Description:
The Asia Pacific (AP) Educator delivers culture-based programming to Japanese school groups, community groups, and general public at Bishop Museum. In conjunction with other educators, they serve as a cultural content resource in the development, delivery, and evaluation of museum programs, exhibits, and special events. This position supports the Museum’s Japanese volunteer docents and interacting with Museum guests. AP Educators are also responsible for the booking, coordination and delivery of daytime and evening programs to Japanese visitors Programs, including public programs for the general visitor and for fee-based specialty programs.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide programs to eastbound customers on topics ranging from hula to celestial navigation, for both daytime and evening programs. Some of the programs are presented in a team situation with an English-speaking presenter; other programs are presented solo. These include programs in the Museum’s planetarium and tours in Hawaiian Hall.
- Work with tour operators and travel agents to schedule and accommodate tour groups. Maintain tour records. Answer calls in office, take bookings, arrange a facility and an instructor for programs such as hula instruction.
- Provide clerical support for programming, including copying, generating invoices, mailing receipts, and other office responsibilities.
- Assist in the development, revision, evaluation and implementation of cultural and multidisciplinary programming for school groups, community groups, and general public.
- Prepare materials for each tour, including setting up luncheons as needed.
- Provide translation duties for museum in terms of Japanese-language guides, signs and website.
- Update the museum’s Japanese website and social media.
- Assist the rest of the team in screening, training, and coordinating the work of Japanese-speaking docents.
- Cover evening astronomy programs as needed. This includes operating planetarium equipment, welcoming visitors, and providing clerical support for programming.
- Provide other daily operational assistance as needed.
- Support Museum contractees that deliver museum-specified programs such as Hula, ukulele, lau hala, and Hawaiian language.
- Study and learn Hawaiian and Pacific Cultures, plants, and species for interpretation to the Japanese-speaking public.
- Occasionally, deliver a museum program offsite as part of Japanese outreach program or English immersion experiences for Japanese visitors.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, and/or four years of related experience, preferred.
- Must be fluent in both Japanese and English.
- Previous experience in museum or visitor industry.
Other Requirements
- Background in Hawaiian language and culture preferred.
- Excellent public speaking skills.
- Must be comfortable in operating audiovisual equipment, including planetarium
- Flexibility in working hours, as regular evening and weekend work is required.