Story Guide (Grant funded)
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KOHL CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC
Glenview, IL, US
Summary
The Story Guide facilitates theater and storytelling programming while creating engaging, playful experiences for museum visitors. They are also responsible for maintaining theater inventory and ensuring a clean, safe environment within the exhibit area.
Job Description
The Story Guide (4 year grant funded) is a vital role in creating a welcoming, developmentally appropriate, and playful experience for museum visitors. This position facilitates many theater and storytelling programing, including creating original productions, securing and maintaining theater inventory, conducting daily programming, and providing meaningful interactions with guests.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure high-quality theater/storytelling experiences primarily within the Roots of Kindness exhibit.
- Seek opportunities for and provide high level, playful interactions with guests.
- Help to maintain a neat and clean environment in the exhibit area.
- Comply with all safety protocols and procedures.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- N/A
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Attend monthly, quarterly and annual museum trainings and meetings as needed
- Support team members with a positive and collaborative attitude
- Support the Operations Team with minor sanitation duties
- Perform other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's Degree preferred
- Prior theater, performance, and storytelling experience
- Minimum of 2 years of interpretive, education or public programming in a performing arts/interactive setting
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Ability to take initiative, demonstrate proficiency in storytelling, interpretation, and playful learning experiences
- Customer Service
- Proficient in Microsoft Office. including Word and Excel
- Public speaking
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Valid driver's license, own vehicle and good driving record
- Flexibility with work schedule, as necessary, to support weekend scheduling and/or evening activities
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Customary performance-related activities: standing, walking, sitting, bending
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Moderate lifting (up to 15 pounds)
BENEFITS
- Paid Leave
- 401(k) with employer match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Museum Membership
- Pet Insurance
Thursday - Sunday
12:00pm-3:30pm
The Chicago area boasts only one institution that focuses exclusively on providing interactive exhibits and programming for young children ages birth to 8. Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago has long been recognized nationally as a model for its integration of play and learning within a fun environment and one that encourages curiosity, creativity and self-discovery. After 20 years at its original home in Wilmette, the Museum opened a new, $18.1 million Silver-level LEED (Leaders in Energy and Environmental Design) facility in Glenview in October 2005. More than 330,000 children, their families, caregivers and educators visit the Museum’s 17 hands-on, interactive exhibits each year to direct their own play and learning experiences in a safe, intimate environment. All exhibits and programming align to the State of Illinois Learning Standards for children up to 3rd grade, and adhere to the principles of universal design, welcoming guests with any level of physical, cognitive, and social-emotional ability.
The Museum also conducts numerous outreach activities, including its flagship Early Childhood Connections program, providing professional development for teachers and childcare providers along with free field trips for classrooms in low-income neighborhoods and children who are risk of academic failure. Everyone at Play, which opens the Museum exclusively for families with children with special needs, is a program offered several times during the year.
Come see for yourself why we're the Place Where Awesome Lives!
Founded
1985
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Glenview, IL
The Chicago area boasts only one institution that focuses exclusively on providing interactive exhibits and programming for young children ages birth to 8. Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago has long been recognized nationally as a model for its integration of play and learning within a fun environment and one that encourages curiosity, creativity and self-discovery. After 20 years at its original home in Wilmette, the Museum opened a new, $18.1 million Silver-level LEED (Leaders in Energy and Environmental Design) facility in Glenview in October 2005. More than 330,000 children, their families, caregivers and educators visit the Museum’s 17 hands-on, interactive exhibits each year to direct their own play and learning experiences in a safe, intimate environment. All exhibits and programming align to the State of Illinois Learning Standards for children up to 3rd grade, and adhere to the principles of universal design, welcoming guests with any level of physical, cognitive, and social-emotional ability.
The Museum also conducts numerous outreach activities, including its flagship Early Childhood Connections program, providing professional development for teachers and childcare providers along with free field trips for classrooms in low-income neighborhoods and children who are risk of academic failure. Everyone at Play, which opens the Museum exclusively for families with children with special needs, is a program offered several times during the year.
Come see for yourself why we're the Place Where Awesome Lives!
Founded
1985
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Glenview, IL
