Education Specialist - Museum jobs in San Francisco, CA

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

1. Monitors and maintains a high standard of cleanliness throughout the museum campus, including performing custodial duties as necessary.  
2. Assists with program, event, and festival production, including set-up and teardown. 
3. Assures a safe site for visitors, staff, and volunteers.   
4. Carries out basic maintenance/repair of all buildings and grounds.   
5. Utilizes the Facilities help ticket system for all fabrication, repair, and event requests. Provides immediate response to site issues and requests. 
6. Helps to ensure general shop safety, serviceability, and proper use of tools and equipment by participating in shop maintenance tasks. 
7. Ability to maintain flexibility of schedule to provide support for special events as and Facilities staff vacation and sick time coverage.  

Performs other duties as assigned. 

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS 

• Regular and predictable attendance is required. Candidates must have reliable access to transportation to our site.  
• General repair and mechanical skills are preferred including carpentry, electrical, and plumbing. Ability to use basic hand tools and power tools.  
• Knowledge of and adherence to tool and shop safety. Knowledge of OSHA regulations.
• General computer skills, including proficiency with accessing internet, email, and BADM’s service ticketing system.   
• Professional commitment to Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion; thoughtful and open about the role of a workplace and a cultural institution in creating a sense of welcome and belonging for staff and visitors. Ability to work well with a variety of people from various backgrounds and cultures.   
• Knowledge of good customer service principles.  
• Proficiency in English required. Bilingual language skills (Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin) a plus. 
• Creativity and orientation towards problem-solving. Ability to take initiative and troubleshoot in a fast-paced work environment.  
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.  Mature, friendly, flexible and service-oriented, good-humored, team player.  
• Abides by and enforces BADM’s health and safety protocols. 

TO APPLY  

Whether at the Museum, online, or in the community, we provide experiences that spark children’s natural curiosity for the world around them, while building their creative problem-solving skills and STEM content knowledge. Both on-site and off-site, we facilitate research-backed learning experiences that are fun and engaging for children and families. At our one-of-a-kind location at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, this includes hands-on exhibits, rich STEM and art programming, an on-site preschool, and camps and classes. Off-site, our museum educators bring hands-on STEM programming to students and families at schools and libraries in all nine Bay Area counties.   

We believe that these research-backed on-site and off-site experiences should be made available to all children and families and offer a variety of access initiatives toward this goal. We are currently working our way back up to our pre-pandemic numbers:  

• 350,000 visitors each year, including nearly 100,000 with free or reduced admission   
• 10,000 member families   
• 26,000 children through our school and community programs   
• 587 schools and 215 libraries through all nine Bay Area counties   

The Bay Area Discovery Museum is committed to being welcoming and inclusive. We are continuously working toward the goal of reflecting the diversity of the Bay Area both within our organization and with those we serve.