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Opportunity Details
Events & Public Programs - deCordova
Opportunity Overview:
Join us at deCordova Events as a volunteer! As an events and programs volunteer, you will help support the many events hosted by deCordova: Summer Performances, Community Days, and Arts and Ales events. Volunteers will work with staff to greet guests, help provide directions, run activities, and assist in set up and break down. Come join our team . . . sign up for one event or as many as you like!!
Established in 1950, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is the largest park of its kind in New England encompassing 30 acres, 20 miles west of Boston. Providing a constantly changing landscape of large-scale, outdoor, modern and contemporary sculpture and site-specific installations, the Sculpture Park hosts more than 60 works, the majority of which are on loan to the Museum. Inside, the Museum features a robust slate of rotating exhibitions and innovative interpretive programming.
Please Note: a background check may be required for this role.
Reports to: Public Programming & Education Manager, and other Trustees Staff
Benefits:
More about The Trustees
Founded by landscape architect Charles Eliot in 1891, The Trustees has, for more than 125 years, been a catalyst for important ideas, endeavors, and progress in Massachusetts. As a steward of distinctive and dynamic places of both historic and cultural value, The Trustees is the nation’s first preservation and conservation organization, and its landscapes and landmarks continue to inspire discussion, innovation, and action today as they did in the past. We are a nonprofit, supported by members, friends and donors and our 116 sites are destinations for residents, members, and visitors alike, welcoming millions of guests annually. www.thetrustees.org.
Inclusive Spaces for All
We are committed to providing a welcoming environment for all. Together, alongside our partners and volunteers we are creating inclusive spaces of community for people of all backgrounds to enjoy and preserving these open spaces for everyone, forever. We are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and experience.
The Trustees is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, military service, application for military service, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. The Trustees makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
Covid-19 Volunteer Safety:
The health and safety of Trustees’ volunteers, staff and visitors is our top priority.
Join us at deCordova Events as a volunteer! As an events and programs volunteer, you will help support the many events hosted by deCordova: Summer Performances, Community Days, and Arts and Ales events. Volunteers will work with staff to greet guests, help provide directions, run activities, and assist in set up and break down. Come join our team . . . sign up for one event or as many as you like!!
Established in 1950, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is the largest park of its kind in New England encompassing 30 acres, 20 miles west of Boston. Providing a constantly changing landscape of large-scale, outdoor, modern and contemporary sculpture and site-specific installations, the Sculpture Park hosts more than 60 works, the majority of which are on loan to the Museum. Inside, the Museum features a robust slate of rotating exhibitions and innovative interpretive programming.
Please Note: a background check may be required for this role.
Reports to: Public Programming & Education Manager, and other Trustees Staff
Benefits:
- Helping to create a welcoming, supportive and inclusive community
- Connecting and networking with like-minded staff, visitors and volunteers
- Welcoming visitors, checking in guests and helping answer questions about the park and museum
- Gather information from visitors for mailing lists and promotional outreach
- Promote the Trustees’ mission and provide membership information
- Assist with light property clean-up, if needed
- Assist with administrative projects such as updating bulletin boards, restocking pamphlets & flyers
- Assist with set up and clean up, including the ability to lift tables and chairs
- Communicate effectively with staff and other volunteers
- Observance of Trustees safety and COVID protocols
- Sign up for an event
- Have reliable transportation to the park
- Demonstrate good communication and customer service skills
- Desire to meet with the public, share knowledge of the park and the Trustees
- Dress in neat and appropriate clothes and footwear for varying weather conditions
- Flexible and independent
- Familiarity with deCordova Sculpture and Museum [preferred, but not required]
- Ability to walk on a variety of surfaces: grass, pavement, uneven surfaces
- Ability to pick up lightweight objects from ground level
- Minimum age: 18 years old
- Note: a background check may be required
More about The Trustees
Founded by landscape architect Charles Eliot in 1891, The Trustees has, for more than 125 years, been a catalyst for important ideas, endeavors, and progress in Massachusetts. As a steward of distinctive and dynamic places of both historic and cultural value, The Trustees is the nation’s first preservation and conservation organization, and its landscapes and landmarks continue to inspire discussion, innovation, and action today as they did in the past. We are a nonprofit, supported by members, friends and donors and our 116 sites are destinations for residents, members, and visitors alike, welcoming millions of guests annually. www.thetrustees.org.
Inclusive Spaces for All
We are committed to providing a welcoming environment for all. Together, alongside our partners and volunteers we are creating inclusive spaces of community for people of all backgrounds to enjoy and preserving these open spaces for everyone, forever. We are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and experience.
The Trustees is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, military service, application for military service, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. The Trustees makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
Covid-19 Volunteer Safety:
The health and safety of Trustees’ volunteers, staff and visitors is our top priority.
- If you are not feeling well, please stay home
- If you have been in contact with someone with Covid-19 or someone displaying symptoms of Covid-19, please stay home
- For our most current Covid-19 updates, please visit our main Trustees site
Engagement
Age Minimum (with Adult): 18+, Minimum Age:18+
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Signup Questions
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