Job Description

Competition # : 41944

Department: Communities, Culture, Tourism & Heritage

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Permanent

Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG

Closing Date: \xe2\x80\x8b08-Mar-24 \xe2\x80\x8b (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is part of the Nova Scotia Museum, in the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage. This department supports communities across the province to be welcoming, inclusive, and accessible, providing a great quality of life for Nova Scotians. We value the collective diversity of our heritage and our people and believe in the transformative nature of culture to help create healthy, active, growing communities.

The Nova Scotia Museum (NSM) consists of 28 museum sites across the province. It is responsible for the provincial collection of over one million artifacts and specimens housed at museum sites and storage facilities across the province. The NSM values equity, diversity, and inclusion and considers these drivers for necessary institutional change. The museum acknowledges that history\xe2\x80\x99s exclusionary practices must be addressed, that we are part of a shared heritage, and we will continue to work with community partners to work for change to interpret a more inclusive history.

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, an NSM site, engages the region\xe2\x80\x99s maritime experience in all its breadth and diversity, including our enduring and complex relationships with water and the sea.

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About Our Opportunity

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic\xe2\x80\x99s (MMA) Interpretation Specialist (IS) is responsible for the ongoing development of how the museum interacts with visitors, especially through the use of interpretation, and exhibitions. Core duties are best described as project management and development of exhibitions and interpretation projects. The Interpretation Specialist keeps projects moving along, and ensures projects are aligned with the museum vision and purpose. They are mindful of every opportunity to delight and intrigue audiences through best practices and innovations in museum interpretation, including an application of a lens of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in all aspects of their work. They are motivated to share knowledge and appreciation of our diverse maritime heritage and global maritime connections, past present and future.

The Interpretation Specialist coordinates with internal and external stakeholders, and team members, demonstrating excellent time management, communication, budgeting, procurement, leadership, and team building skills. They are on top of best practices and emerging trends in museum exhibition development and audience engagement. They continually assess the MMA\xe2\x80\x99s inclusion of new, diverse, and alternative perspectives and techniques in interpretation, and of sustainable processes. The IS works closely with the curatorial and senior leadership of the MMA, participating in strategic and operational planning, and they perform other duties, as required. The IS\xe2\x80\x99s work demonstrates a commitment to museum visitors and to their overall experience.

This position reports to the Manager of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Primary Accountabilities

Accountabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop project-specific interpretation plans and specifications
• Coordinate the work of project teams for assigned projects
• Oversee the development and production of assigned interpretive programs and products
• Ensure the effectiveness of interpretive programs and products
• Assist with recruitment and delivery of personal programs, special events and other activities
• Assist with outreach and promotional activities, including media inquiries
• Assist with monitoring and maintaining exhibits, interpretive equipment and facilities
• Assist the senior MMA team in preparing strategic and operational plans

Qualifications and Experience

Undergraduate degree plus minimum 5 years professional experience, or a Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree in related field plus 3 years professional experience, such as museum interpretation, exhibition design and development, public programming, project management. Preference given to candidates with a minimum 3 years\xe2\x80\x99 museum interpretation and exhibition development experience.

The Interpretation Specialist should have knowledge/experience:

• Advancing principles of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility
• Historical research and project writing
• Interpretative programming techniques
• Practical knowledge of the maritime and marine sectors
• Theories and practices of Interpretation development
• Current trends in museum interpretation and programming
• Project management
• Writing for interpretation projects
• Artifact handling and conservation
• MS Office Software and applications

Assets Include

• Specific certification in interpretation and/or museum studies are considered assets.
• Sketch-up, CAD, 3D modelling, etc.
• Basic carpentry
• Digital design

Equivalency

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Benefits

Based on the employment status and Union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as Health, Dental, Life Insurance, Pension, General Illness (Short and Long Term), Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. Click to learn more about our various benefits offering and eligibility criteria.

Additional Information

Some weekend and afterhours may be required.

What We Offer

• Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
• Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
• Countless career paths

Pay Grade: PR 13

Salary Range: $2,543.38 - $3,091.70 Bi-Weekly

Employment Equity Statement:

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application.

This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU). If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via this link:

Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued.

External applicants and current casual employees will only be considered if there are no qualified civil service bargaining unit candidates. PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information.

Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to Competitions@novascotia.ca.

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