Curatorial Assistant
/ORGANIZATION:
City of Delta
DEADLINE:
September 30, 2025
ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION:
One of the sunniest regions in BC’s Lower Mainland, Delta embraces three unique communities – Ladner, North Delta and Tsawwassen. The City of Delta is looking for dedicated individuals to join our team and share in our commitment to lead the way in public service excellence.
WEBSITE:
http://www.delta.ca/
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The City of Delta is looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and detail-oriented Curatorial Assistant to assist with curatorial duties within the Cultural Services division. The Curatorial Assistant assists in the organization and administration of the Collections and supports access and use for exhibitions, research, and programs. The Curatorial Assistant will assist with artifact evaluation and record-keeping of the museum collection; conduct research on artifact history and provenance as directed; assist with artifact preservation and conservation; and clean exhibition areas in preparation for events and showings. Working in collaboration with the Curator, they are expected to exercise some independence of judgement and action within the limits of established policies, procedures, guidelines and best practices. This is an excellent opportunity for those pursuing a career in Museums or Heritage.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assists superior with curatorial duties within the Cultural Services division; evaluates artifacts using the Heritage Assessment Tool; and performs research on artifact history and provenance to ensure relevancy to museum collection.
Performs detailed record-keeping; assists with collecting relevant data to create and update collection records, files, and inventories in paper and electronic formats; and assists with numbering, labeling, photographing, and cataloguing artifacts.
Performs related tasks to preserve and conserve artifacts under the direction of a superior.
Assists with responding to requests from external organizations and the public to conduct research projects of limited complexity on artifacts/archives under the direction of a superior.
Assists with cleaning exhibit areas in preparation for events and showings; packs and moves objects as directed; transports items as required.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Desirable Training and Experience: Completion of post-secondary education in a related social science program, such as museum studies, archeology, history, archives management plus some related experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Required Licenses, Certificates and Registrations: Valid Class 5 Driver's License for the Province of British Columbia.
HOW TO APPLY:
www.delta.ca/employment
REMUNERATION:
$27.04 - $31.66 per hour
