Employment & Volunteering

A Great Place to Contribute

Habitot Children's Museum's mission is to nurture and enrich the lives of young children, their families, and the adults who care for them by providing an environment for early childhood learning and exploration, parenting education and community outreach. Staff and volunteers are essential to fulfilling our mission and we are eager to meet individuals who have a passion for this work.

Job Opportunities

Reservations Administrator
Open April 2012

We are seeking a Reservations Administrator who will be responsible for booking and payment processing of all reservations and registrations from initial intake through post-event follow up. The Reservations Administrator will manage approximately 350 bookings a year for birthday parties, classes, camps, and field trips. This is a flexible part-time position (12-15 hours/week, ideally Tuesdays–Saturdays) with paid holidays and vacation. Workload will increase 5-10 hours/week from October to February.

To apply, send cover letter and resume in the body or your email to developmenthr@gmail.com. Attachments will not be opened. No phone calls, please.

Internships

Interns are placed year-yound in our development and marketing, graphic design and education departments. Internships are 100 hours, have flexible scheduling, and generally take place over 3 months' time.

We train interns in best practices, give practical work experience and expect interns to take responsibility for portions of ongoing projects.

Interns must be graduates of 2- or 4-year colleges, or be currently enrolled in college. Interns receive a $300 stipend upon successful completion of an internship. Internships

Volunteering

Volunteers at Habitot work primarily "behind the scenes" to help Habitot and our programs succeed. Volunteer activities include assisting with mailings, processing data entry, cleaning and organizing supplies, soliciting in-kind donations, joining Museum work parties for painting and cleaning the museum, staffing booths at community events, and prepping art materials. Generally speaking, we do not use volunteers to work directly with children or families.

Individuals can volunteer on a one-time or on a drop-in basis. By prior arrangement, we accept those performing community service to work off traffic tickets.

Volunteers with interest and relevant experience or skills have also coordinated larger projects such as fundraising events, the community Art Show, and management of the Toy Lending Library and Family Resource Center. These volunteer opportunities require a sustained commitment of time but plenty of reward for "owning" a project. Supervision and training is available. Volunteers

All unaccompanied volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Young people 15 and under, if accompanied by an adult, can volunteer as Jr. Docents. Please ask at the Front Desk about this program.

How to Apply

By email:

Email us about your interest, embed your resume or job/work history into the email, and send to developmenthr@gmail.com.
NO ATTACHMENTS will be opened.

Attn: Human Resources
Habitot Children's Museum
PMB 326
1563 Solano Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Habitot Children's Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer providing equal opportunity to all qualified applicants without regard to gender, race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation and any and all classifications protected by applicable state or federal discrimination laws as protected classes. We seek staff who reflect the diversity of the Bay Area; multicultural and bilingual applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

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