Position Title: Mulvane Student Gallery Assistant (FWS)
Department: Mulvane Art Museum
Advertised Pay: 10.00
Campus Location: Washburn University
Position Summary:
Gallery Assistants welcome visitors into the Mulvane Art Museum, address questions, and create a comfortable environment that encourages learning and enjoyment. Gallery Assistants will also help keep the museum secure and its spaces cared for. They support senior staff members on museum projects, programs, and initiatives.
About Washburn University:
Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.
Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.
Essential Functions:
-Greet and interact with visitors.
-Record visitor attendance.
-Answer phones.
-Monitor galleries and check security camera displays.
-Perform basic care duties for gallery spaces.
-Work with Mulvane staff on projects, touring groups, events, and exhibitions.
-Perform errands around campus.
-Attend all required staff meetings and trainings.
-Perform additional job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
-Students working toward an art, art history, history, or education major or minor, preferred.
-Students in any major/minor program will be considered for this position.
-Must be reliable and professional.
-Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
-Independent and motivated student worker.
Preferred Qualifications:
-Interest in Museums and/or History
Hourly
Background Check Required