{"id":1772,"date":"2026-04-15T12:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:42:59","slug":"the-bgma-is-now-hiring-two-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/the-bgma-is-now-hiring-two-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"The BGMA is Now Hiring Two Positions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you passionate about history and the city of Brandon? The Brandon General Museum and Archives is now hiring two positions: an Assistant Museum Administrator <\/strong>and a Tour Guide <\/strong>both for a 9-week basis starting mid to late June to assist the Executive Director and BGMA Volunteers.<\/p>\n

Assistant Museum Administrator<\/strong><\/p>\n

The successful candidate should have experience with managerial roles, independent research, scholarly writing, public speaking, and social media posts.<\/p>\n

Some duties and responsibilities may include: training and guiding volunteers, answering emails and other administrative duties, greeting patrons and giving tours, assisting with the setup and install of displays and exhibits, detailed research with reliable sources that have been cross-referenced for articles or interpretive texts, cleaning the museum space<\/p>\n

Knowledge of museum etiquette and artifact conservation is an asset, but not a requirement.<\/p>\n

Must meet all the requirements for\u00a0Canada Summer Jobs<\/strong>*<\/p>\n

Pay is $17.50 per hour for 30 hours a week,\u00a0deadline to apply is May 25<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Tour Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n

The successful candidate should have experience with independent research, scholarly writing, public speaking, and social media posts.<\/p>\n

Some duties and responsibilities may include: greeting patrons and giving tours, assisting with the setup and install of displays and exhibits, detailed research with reliable sources that have been cross-referenced for articles or interpretive texts, cleaning the museum space.<\/p>\n

Knowledge of museum etiquette and artifact conservation is an asset, but not a requirement.<\/p>\n

Must meet all the requirements for\u00a0Canada Summer Jobs<\/strong>*<\/p>\n

Pay is $16.50 per hour for 30 hours a week, deadline to apply is May 25<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to the BGMA Office and Board of Directors at\u00a0bgmainfo@wcgwave.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

*The Government of Canada funded this job through the Canada Summer Jobs program. Candidates must be aged between 15 and 30 years old on the start date of the job; have a valid Social Insurance Number (SIN); and ne a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada, or a person who has been granted refugee status in Canada.<\/p>\n

Further details regarding Canada Summer Jobs can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you passionate about history and the city of Brandon? The Brandon General Museum and Archives is now hiring two positions: an Assistant Museum Administrator and a Tour Guide both for a 9-week basis starting mid to late June to assist the Executive Director and BGMA Volunteers. Assistant Museum Administrator Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museum-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1776,"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions\/1776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brandongeneralmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}