Thank you for your interest in career opportunities at the Cincinnati Art Museum. The museum continually seeks to hire friendly, dynamic, and talented individuals from racially and culturally diverse backgrounds to join our team. We greatly value expertise and skills gained at the museum and encourage professional development and career growth.
Due to the high volume of responses to our employment listings, we regret that we cannot contact every job applicant. If a strong potential match is found, the Human Resources Department will contact you to request further information or schedule an interview.
The Cincinnati Art Museum has immediate opening for a part-time Utility (BOH) employee in the Terrace Café and museum kitchen. This position will be scheduled 15-25 hours per week. Evening and weekend availability is required.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Utility (BOH) employee will assist the kitchen team in various capacities. Utility duties will consist of assisting the Chef, line cooks, Events & Hospitality Manager, Café Manager, and other kitchen team members with their daily tasks. A successful candidate will play a key role in contributing to our daily customer satisfaction goals.
The Utility (BOH) employee will properly clean and sanitize all dishes, glassware, utensils, and pans; be responsible for maintaining the dish room and dish machine. Assists in cleaning other areas of the café as requested. Prepare food to the café specifications and to set up stations for menu, assist with cooking as needed.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES
General responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
REQUIREMENTS
BENEFITS & COMP
TO APPLY
Apply for Utility (BOH) – PT using the link below:
Position open until filled. No phone calls please.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Head of Conservation has primary responsibility for the conservation of the art museum's collection broadly, and for overseeing the range of activities centered in the museum’s three conservation laboratories, as well as collaborations with curators and other internal departments and external institutions. The Head Conservator oversees the operations of the conservation department, which is staffed by three other full-time conservators, as well as temporary and seasonal fellows, interns, and volunteers.
The Head Conservator will perform examinations, prepare treatment proposals, undertake scientific analysis and imaging, and execute treatment of works of art for display, loan, acquisition, and deaccession. The Head Conservator also takes part in institutional planning, setting, and maintaining effective policies with respect to the care, treatment, and installation of the collection, and to the operation of the museum's facilities. They represent the institution to a broad range of external constituencies, including the Cincinnati community and the conservation profession, and uphold the highest ethical and professional standards in fulfillment of the mission of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES
General responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
TO APPLY
Apply for Head Conservator position using the link below:
Head of Conservation Application Link- CAM
Position open until filled. No phone calls please.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
POSITION SUMMARY
Working under the direction of the Chief Financial Officer, the position is primarily responsible for providing financial transactions and reporting within the Finance Department. Other duties include but are not limited to: handling petty cash; cash deposit and receipting; accounts payable bank statement reconciliation; accounts receivable postings and balancing; filing; and some administrative support.
The Accounting Clerk position is full-time, salaried exempt, and scheduled 35 hours per week onsite.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
High School Diploma or GED required and at least three (3) years of experience in clerical accounting or a highly related field. In addition, a good working knowledge of generally accepted accounting and bookkeeping principles and procedures is necessary. Proficiency in MS Excel is required. Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite products and other accounting software is an advantage.
Ideal candidates will have a four-year college degree and three years of experience and/or training in the field; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Non-profit experience is a plus.
BENEFITS & COMP
TO APPLY
Apply for Accounting Clerk using the link below:
Position open until filled. No phone calls please.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
POSITION SUMMARY (1 position available)
The summer camp instructors work closely as a team of four, along with an intern and part-time high school volunteers, to create and facilitate a fun and educational art summer camp. This position reports to the Assistant Director of Gallery and Accessibility Programs and Assistant Director of Adult and Studio Programming.
The instructors write art education lesson plans, co-teach, and consistently engage the campers in activities focused on creativity, fun and learning. The instructors lead interactive gallery activities in the museum galleries and facilitate art-making activities in the art studio for children ages 6-12 at a 1 to 10 ratio. Camp instructors also oversee day-to-day camp operations including communication with parents, supervising before- and/or after-care, facilitating student check-in and check-out, and ordering, preparing, cleaning, and organizing supplies.
Date of assignment: Summer 2025, 10 weeks between Tuesday, May 27 and Friday, August 8. The week of Monday, June 30 - Friday, July 4 is a break between camp sessions for camp staff. This position is scheduled for 35 hours per week and must be able to work between 7:45 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for eight weeks of camp, in addition to two weeks of training. Training will be held on weekdays from Tuesday, May 27 to Friday, June 6.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES
The Summer Camp Instructors have these primary responsibilities:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Pay: $15.25 to $17.50 an hour
TO APPLY
Apply for Summer Camp Instructor using the link below:
Position open until filled. No phone calls please.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Cincinnati Art Museum has openings for part-time Terrace Café Servers in the Museum’s café. The Terrace Café is open Tuesday through Sunday 11am-3pm, with extended hours on Thursday until 7:30pm.
The Café Server provides exceptional experiences to our guests. Café Server responsibilities include ensuring our tables are clean and tidy when guests arrive, presenting menus, and serving food and beverages. Café Servers are expected to assist guests in a timely fashion and with a positive attitude.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Café Manager, duties include, but are not limited to:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
BENEFITS & COMP
TO APPLY
Apply for Terrace Cafe Server using the link below:
Position open until filled. No phone calls please.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Cincinnati Art Museum has an opening for a full-time Security Supervisor - Nightwatch 2nd Shift in the Security Department. This position is salaried exempt and will be scheduled for 40 hours per week Tuesday through Saturday 4:30pm – midnight and rotating on-call.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES
The Security Supervisor’s primary responsibility is educating and supervising security personnel on the safety and security policies and procedures of the Cincinnati Art Museum. In addition, the Security Supervisor is responsible for monitoring the nightly security operations, including supervising the security personnel, and promoting excellent customer service both internally and to the public. Duties include, but are not limited to:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
BENEFITS & COMP
TO APPLY
Apply for the Security Supervisor – Nightwatch 2nd Shift position using the link below:
Position open until filled. No phone calls please.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Cincinnati Art Museum currently has an immediate opening for a full-time Custodian. This position includes benefits and is scheduled for 40 hours per week and will require availability for some nights and weekends.
The Custodian will provide overall cleaning and sanitation of the museum building and assist in other functions, such as furniture moving, item pick-up and delivery to and from the museum warehouse, fulfilling special work orders, and set up and tear down museum events. This position works under direct and indirect supervision with a focus on maintaining the museum resulting in a clean, healthy, and safe indoor and outdoor environment for visitors and staff.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Job responsibilities describe the general nature of work for employees in this position, but this is not intended as an exclusive or all-inclusive inventory of all job functions.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Incumbent will be required to walk and move about the entire museum on foot, and work will include long periods of standing, and use of stairs as needed. Lifting and moving of items of moderate weight (at least 50 pounds) required.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Will generally be inside the museum location. May be required to perform certain aspects of assigned duties outside of museum location. May be subject to changes in work environment due to outside weather conditions.
BENEFITS & COMP
TO APPLY
Apply for the Custodian position using the link below:
Position open until filled. No phone calls please.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
INTERNSHIP POSITION SUMMARY
The Cincinnati Art Museum has an opening for a part-time Rosenthal Education Center (REC) Intern in the Learning & Interpretation department. The internship will be in the summer of 2025 for 12 weeks from June to August, scheduled 20 hours per week Tuesday-Saturday.
The intern will assist the REC Manager and REC Coordinator during the busiest time of the year in the REC to work with families and young visitors to enhance the museum experience through hands-on creative engagement. The REC Intern will gain experience in an educational museum setting working directly with visitors, helping develop art projects, helping facilitate artmaking and interaction with the REC Artist-in-Residence art installation, as well as with the daily operation of the REC.
ESSENTIAL INTERNSHIP FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Working under the overall direction of the Rosenthal Education Center Manager, duties include but are not limited to the following:
INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENTS
Pay rate: $12.00 - $15.00 per hour
TO APPLY
Apply for the Rosenthal Education Center Internship using the link below:
Position open until filled. No phone calls please.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Cincinnati Art Museum has an opening for one part-time Summer Camp Intern for the summer of 2025. The Summer Camp Intern works closely with the Summer Camp Instructors and part-time high school volunteers to facilitate a fun and educational art summer camp. This position reports to the Assistant Director of Gallery and Accessibility Programs, and Assistant Director of Adult & Studio Programs.
The Summer Camp Intern will work with the Learning and Interpretation Division, particularly the summer camp and interpretive programming teams. This position works within a group to help facilitate a fun and educational art camp for ages 6-12. This person will work with the summer camp team of instructors to ensure that the daily camp runs smoothly. The intern will coordinate, assign, and organize the corps of teen volunteers who will assist students in the camp.
Date of assignment: Summer 2025, 12 weeks between May 19 through August 11 with a break during the week of July 4th. The intern will work Monday-Friday 8:30am-1:30pm (25 hours per week).
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Summer Camp Intern will have these primary responsibilities:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Pay Rate: $12.00 - $15.00 an hour
TO APPLY
Apply for Summer Camp Intern using the link below:
Position open until filled. No phone calls please.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
INTERNSHIP POSITION SUMMARY
The Cincinnati Art Museum has an opening for a part-time Philanthropy Communication and Database Intern in the Philanthropy department. The internship will be in the summer of 2025 for 12 weeks from May to July and scheduled 20-25 hours per week. This internship offers a student the ability to learn about fundraising, member/donor communication, and database administration in a non-profit environment.
The intern will do research and analysis on current communication strategies to our members/donors and those of other museums and non-profits to help plan for communication strategies for the new fiscal year. These communications include the museum’s webpages, email, social media campaigns, letters, etc. The intern will utilize the museum’s customer relationship management (CRM) database, Altru, and other software, such as WordFly and Social Good.
ESSENTIAL INTERNSHIP FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Working under the overall direction of the Membership & Annual Giving Manager, duties include but are not limited to the following:
INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENTS
Pay rate: $12.00 - $15.00 per hour
TO APPLY
Apply for the Philanthropy Communication and Database Internship using the link below:
Position open until filled. No phone calls please.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
Educational credit may be available for internships, check with school(s) for requirements.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status or other category protected under applicable law.
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