<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Creston Museum has an unexpected opportunity to offer a
one-year internship!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This position is funded through BC Arts Council’s Early
Career Development program, which normally requires a collaborative application
between the museum and the intern. The intern we had intended to hire is unable
to join us after all. BC Arts Council is encouraging us to work with another
early career practitioner instead.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">So, if you are building your career in museums, here’s an
opportunity to tackle a project, get creative with strategies and solutions, gain
solid skills, build your professional network, and get a bit of a taste of
pretty much anything a small museum can throw at you.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To be eligible, you must:</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Be working in a museum field (collections
management, museum education, curatorial practices, conservation, etc) or
related field such as arts administration, cultural management, community-based
arts, multi- or interdisciplinary artistic practice, independent curatorial
practice, etc; AND</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who
ordinarily resides in BC, having lived in the province for at least 12 months;
AND</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Not be enrolled in full-time studies; AND EITHER</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Have completed basic training in your discipline
within the past five years OR, if you are 30 years of age or younger, completed
your basic training within the past ten years; AND/OR</p>
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</span></span>Identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, or
Inuit), Racialized (Culturally Diverse, Person of Colour, Visible Minority), or
Deaf, a Person living with Disabilities and/or with Mental Illness; AND/OR</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Live in a small and/or isolated community
outside of greater Vancouver or the capital region.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“Basic Training” means appropriate and relevant education
that has prepared you to work at a professional level, such as a degree or
certificate from an academic institution, or traditional knowledge transfer or
apprenticeship with a qualified, peer-recognised practitioner.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>What will you do
while you’re here?</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ideally, you are working to build your practice in community
engagement through object-based research and collections management, and can
step into the role we had designed with our intended intern (job description
attached). However, the Early Career Development program is all about building
YOUR skills and capacity and meeting YOUR career goals – so your specific role
and tasks here can be very flexible. If you’re interested in joining our small
team, but have a different focus in mind, let’s talk! </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are a community-focused museum, working hard to expand
our presentation to include the many people, voices, and challenges that have
shaped, and continue to shape, the Creston Valley. We offer an impressive array
of (COVID-friendly) on-site and off-site programming in collaboration with
community partners and have several exhibit development projects either on the
go or awaiting an opportunity, all supported by ever-growing object and
archival collections.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>To indicate your
interest</b>, contact Tammy Bradford, Manager, at 250-428-9262 or <a href="mailto:tammy@crestonmuseum.ca" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">tammy@crestonmuseum.ca</a>, no later than
26 November 2021.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Anticipated Start
Date:</b> approximately February 2022</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Hours of Work:</b>
30-40 per week, depending on your needs; flex-time and combined
on-site/work-from-home options</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Compensation:</b> $18
per hour plus vacation pay, including four weeks paid holidays and paid sick/personal
days.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">________________________________</p><p class="MsoNormal">Tammy Bradford, Manager<br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Creston Museum</p><p class="MsoNormal">219 Devon Street, Creston BC V0B 1G3</p><p class="MsoNormal">250-428-9262</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Creston Museum operates on the unceded traditional territory of Yaqan Nukiy within the Ktunaxa Nation.</i></p><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>