Wheat Jobs (NOW HIRING)

GENERAL PURPOSE:

Performs a wide variety of administrative and clerical duties to help ensure the ongoing operation of the museum facilities and grounds, including providing regional and local historic information to the public; assists in regional and local historic research; organizes and keeps inventory of historic artifacts and conducts educational tours of museum. Responsible for staffing the museum at the Wheat Ridge Historical Park, answering questions, scheduling and guiding tours, and providing miscellaneous services to visitors. Also responsible for filing and cataloging donations with in collaboration with Wheat Ridge Historical Society volunteers.

Wheat Ridge was founded during the 1859 Gold Rush as a rest stop for miners and later named for its golden wheat fields. As unsuccessful miners turned to farming, the area thrived with orchards, vegetable fields, and later, greenhouses, earning the title “Carnation City.” Incorporated in 1969, Wheat Ridge now offers a central location with easy access to Denver and the Rocky Mountains. It operates as a home-rule city with a council-manager government, where the elected council sets policy, and the manager oversees daily operations and budgeting.

CORE VALUES: The City of Wheat Ridge is committed to excellence and ACTION!:

• Accountability: Employees take responsibility for their actions, decisions, and recommendations and are accountable to each other and the community
• Change: Adapts to changing organizational needs, conditions, and work responsibilities.
• Teamwork: Employees value teamwork as a collaborative effort, with each person contributing unique skills, knowledge, and training to achieve common goals.
• Integrity: Employees uphold the highest ethical standards, recognize the importance of public and customer trust and adhere to the values of the organization.
• Opportunity: Employees are empowered to grow professionally, develop best practices, and seek challenges to advance the City.
• NOW!: Employees are proactive, timely, and efficient in responding to the needs of the organization and the community – NOW!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Staffs the museum information desk; serves as initial point of contact with varied members of the public.
• Answers telephones, schedules tours, program participants and other receptionist duties as needed.
• Presents talks and leads tours providing general information relating to the historical themes of the park.
• Creates exhibits as needed.
• Presents programs to children and assists teacher with their visit.
• Develops positive relations with visitors; provides information concerning facility and program(s) to visitors.
• Coordinate with the Wheat Ridge Historical Society as needed.
• Document and submit building and grounds maintenance concerns via a shift summary report to Supervisor.
• Complete light cleaning and organization throughout the buildings at the Historical Park.
• Staff are responsible for securing their own substitutes in their absence, within reasonable advance notice.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• No formal education or training required, but education and/or experience with museums, tours, history, anthropology, or related fields and/or areas is preferred
• Abilities:
  • To lead tours and instruct and oversee a group of youth and/or young adults.
  • Enforce safety regulations firmly.
  • Express ideas clearly and concisely.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, the public, volunteers and those of other agencies.
• Work is performed primarily in a standard office environment within a historic building.  Work involves working closely with others and occasionally working alone. Work environment may, depending on area, involve frequent exposure to irritating chemicals, machinery and its moving parts, slippery or uneven walking surfaces, dust, dirt, heat, cold, fumes, odors, noise, wetness, humidity, solvents, oils, and gases. This role requires a high degree of manual skill; needs the ability to hear, focus on close work, and use hands to fingers.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to bend, crouch or stoop, reach, climb, lift, carry, push or pull objects weighing less than 24 lbs. This position involves intermittently sitting, standing and walking. 

HOURS OF WORK, LOCATION, AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: include FT/PT, hours of work, and location

This is a part-time 5-hour/week position, with shifts on Fridays from 10am-3pm except for city holidays. There will be occasional additional hours for scheduled group tours from organizations such as schools, camps, and recreation centers.

This position works out of the Wheat Ridge Historical Park at 4610 N. Robb St. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033.

The City of Wheat Ridge is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and inclusivity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, marital status or any other applicable characteristics protected by law, unless related to a bona fide occupational qualification. The City of Wheat Ridge will consider reasonable accommodations for employment to qualified applicants upon request to the Human Resources Office.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position.