulfill responsibilities and for related museum activities. Ability to operate computers, printers, and telephones, light lifting, and general mobility throughout all museum properties required.
Interested? APPLY NOW
P.S. The MCA provides a generous part-time employee benefits package that includes discounted parking; pre-tax transportation programs; visiting the MCA's galleries; curator led staff tours of MCA exhibitions; discounts at the MCA Store and MCA restaurant Marisol; discounts for MCA Stage and other programs; plus a wide variety of discounts at many cultural institutions in the Chicagoland area.
The MCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. In addition, we aspire to make the MCA community and our environment - staff, audiences, artists, programs, and exhibitions - reflective of the diversity of the city of Chicago and to capture the spirit of access, inclusion, and equity in all we do. We strongly encourage and welcome applicants from our BIPOC, disabled, and LGBTQIA communities as they must be centered in the work we do. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at: .
Expected salary: $23.72 - 30.53 per hour
Location: Chicago, IL Apply Now
Company: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Job description: Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The MCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates may be contacted for interviews. However, due to the high level of interest in positions, the MCA contacts only a small percentage of applicants. Please submit your resume as either a PDF or Word document.
We have openings for Teaching Assistants to facilitate tours, workshops, and activities based on the MCA's exhibitions and collections that promote learning through reflection, creative participation, and exchange. Reporting to the Manager of Learning, Students and Families, the assistants will primarily facilitate experiences for youth audiences through school field trips and family programs, occasionally facilitating experiences for adult audiences. To be successful in this role, you must:
- Facilitate inquiry and discussion-based tours of MCA exhibitions as well as hands-on workshops as designed by Lead Educator and Managers of Learning.
- Facilitate creative projects for families with children 12 years old and under for monthly Family Days as designed by the Lead Educator and Manager of Learning, Students and Families.
- Prepare materials, set-up, and clean up learning spaces for field trips and family programs.
- Occasionally aid other MCA staff by facilitating projects designed by the MCA or other artists. n
- Experience teaching youth in a creative or cultural setting.
- Demonstrated knowledge of facilitating dialog and art interpretation.
- Ability to lift hospitality and art supplies up to 25 lbs.
- Ability to see works of visual art and hear and respond verbally to the voices of other people.
$23.72 - $30.53 an hour n
This is a part-time position, with a schedule of less than 20 hours per week as needed for schools and tours that may occasionally include evening and weekend availability as required to fulfill responsibilities and for related museum activities. Ability to operate computers, printers, and telephones, light lifting, and general mobility throughout all museum properties required.
Interested? APPLY NOW
P.S. The MCA provides a generous part-time employee benefits package that includes discounted parking; pre-tax transportation programs; visiting the MCA's galleries; curator led staff tours of MCA exhibitions; discounts at the MCA Store and MCA restaurant Marisol; discounts for MCA Stage and other programs; plus a wide variety of discounts at many cultural institutions in the Chicagoland area.
The MCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. In addition, we aspire to make the MCA community and our environment - staff, audiences, artists, programs, and exhibitions - reflective of the diversity of the city of Chicago and to capture the spirit of access, inclusion, and equity in all we do. We strongly encourage and welcome applicants from our BIPOC, disabled, and LGBTQIA communities as they must be centered in the work we do. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at: .
Expected salary: $23.72 - 30.53 per hour
Location: Chicago, IL Apply Now