Canterbury Museum seeks a customer-focused and culturally aware person to join the Protective Services team. The successful applicant will be self-motivated and will have previous customer service and ideally, security experience, including physical and electronic security systems.
The role would suit someone looking for occasional shifts. This is an opportunity to work with the team at one of New Zealand’s premiere heritage and tourism attractions.
The Canterbury Museum exists to add value to the present and future citizens of Canterbury and the many visitors to Christchurch, by welcoming our visitors to explore the diversity of the natural world and our cultural heritage and to make this a fun experience. This will be achieved through:
- creating an interactive experiential journey for our visitors through stories of Canterbury Waitaha and New Zealand Aotearoa and provide a view on the rest of the world
- reaching out to children of all ages and providing learning experiences in an informative and engaging setting
- building and properly caring for the collection of priceless treasures we hold in trust for the community
- working with a range of partnerships that integrate us into the wider community. In particular, we are committed to working with iwi in the spirit of the Treaty of Waitangi, embodying concepts such as mauri, kawa, mana, and wairua
- high-quality relevant research on our collections and the dissemination of the results to the widest possible audience
- providing our visitors with friendly high-quality customer service and ensuring equitable access to all
- upholding and adhering to the highest professional standards of best practice
- providing maximum community benefits from the resources made available to us
- providing staff with the learning and development opportunities required to enable them to carry out their work.
The Protective Services Officer reports to the Security & Risk Manager (see attached Organisation Chart).
To find out more about this casual position and how to apply, please visit the careers page on the Canterbury Museum website.
