MuseumAttendant

By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. Why join Harvard University Central Administration? Harvard University's Central Administration (CADM) is a 5,000+ employee organization that supports the university's overall excellence by understanding and serving the needs of its schools, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and surrounding communities. Through dynamic and collaborative partnerships, CADM provides high-quality and efficient services to the schools to help them achieve their goals. Serves as a front-line provider of customer service and museum information to the Harvard community and the visiting public. Provides support for all Harvard Art Museums Security operations including the monitoring of all museum spaces to ensure safe and reliable access and egress as well as the enforcement of museum rules and regulations. Job-Specific Responsibilities: * Under the direction of the Security Manager, provides protection of the visitors, staff and collections of the Harvard Art Museums. * Patrols the galleries and responds to object alarms. * Maintains surveillance of the visiting public in order to avoid damage, either intentional or accidental, to the objects within the collection and on display. * Provides services to visitors and colleagues; e.g., answers questions, gives directions, refers to other sources of information (i.e., Visitor Services) when appropriate. * Keeps informed of all museum programming and events in order to better answer visitor questions. * Seeks to minimize or contain conflict, and engages Security Manager when needed and as instructed. * Enforces policies related to conduct of museum visitors, as directed. * Controls and monitors access and egress points of the building. * Performs the dutie