Position Summary

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum seeks committed and engaging education facilitators, beginning November 2025. Education facilitators will complete paid training sessions with Education staff that focus on the historical content of the permanent Holocaust exhibition and the Impact Lab as well as artifact- and dialogue-based tour techniques.

18 – 20 hours per week. Schedule based on Museum needs, Monday – Friday schedule from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm and schedule will go out bi-weekly for days needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Mastering exhibition content, tour outline, and background material
• While using a tour outline, staying attuned to the students in the group, listening carefully to their answers to your questions to learn how they are making sense of the material
• Calling upon the history learned in training to provide students with information that is accurate, clear, concise, and age-appropriate
• Following the tour outline, including time requirements, while fostering an inclusive experience that remains sensitive to the experiences of the students in your group
• Staying aware of other groups in the galleries and recognizing that collegial relationships are important to accomplishing the goal of educating all student visitors
• Facilitating meaningful and appropriate dialogue in the Impact Lab
• Serving as Manager-On-Duty as needed
• Administrative duties as assigned
• Possible weekend and evening coverage as needed

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in history, education, museum studies or a related field
• Knowledge of and/or strong interest in the history and/or museum work
• Ability to learn tour outline, as well as the ability to tailor content in the galleries as needed
• A welcoming, professional demeanor, collegial, and comfortable with flexibility
• Good judgment and problem-solving skills when faced with unforeseen circumstances
• Habits of consistent reliability and punctuality
• Ability to be physically active for a minimum of two hours