Collections Tech, Nat History – Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum seeks an enthusiastic person with natural history experience and a high level of attention to detail. You will work with our world class natural history collections, including adding to and keeping the Vernon database up to date, providing safe and organised storage for collection items, and facilitating staff and researcher access to collections. […]
Assoc Curator, Nat History – Canterbury Museum
Do you have a passion for sharing scientific knowledge and documenting natural history collections? Are you interested in working with specimens? Do you want to share knowledge and information about the natural world? We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to join the amazing curatorial team at the much loved Canterbury Museum. You’ll bring […]
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Curator Human History – Canterbury Museum
Do you have a passion for history? Are you interested in working with objects? Do you want to share knowledge and information about the past? We have an exciting opportunity to join the curatorial team at the Canterbury Museum. As Curator Human History, you’ll bring your experience in collections management to care for the documentation […]
Communications & Marketing Advisor – CM
Are you social media savvy with an eye for detail and a nose for a good story? Canterbury Museum is looking for a marketing and communications all-rounder with at least three years’ experience to help promote our exhibitions, public programmes and other activities. Reporting to the Communications and Marketing Manager, you will be an excellent […]
Tourism Industry, Visitor Hosts – CM
Canterbury Museum is seeking friendly and proactive people to deliver front-line customer service. High levels of motivation, enthusiasm and a commitment to exceeding visitor expectations are required. This is an opportunity to enhance visitor experience at one of New Zealand’s premier tourism attractions. There is one permanent position available. This is a 0.8FTE position being […]
Curator & Senior Curator Human History – Canterbury Museum
Senior Curator Human History and Curator Human History (Mātauranga Māori) E ngā mana, e ngā reo, nei te karanga o Te Whare Taonga o Ngā Pākihi Whakatekateka o Waitaha, haere mai rā te iti, haere mai rā te rahi. Do you have a passion for history? Are you interested in working with objects? Do you […]
Data Entry Technicians x 3 – Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum seeks three highly motivated individuals with meticulous attention to detail to undertake cataloguing of the Peter Johns Invertebrate Collection. The successful applicants will have fast but accurate typing skills and knowledge of Microsoft Excel. An interest in natural history would be an advantage. To find out more about these positions and how to […]
Learning and Development Coordinator – CM
Canterbury Museum invites applications for a part time (14 hours per week) coordinator of our team’s learning and development activities. If you have vision, energy, organisational and administration skills – and the enthusiasm – to develop and deliver our on-going learning and development programme, please enquire further. You will have: Experience in managing training programmes […]
Senior Curator & Curator Human History – CM
Senior Curator Human History and Curator Human History (Mātauranga Māori) E ngā mana, e ngā reo, nei te karanga o Te Whare Taonga o Ngā Pākihi Whakatekateka o Waitaha, haere mai rā te iti, haere mai rā te rahi. Do you have a passion for history? Are you interested in working with objects? Do you […]