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Volunteer Opportunity Opening: Volunteer Docent

Hours: 4 Hours/ week or based on availability

Primary APC Contact: Associate Director of Public Programs

SUMMARY: The Volunteer Docent is responsible for welcoming visitors to APC and leading guided tours. The Docent may be given other responsibilities, such as helping with our gift shop, during periods when there are no visitors on the site.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

Visitor Service: 

  • Welcome visitors when they arrive at APC and introduce them to the site.
  • Answer basic questions related to the history of the site and the suffrage movement for visitors taking self-guided tours.
  • Represent APC’s mission and values to visitors.
  • Assist visitors with purchases from our gift shop.
  • Handle transactions for tour fees.

Guided Tours: 

  • Provide an engaging and historically accurate tour of Paulsdale for visitors.
  • Engage visitors in conversations around equity and gender justice during their tour experience.
  • Answer visitors’ questions about the history of the site, the suffrage movement, and the Equal Rights Amendment.

The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job.

ATTRIBUTES 

  • Interest in and support for women’s rights, history, issues that impact women, and achieving legal equality for all
  • Effective communication and public speaking skills
  • Ability to maintain a professional decorum in working with the public
  • Proficiency with current Microsoft Office products
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation

WORKING CONDITIONS 

This position requires the ability to respond to our community in a positive and professional manner. This position includes some periods of extending standing or walking while leading approximately 1-hour long tours. Please be advised that the second and third floors of the house are only accessible via stairs. Public tours are only of the first floor of the house.

To Apply

Please fill out the volunteer docent sign up form here. Please contact Olivia Errico at oerrico@alicepaul.org with any questions.

Internships

The Alice Paul Center offers internships for college students interested in learning more about the humanities and nonprofit management. Due to our small staff size, internship opportunities are limited and based on staff need. If there are open internship opportunities, position descriptions will be posted above.  Below are some examples of past internship positions. If you have questions about internships, please contact Olivia at oerrico@alicepaul.org

Programs

APC is dedicated to educating the public about Alice Paul and other figures in the women’s suffrage movement, the importance of civic engagement and access to voting, and the ways in which leaders in the movement for equality have had a positive impact on society. examining Alice Paul as a leader in history. Working with the Program Department, interns will learn about Alice Paul, the women’s suffrage movement, Paulsdale and its adaptive uses as an historic site, and leadership development for children and teens. Please review the presentations, tours, and other programs outlined elsewhere on this site for more information.

Past internship projects:

    • Support programming through curriculum development and evaluation.
    • Plan and conduct focus groups with area girls and teachers.
    • Prepare a summary report of current research on girls and leadership and suggest ways of implementing the findings into APC’s leadership programs.
    • Serve as a Museum Assistant, welcoming visitors to Paulsdale and helping them to learn more about Alice Paul and the movement for gender equality.
    • Conduct historical research.
    • Scan photos and articles from the Barbara Haney Irvine Library.
    • Use the archives as source material for blog articles and social media online posts.

Marketing

Marketing & Public Relations Interns at the Alice Paul Center have many opportunities to build and refine their skills as communications professionals.

Past internship projects:

  • Enriching APC’s social media presence.
  • Assisting with social media campaigns.
  • Drafting copy for website development, blog posts, and press releases.
  • Drafting and designing publicity materials for digital, print, radio, and television media outlets.
  • Taking and editing photographs for publication.
  • Creating and editing video content on APC’s website and social media. 

Development

Development interns can assist in APC’s essential fundraising efforts while learning best practices in development work. Projects could include:

  • Conducting research on potential donors and supporters 
  • Doing data management work in APC’s database
  • Drafting donor communications

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