Visitor Services /Sales Assistant – VMI Museum on Post- Multiple Positions

DHRM; Lexington (VA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Virginia Military Institute invites applications for a part-time Visitor Services/Sales Assistant at the VMI Museum on Post. You will greet visitors, sell merchandise and tickets, and help maintain displays.

The role requires reliability, neat appearance, and basic money handling; rotating weekday/weekend shifts with some holidays; on-site work at VMI.

Qualifications

• Neat, businesslike appearance.
• Alertness to visitor needs and interests.
• Promptness, reliability, maturity, and sound judgment.
• Ability to follow routine procedures and to enforce policies.
• Basic computer knowledge and POS familiarity.
• Basic money handling knowledge.
• Retail sales or museum experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Greet and orient visitors; sell merchandise and tour tickets.
• Restock merchandise and manage inventory.
• Open/close operations, cash reports, phone handling, display cleaning, visitation counts.

Skills

Neat appearance

Visitor alertness

Reliability

Policy enforcement

Money handling

Retail/museum experience helpful

Tools

POS system

Basic computer skills

Job description

Title: Visitor Services /Sales Assistant – VMI Museum on Post- Multiple Positions

Hiring Range: Starting at $15.00/ hour

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Virginia Military Institute

Location: Virginia Military Institute

Agency Website: www.vmi.edu

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Virginia Military Institute is accepting applications for a part-time Visitor Services/Sales Assistant for the VMI Museum on Post.
We are looking for multiple candidates with strong customer service skills.

• Work in the VMI Museum greeting/orienting visitors, selling merchandise and tour tickets.
• Restock and maintain merchandise, including receiving merchandise and maintaining storage of merchandise.
• Assist in routine museum operations, including opening/closing, end of day cash reports, answering telephone, cleaning displays, recording visitation counts.
• Provide basic orientation and customer service for visitors.
• Other duties as directed by the Assistant Museum Store Manager.

Minimum Qualifications

• Neat, businesslike appearance.
• Alertness, sensitivity to the needs and interests of museum visitors and store customers.
• Promptness, reliability, maturity, and sound judgment.
• Ability to follow routine procedures and to enforce policies.
• Basic knowledge of computer and POS
• Basic knowledge of handling and counting money
• Retail sales, customer service and/ or museum experience a plus but not required.

Additional Considerations

The candidate should have the availability to work weekdays and weekends, including some holidays. It will be on a rotating schedule. The Museum is closed during the winter furlough. Work hours may vary each week depending on the needs of the VMI Museum System.

Contact Information

Name: Matthew Hart

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Advertised: 16 Sep 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
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