
Description
The City of Edmonton is committed to hiring a diverse workforce that is reflective of the community we serve. These positions fall within the Indigenous Peoples recruitment strategy, which outlines the City's commitment to recruit Indigenous Peoples to our workforce.
Bring history to life through engaging storytelling and interactive demonstrations! Share what you cherish about Indigenous histories and cultures in order to create new understandings and lifelong memories that honour the past and the present. Use your humour, grace, and traditional skills in a dynamic outdoor work environment that puts you front and centre in Edmonton's history.
What will you do?
Engage visitors with Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) histories and cultures as it relates to Edmonton within the Indigenous Peoples Experience
Interpret a period of Edmonton's history to the visiting public using a variety of methods such as: storytelling, demonstrations of traditional skills, engaging visitors in one-on-one conversations, and tours
Participate in and lead large-scale interpretive programs such as historical talks, dramatic vignettes, and special event activities, as well as research and implement new programs
Assist with high-volume special events
Assist in the maintenance of artifacts and program supplies
Collect statistical information
Lead programs for pre-registered school groups and other groups as required
Participate in media engagements, public events, and other functions as required
Wondering what it's like to be an Indigenous Peoples Interpreter? Watch this video to find out!
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