The Belkin is now accepting applications for the following summer positions:

UBC Students – Work Learn

Gallery Attendant (Work Learn CareersOnline Job ID 963713) – 2 positions (max 20 hrs per week)

This position monitors the gallery and exhibitions, provides information to visitors, assists with events, programs and research, and with tours of the Outdoor Art collection.

Public Programs and Exhibitions Assistant (Work Learn CareersOnline Job ID 963743) – 1 position (max 20 hrs per week)

This position works with the gallery’s Manager of Public Programs on the development and production of public programs, tours and educational resource materials.

Special Project Curatorial Assistant (Work Learn CareersOnline Job ID 963773) – 1 position (max 20 hrs per week)

This position works with the gallery’s Acting Director/Curator and Curator of Outdoor Art to support research, planning and coordination of programming related to the Belkin’s upcoming exhibitions, Outdoor Art artist-in-residence, exterior video screen program and collaborations with UBC arts and culture district partners.

These Work Learn positions are posted on CareersOnline from 13-26 March 2023 and are open to UBC students only. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Please visit CareersOnline for full details including eligibility, job description, requirements, wage/hours and application instructions.

Young Canada Works in Heritage Institutions

pUblic Programs Project Assistant (dependent on funding) – 1 position (35 hrs per week)

This position works with the gallery’s Manager of Public Programs on the development and production of public programs, tours and educational resource materials.

Collections Assistant (dependent on funding) – 1 position (35 hrs per week)

This position works with the gallery’s Registrar and Archivist on managing access to the permanent collection, archive and exhibition records.

These Young Canada Works positions are dependent on funding. The priority deadline for applications is Monday, 3 April 2023 at 9 am. Applicants must be registered with the Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations Program; for information, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/young-canada-works/students-graduates/heritage-organizations-students.html

About the Belkin

The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is mandated to research, exhibit, collect, publish, educate and develop programs in the field of contemporary art and in contemporary art approaches to the practice of art history and criticism. The Belkin houses the University’s growing collection of over 5,000 works of art – one of the largest public collections of art in the province – as well as a substantial Archive with items relating to the post-war history of art in Vancouver and the avant-garde narratives of the 1960s and 1970s.

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the BC Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit or Indigenous person. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for interviews will be contacted.