Title: Living History Interpreter
State Role Title:
Hiring Range: $15 per hour
Pay Band: UG
Agency: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Location: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Agency Website: jyfmuseums.org
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
Living History Interpreters serve as front line education staff, working directly with the public in a non-traditional learning environment. Using a variety of established educational methods, material culture, approved content and effective communication skills, living history interpreters presents costumed interpretation, non-costumed interpretation, and educational programming in our outdoor living history sites to depict the culture, events and concerns of 17th and/or 18th century American Indian, African and European cultures as they converged here in Virginia, and the enduring legacies they bequeathed to the nation.
Minimum Qualifications
• Strong and effective oral communication skills
• Knowledge of and ability to learn and utilize recognized teaching methods
• Ability to read, assimilate and utilize curatorial approved information
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively as a contributing member of a team
• Experience working in a role that provides customer service
• Ability to present and engage with a public audience
Additional Considerations
Prior experience working in a museum, historic site, park, or similar public education environment.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Contact Information
Name: Raeven Chatman
Phone: 757-253-4302
Email: Raeven.chatman@jyf.virginia.gov
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.