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Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Answer visitor questions on general butterfly biology, pollination, conservation and related topics.
- Use teaching tools such as magnifiers and empty cocoons to enhance the visitor experience.
- Monitor visitor behavior to protect live butterflies.
- Ensure doors are properly used to contain butterflies within the Vivarium.
- Assist other staff with tidying and cleaning the Vivarium, changing fruit and feeders and misting plants.
The expected salary for the Exhibition Explainer is $20/hour. This position is overtime-eligible.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent and completion of some college-level classes.
- Experience working with the public or school classes in a customer service or informal education role.
- Ability to work 2 or 3 days a week, including one weekend day and holidays, and occasional evenings as needed.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in biology, life sciences or education.
- One year professional experience in informal education with live animals or plants.
- Physical Demands
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position (sitting or standing) for prolonged periods.
- Must be able to occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.
- Must be able to move about the Museum campus.
- Positioning/change of positioning: Must be able to frequently position oneself/body to accomplish job duties.
- Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling.
- Climbing: Ascending or descending physical structures.
- Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and up to 20 pounds of force frequently. May include any of the following:
- Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward or outward.
- Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
- Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.
- Must be able to comfortably work in a hot/humid environment.
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