Job Opportunities

View the currently available employment opportunities with the Thunder Bay Museum.

To express your interest in an available position, please contact the Thunder Bay Museum at [email protected]

Acronyms: Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), Young Canada Works (YCW), Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ), Summer Experience Opportunities (SEO).

Duration: Contract, ends no earlier than 13 September 2024
Schedule: Flexible hours, 15 – 35 hours/week
Wage: $20.00/hour

The Thunder Bay Museum seeks a reliable person to coordinate our 2024 Classic Car Raffle. The Raffle Coordinator will schedule all in-person ticket selling venues, recruit and coordinate dependable volunteers for the selling of tickets, tracks volunteer hours in database, ensure that sales tables are occupied at all times, generate reports on sales, and handle the movement of the raffle car to and from sales sites. They will also be responsible for keeping track of ticket sales and promoting the raffle in a variety of media. Must be capable of working flexible hours, including weekend and evening work.

Duration: summer to fall 2024, flexible hours per week
Wage: $20.00/hour

The successful candidate will host various historical walking tours around the City of Thunder Bay and promote them through digital and traditional advertising methods. Tours run for approximately 1.5-hours in length and can be scheduled flexibly. Scheduling and promotion of walking tours will be done from the Museum.

Duration: Contract, Part time
Wage: $16.55/hour

Responsible for daily cleaning of the Thunder Bay Museum’s various spaces including: three floors of exhibit galleries (excluding artifacts), staff offices, one classroom, two meeting rooms, four washrooms, a lobby, the external environment, and others as needed.

Duration: 8 – 14 weeks, 35 hours per week
Wage: $16.55/hour

Under the guidance of the Education and Outreach Coordinator of the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, the student will be trained in the process and evaluation of running a theme-based PA day camp for children 6 to 12 years along with presentations for visiting students of various ages. The student will also develop, market, execute and evaluate programming for Seniors. The programs created, to be presented in person or virtually, will tie into the local history of the city of Thunder Bay and the region of Northwestern Ontario as well as follow current Ontario curriculum guidelines or age-related theme-based activities.

Duration: 8 weeks, 35 hours per week
Wage: $16.55/hour

The coordinator will assist with promoting the activities of various departments of the museum through outreach opportunities via social media, special events, and activity booths at community events to educate members and tourists about the history of Thunder Bay. Researching and conducting the museum’s five historical walking tours may also be a component during the summer.

Duration: 14 weeks, 35 hours per week
Wage: $16.55/hour

Participate as an active member of the community and promote the Thunder Bay Museum, its programs, and history, at special events and online via social media and the museum’s website.

Duration: 8 – 14 weeks, 35 hours per week
Wage: $16.55/hour

Assisting with cataloging newly donated artifacts and archives to the museum, including photography or digitization, description, historical research. Will also assist with the maintenance of cataloging database records and data entry, as well as with general research inquiries. May assist with artifact inventory or collections re-organizations where needed.

Duration: 14 weeks, 35 hours per week
Wage: $16.55/hour

To assist the Archivist in the processing of archives. This will involve the accessioning, arranging, describing, and shelving of historical documents relating to the history of Northwestern Ontario and the posting of such information to the internet. Training will be provided.

Duration: 8 weeks, 35 hours per week
Wage: $16.55/hour

The Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society publishes close to 100 articles in local papers over the course of the year. The student will be responsible for researching suitable (and interesting) article topics; selecting topics in cooperation with the Curator/Archivist; and writing articles of 500 to 2500 words in length.

Duration: 8 weeks, 35 hours per week
Wage: $16.55/hour

The student will be responsible for the digitization of photographs from the Museum’s extensive collection of 500,000 images. Image formats vary from hardcopy, slides, negatives and positives. Care must be taken in handling of originals during the digitization process.

Duration: 8 weeks, 35 hours per week
Wage: $16.55/hour

The Visitor Services Assistant will promote and strengthen visitor experiences at the Thunder Bay Museum during the peak season of the summer. Duties include communication with members & guests, distributing surveys, promotion of programs, services, and events, and social media marketing.

Duration: 32 days, 7.25 hours per day
Wage: $16.55/hour

The Visitor Services Assistant will promote and strengthen visitor experiences at the Thunder Bay Museum during the peak season of the summer. Duties include communication with members & guests, distributing surveys, promotion of programs, services, and events, and social media marketing.

Duration: 18 weeks, 35 hours per week
Wage: $16.65/hour

The Thunder Bay Museum is seeking a weekend receptionist who will be responsible for Museum admissions and gift shop sales on Saturday and Sunday on an as-needed basis. This position is casual and may only require occasional weekend availability.

Duration: xxx, 35 hours per week
Wage: $xx.xx/hour

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The Thunder Bay Museum does not currently have any job openings. Please check back in Spring 2023 when Summer Jobs will be posted. If you are interested in putting forward a resume for future consideration, please email Executive Director, Scott Bradley by clicking the button below.