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Tourism Information Counselor 1 WAE

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Tourism Information Counselor 1 WAE

Salary

$12.03 - $20.61 Hourly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

CRT-2025-211052-PW

Department

Culture Rec & Tourism-State Museum

Opening Date

07/23/2025

Closing Date

8/5/2025 11:59 PM Central

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+ Benefits

About this Job

This is a part-time position located at the Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge, LA.

This position provides basic safety information and interpretive services in the galleries and throughout the museum.

Mission Statement: The Louisiana State Museum's collections and educational programs, stimulate awareness and appreciation of our state's rich and diverse history and culture.

Capitol Park Museum: From Louis Armstrong to Huey P. Long, from Mardi Gras to fais-do-do, and from the nation-building commerce of the Mississippi River to the life-sustaining bounty of the Gulf of Mexico, the Capitol Park Museum provides a panoramic exploration of the most vibrant state in America. With thematic exhibits on diverse aspects of Louisiana history, industry, and culture, the museum includes two permanent exhibits: Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation and The Louisiana Experience: Discovering the Soul of America. The Capitol Park Museum tells a story of passion, adventure, and discovery that could have happened only in the Bayou State. Come explore a way of life like no other.

Minimum Qualifications

No training or experience required.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

Professional work responsibilities include providing basic safety and interpretive services in the galleries and throughout the museum. The incumbent may also serve as initial point of contact for all visitors and groups to all Louisiana State Museum. Maintain knowledge of and fluency for all LSM programs and exhibits. Adapt to changes in schedule and job requirements. Assist the programming and education staff to implement educational programs, schools tours, and special events as efficiently as possible.

+ Monitor galleries internally to assure safety of museum artifacts, buildings, and guests. Monitor and alert designated museum administrator in the event of crisis or disturbance. Monitor and maintain the flow of visitors.

+ Ensure that all museum rules are followed.

+ Provides information to LSM guests on LSM programming, properties, and other regional attractions.

+ Distributes brochures, maps, and other LSM printed material.

+ Answer visitor’s questions pertaining to museum exhibits, the state, history, and culture. Refers museum gusts interested in additional LSM information to the appropriate museum personnel.

+ Use computer based Point of Sale ticketing system and group reservations database. Receive cash, checks, and others forms of payment for museum admission. Explain museum discount programs.

+ Verifies total sales and balances the cash drawer at the end of the day. Documents and explains and overages or shortages.

+ Maintains working knowledge to operate various office machines, such as copiers, calculators, and credit card machines.

+ Upon completion of proper training, may assist curatorial staff with cleaning of exhibits and artifacts on display.

+ May assist with museum programming, tours, and events in visitor services or building monitoring capacity.

+ Performs other duties as required.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type:This position will be filled as a part-time Classified WAE, limited to 1,245 working hours in a 12 month period. **Starting Hourly Pay varies, depending on experience.**

Work Schedule: The Capitol Park Museum is open from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Tuesday-Saturday. Position may be required to work weekends.

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are participants in the E-Verify system for identification and employment eligibility purposes.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Pacee Wallace

Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism

1051 N. 3rdStreet

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Phone: 225-342-8202

[email protected]

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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