Art Museum Student Receptionist (Summer 2025 900111)

Middlebury College; Middlebury (VT); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Middlebury College is seeking a part-time Museum Receptionist responsible for welcoming visitors, managing sales, and providing information about exhibitions. Ideal candidates are friendly, dependable, and have basic knowledge of the museum's offerings while engaging effectively with a diverse public.

Qualifications

• Must be dependable, friendly, and self-assertive.
• Experience in a museum setting is a plus.
• Ability to communicate comfortably with diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Welcome and inform visitors about the permanent collection.
• Sell museum products and run cash register.
• Manage daily cash reports and conduct surveys.

Skills

Dependability

Friendly Attitude

Outgoing

Communication

Customer Service

Microsoft Office

Job description

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.

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.

Skills and Knowledge

• Must be dependable, friendly, have a pleasant attitude, be outgoing, and self assertive;
• Be able to speak comfortably with groups and individuals from diverse backgrounds;
• Be able to give a basic introductory tour of the Museum (will train);
• Experience in a museum setting a plus, especially participation in the Museum Ambassadors Program;
• General knowledge about the museum and the college helpful (will train);
• Experience with cash registers and credit card machines helpful;
• Microsoft Office experience.

Student Employment Eligibility:

Unless restricted by certain visa status, all students with an active status for the semester are eligible for jobs on campus.

Students on leave or withdrawn are not eligible to work in student employment positions until the semester in which they return. If you are currently withdrawn or on leave you are eligible to be employed in staff positions.

Some may be restricted due to financial aid status. International students (non-resident aliens) may not work off campus unless they have applied for and received work authorization from the United States government. (An F-1 visa does not give work authorization.) Off campus work study positions are available only to U.S. citizens on financial aid with a federal work study component.

Student are not eligible to work remotely from International locations.

Hour Limitations:

All student employees are limited to working no more than 20 hours per week in on campus jobs during the academic year (this includes exam periods). The only exception is when there is a full week when school is not in session. Specifically: February recess, Spring recess, and full weeks of December or summer recess. During these time periods only, students can work up to 40 hours per week. International Students: Visa restrictions prohibit international students from exceeding 20 hours of work per academic calendar week.