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Position Title: Tinkering Camp Coordinator
Status: Full Time, Benefits Eligible, Non-Exempt ; Dates of Employment: June 1 – August 15, 2024
Job Classification: Educator
Hourly Rate: $22-25 per hour
Job Summary:
The vision of DuPage Children’s Museum (DCM) is that all children reach their full unique learning potential through equitable access to hands-on play and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) based experiences. The Tinkering Camp Coordinator (TCC) serves a critical role in advancing the vision by being a vital part of and leading DCM’s Summer Tinkering Camp.
The TCC will lead and support the Tinkering Camp Leads, Tinkering Camp Interns, and participants by encouraging and modeling the importance of open-ended and multiple outcome experiences. Such activities might include: helping children design and build their own inventions, teaching safe tool usage, and supporting campers’ creative and artistic expression. The TCC will be responsible for ensuring volunteers/interns/staff work collaboratively with each other to provide a positive learning environment and maintain a safe, educationally sound, hospitable, and challenging environment for the camp.
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Skills and Abilities:
The following abilities are required for the position: (a) Visually keep track of visitors, materials, and camp functioning; (b) effectively understand and communicate with children; (c) Assist visitors in emergency situations; (d) Display dexterity necessary to work with tools and building material; (e) Manipulate camp components and facility operating/maintenance equipment; (f) Stand, kneel and move for extended periods of time; (g) Climb up and down stairs or use an elevator daily (h) Bend, kneel, climb, and reach; (i) Lift up to 50 pounds; (j) Tolerate noise and dust in the environment and handle disinfectant and cleaning materials; (k) Work outside in the heat and sun for an extended period of time.
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HOW TO APPLY:
Download an Application
Please include a cover letter and your resume.
Submit to: jobs@dupagechildrensmuseum.org
or
DuPage Children’s Museum
301 N. Washington St.
Naperville, IL 60540
Attn: Human Resources