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We’re Hiring!

The Elfreth’s Alley Association is looking to hire a MUSEUM GUEST SERVICES WEEKEND ASSOCIATE who will specialize in visitor and volunteer engagement.

  • $16 per hour

  • 15-20 hours per week

  • Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, with some special events on additional days of the week to be agreed upon in advance 

  • 11:30am until 4:30pm

  • Start date through November 17th 2024

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Greet visitors to the Alley and welcome them to the Museum

  • Interact with guests in a friendly, courteous and polite manner. This will include initiating contact with guests within 10 feet -- i.e. smiling, greeting, and offering assistance when needed

  • Open and close the Museum during weekend operating hours (Friday-Sunday, 12-4pm, requires coming in somewhat early and completing closing procedures), possibly including holidays

  • Sell admission to the Museum and staff the Museum gift shop

  • Work with the Museum’s Operations Manager to guide volunteers

  • Support the smooth execution of special events

  • Assist as needed with other duties not described up to a maximum of 20 hours/week

YOU:

  • Are available to work up to 20 hours per week

  • Are available to work every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday until November 17th

  • Can come to our Old City location to work

  • Can comfortably get up and down twisty old staircases

  • Are outgoing and friendly, and love to tell a good story

  • Enjoy initiating interactions with visitors, volunteers, and staff

  • Have experience transacting purchases and handling money

  • Get excited about history and working with primary and secondary source documents

  • Are able to complete errands as needed within a 10-block radius

  • Can carry up to 40lbs up and down twisty old stairs and on local errands as needed

  • Can compile necessary tasks and plan and ensure completion over time

  • Like to be busy and look for ways you can make a positive difference

  • Want to contribute to the long-term sustainability of a historic non-profit

WE:

  • Preserve, maintain, and promote Elfreth’s Alley. Folks have continuously lived on this residential street since the mid-1700s, longer than anywhere else in the U.S. Elfreth’s Alley was Philadelphia’s first location to be added to the National Register of Historic Places in the mid-1960s.

  • Are a small-but-mighty 501(c)(3) that runs on the work of our Board of Directors, a handful of staff members, and dozens of dedicated volunteers.

  • Own three buildings on the Alley, two of which are currently open as museum houses. Our offices are located on the third floor of one of these homes.

  • Organize and host 2-4 annual fundraising events 

  • Attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the U.S. and around the world

  • Open our museum doors April through November, from 12 noon until 4pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays

  • Employe and manage a year-round Museum Operations Manager

  • Employ and manage a year-round Office Manager 

  • Build relationships with residents of the 32 private homes on Elfreth’s Alley

We expect the hiring process for this role to include:

  • Approx 30 minute first-round virtual interview with current Museum Operations Manager for top applicants

  • At least one 30 minute second-round virtual interview with individual board member/s for top candidates

  • Board of Directors reconvenes with Museum Operations Manager before extending an offer to preferred candidate  

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact director@elfrethsalley.org

Please submit your job application at the following link: https://forms.gle/e4z4oMo7LsgpbJ1H9