Employment Opportunities

Minnesota Children’s Museum’s mission is sparking children’s learning through play. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion is integral to fulfilling our mission. As a community resource for thousands of families, Minnesota Children’s Museum is dedicated to providing children with a fun, hands-on and stimulating environment to explore and discover.

The Talent Resources team is responsible for advancing the talent management initiatives for the Museum. The TR intern will primarily focus on compiling interview questions into a bank, grouping by topics, and assigning a rubric to help mitigate bias during the interview process.

PAY: $15.75 per hour plus free parking or bus pass

SCHEDULE: Requires 120 hours during the internship session (10-12 hours per week). Some on-site hours required.

POSITION SUMMARY The exact duties and projects will be determined by mutual agreement of the intern and museum staff.

Create behavioral and competency-based interview questions bank. Review and analyze resumes for themes. Create recruitment templates for social media and job fairs. All duties will be carried out with the direction and supervision of Talent Resources.

IDEAL CANDIDATE Creative thinker Excellent analytical thinking skills Knowledge of the various dimensions of diversity, including gender, race, age and ethnicity

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Education or experience in human resources, communications, or related field 1 year customer service experience

TRAINING PROVIDED Intern orientation Museum background and philosophy

ABOUT MINNESOTA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Located in downtown St. Paul, MN, Minnesota Children’s Museum employs 55 full-time and 55 part-time employees and engages variety of volunteers and interns. The workplace values that guide how we work together are: Play, Include, Grow, Serve, and Strive.

We are dedicated to growing a diverse and culturally competent team of highly engaged staff and volunteers to reflect and equitably serve the vibrant community around us. We embrace differences in age, ability, color, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, race, religion, and sexual orientation. We strongly encourage the application of individuals from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to: Black, Indigenous, and people of color; immigrants and refugees; LBGTQIA individuals; people with disabilities; religious minorities; and the elderly.

MINNESOTA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM SAFE PLAN Minnesota Children’s Museum is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all of our employees and volunteers. We have developed the SAFE Plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every leader, manager, employee and volunteer are responsible for implementing this plan. Our goal is to mitigate the potential for transmission of COVID-19 in our workplace, and that requires full cooperation.

The museum believes COVID vaccinations are a vital tool in protecting yourself and others. We do not mandate a vaccination at this time and encourage our staff to take preventative steps to slow the spread of COVID by staying home when you are sick, testing when sick or exposed, and masking when sick or exposed.

Minnesota Children’s Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse work environment.