Museum Receptionist

Offer is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check, completion of the PCI DSS training and the signing of the PCI Security Awareness and Confidentiality Agreement for campus personnel with access to credit card information.

You will be the public's first contact with the Museum. Positive, first impressions are crucial. Duties include greeting the general public, Middlebury College staff, faculty, and students; selling museum products via point-of-sale register and credit card machine; and answering the main museum phone line.

This position is compensated at the Level A rate on the Midd student wage scale. $14.01 - $14.43 per hour

Responsibilities

• Welcome and inform visitors about the permanent collection, exhibitions, and accessibility offerings;
• Sell museum products;
• Run cash register and credit card machine;
• Execute daily cash reports, cash out the register, keep accounts of sales, record number of daily visitors, conduct surveys when appropriate;
• Answer the main museum phone and take accurate messages;
• Work on occasional museum projects as requested by staff;
• Read the Receptionist Notebook regularly in order to be knowledgeable about the museum and current exhibitions;
• Distribute museum brochures and posters on and off campus as needed.