Educator, Education and Family Programs Department

The Skirball Cultural Center seeks a skilled Full-Time Educator to facilitate school and public programs within various Skirball spaces and galleries, including Noah's Ark at the Skirball, the Skirball's award-winning interactive children's and family destination..

Full-time educators are part of a collaborative team that develops and facilitates participatory programs for children and adults, especially students in Grades TK – 6 and families with young children. These include programs for Noah's Ark at the Skirball and a newly opened learning garden, Art Studio, Archaeology Dig, Skirball's exhibitions on Jewish culture and history, immigration, and Civil Rights, as well as a variety of seasonal Family Programs.

Educators facilitate school and family learning through activities such as puppetry, movement, percussion, cooperative games, storytelling, gallery and garden learning, and hands-on art making activities. They impart key Skirball and Noah's Ark messages, and help to maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming environment.

Full-time Educators are part of the Education and Family Programs Department and report to the Director of Noah's Ark and Family Programs.

Rate: $22.00 per/hour

Schedule: This is a year-round, full-time position the schedule includes weekdays, weekends, and holidays. The Educator will be required to work on Sundays each week and have flexibility to occasionally work on Saturdays as needed.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively to deliver consistently excellent gallery experiences for school groups and for the public, including, but not limited to, performances of memorized cultural flood stories, puppetry, art-making activities, and participatory movement and music making.
• Demonstrate mastery of assigned tour content and facilitation strategies; team-teach experiential, gallery-based programs and sustain high performance standards.
• Convey key Skirball and Noah's Ark messages and content through programs and positive visitor interactions.
• Help maintain a friendly, clean, and safe environment, proactively address customer service and operational issues, and troubleshoot as needed.
• Integrate and apply feedback from supervisors to achieve program goals and standards. Incorporate notes quickly and show measurable improvement in a timely way.
• Reset and maintain Noah's Ark galleries, and other galleries and indoor and outdoor program spaces as assigned including daily prop cleaning and occasional light plant care.
• Assist in preparing, keeping inventory, and organizing materials for programs.
• Perform related administrative work as assigned.
• Provide flexible support as assigned, including occasional coverage of Shift Supervisor duties, project work for School Programs, or special program or garden-related initiatives.
• Contribute to developing new gallery, amphitheater, garden and family festival programs and performances, school tours, visitor interactions, and educator trainings as assigned.
• Co-train and mentor fellow colleagues as assigned.
• Commitment to a respectful, supportive team culture; collaborate with colleagues and supervisors with kindness and professionalism, fostering trust, welcoming interactions, and constructive responses to feedback.
• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications, Experiences, and Attributes

• Demonstrated ability to lead participatory educational experiences for people of all ages in an informal education setting
• Background and experience in arts education, museum education, early childhood education, acting, storytelling, and/or related field
• Outstanding public speaking and interpersonal skills; warm, welcoming, professional manner, ability to discern visitor needs and engage positively with people of different ages and abilities
• Proficiency in one or more of the following specialized areas: gallery teaching, puppetry, acting, movement, music, percussion, storytelling, improvisation and visual arts
• Team player with a collaborative work style; ability to accept and support change, and work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and work styles
• Ability to work long hours that require physical agility (kneeling, crouching, lifting, sitting on floor, etc.) and sustained energy
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, highly sensory environment while maintaining composure and visitor focus.
• Proven ability to exercise good judgment, take initiative, and manage a changing and varied workload
• An active interest and understanding of the Skirball Cultural Center mission and essential Jewish values
• Basic knowledge/understanding of Jewish cultural practices desirable
• Fluency in spoken Spanish preferred but not required