Employment Opportunities at the Heritage Centre

​RED LAKE REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTRE
Registrar Intern
 
Our Community:


The Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre is currently recruiting for the position of “Registrar Intern”. This 52 week internship is funded under the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, with the purpose of providing new cultural, history, heritage, and museum studies graduates with a skills building opportunity in Ontario’s north.
 
Red Lake is a small community nestled in the serene wilderness of Northwestern Ontario and as a result it has the hospitality and friendliness of a small town. The region is famous for its hunting & fishing, beautiful provincial parks, and a colourful history of mining, aviation and art.
 
Job Description:
The position of Registrar Intern will provide the successful candidate with the chance to gain experience in the museum field, building on the skills they have previously acquired. The intern will have the opportunity to plan, organize and improve on the current storage of artifacts from a variety of collections held within the Heritage Centre’s Mezzanine.
The successful candidate will work to complete a project related to cataloguing, photographing, and storing a variety of items the Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre’s material culture. Tasks include:
1) Review the current collections plan and policy, and work with the Curator to ensure that it is clear, up to date and relevant to the Heritage Centre’s current strategic direction.
2) Photograph and inventory material culture, providing a detailed list of objects in storage. Plan and map out a plan for redesign the storage space.
3) With the assistance of the Curator and the Director, establish a list of supplies/suppliers that would be required for the implementation of the storage plan.
4) Using the inventory, update catalogue records in PastPerfect, ensure that all information is reconciled with information on the donor cards, condition reports and database. Using the inventory, identify any items that do not have records in PastPerfect. Confirm that they belong in the collection, and then add them.
5) Utilizing the storage plan design and the supplies list, reorganize the storage space according to the plan. This includes building proper mounts, preparing storage spaces and recording relocations into PastPerfect.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate would be a University or College graduate with a focus on museum studies. A combination of education and experience may also be considered. Museum-related volunteer experience would be an asset. 
 
Required Professional Skills include:
  • Demonstrated research and organizational skills, and attention to detail
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Self-motivation and ability to work effectively alone or in a team
  • Proven leadership skills
  • Experience creating mounts would be an asset
  • Experience using PastPerfect would be an asset
  • Experience handling cultural materials is a requirement
  • Experience using Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel is required
  • Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator would be an asset
 
Salary:                         $19.50/hour plus benefits
 
Hours:             Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., occasional evenings and weekends (35 hours/week).
 
Application Deadline:                        June 29, 2019
 
Submit your application to:

​Trevor Osmond
Director
heritage@redlake.ca 
 
Be sure to include ‘Registrar Intern’ in the email subject line.
​RED LAKE REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTRE
Traditional Knowledge Consultant Intern
 
Our Community:


The Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre is currently recruiting for the position of “Traditional Knowledge Consultant Intern”. This 52 week internship is funded under the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, with the purpose of providing new cultural, history, heritage, and museum studies graduates with a skills building opportunity in Ontario’s north.
 
Red Lake is a small community nestled in the serene wilderness of Northwestern Ontario and as a result it has the hospitality and friendliness of a small town. The region is famous for its hunting & fishing, beautiful provincial parks, and a colourful history of mining, aviation, indigenous culture and art.
 
Job Description:
The position of Traditional Knowledge Consultant Intern This opportunity will provide an intern with the chance to gain experience in the museum field, building on the skills they have previously acquired. The intern will be provided the opportunity to meet with and interview many prominent members of Red Lake’s Indigenous community. They will also be responsible for utilizing the information accumulated through the interview process in order to create an exhibit manual for an upcoming exhibit.
The successful candidate will work to complete a project related to gathering local indigenous stories and making significant connections with the indigenous community. Tasks include:
  1. Conduct an assessment of current research regarding local indigenous stories. Divide that research into topics or themes.
  2. Work with local indigenous community groups to identify elders who would be willing to be interviewed. Working with the Director, develop a set of interview questions in order to conduct interviews with the individuals identified. Interview a minimum of 7 elders.
  3. Working with the Curator, establish a narrative for use in a future exhibit. Working with the Curator and Director, create a visual story board that encompasses the narrative and present that story board to the elders who were interviewed. Work with the Curator, using the story boards, create an exhibit manual for use in a future exhibit.
  4. Working with the Director, consult with local organizations in order to create and run programs and events that matter to local indigenous people.
Qualifications:
 The ideal candidate would be a University or College graduate with a focus on Museum Studies, or Indigenous Studies. Previous experience with interviewing, working with indigenous groups or knowledge of local languages would be considered an asset.

Required Professional Skills include:
  • Demonstrated research and organizational skills, and attention to detail
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Self-motivation and ability to work effectively alone or in a team
  • Proven leadership skills
  • Knowledge of indigenous customs would be an asset
  • Knowledge conducting interviews would be an asset
  • Ability to converse in local dialects would be an asset
  • Experience using Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel is required
  • Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator would be an asset
 
Salary:                         $19.50/hour plus benefits
 
Hours:             Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., occasional evenings and weekends (35 hours/week).
 
Application Deadline:                        June 29, 2019
 
Submit your application to: Trevor Osmond
Director
heritage@redlake.ca 
 
Be sure to include ‘Traditional Knowledge Consultant Intern’ in the email subject line.
The Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre explores the past, present, and future of Red Lake and celebrates its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation. 

We look for enthusiastic, energetic, and creative individuals to be part of our team through a variety of opportunities such as board members, permanent and casual/contract staff positions, youth internships, student employment, grant-funded positions, and volunteers. 

The Board of Directors and staff work together to promote a healthy and positive work climate that stimulates creativity, productivity, team spirit, efficiency, quality of client services and a sense of responsibility for the success of the organization. 

If you would like to be considered for a position with us or to volunteer, please e-mail us your resume, specifying your areas of expertise and qualifications. Your name will be added to our distribution list and you will be informed when positions become available. 

For more information contact: 

Trevor Osmond
Director
Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre 
Box 64, 51A Highway 105 
Red Lake, ON P0V 2M0 
Tel: (807) 727-3006 
E-mail: heritage@redlake.ca