Competition # : 45373
Department: Communities, Culture, Tourism & Heritage
Location: WINDSOR
Type of Employment: Seasonal
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: 21-Mar-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
The Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage (CCTH) supports communities across the province to be welcoming, inclusive and accessible, providing a great quality of life for Nova Scotians and a memorable experience for visitors. We value the collective diversity of our heritage and our people and believe in the transformative nature of culture to help create healthy, active, growing communities. For more information visit https://cch.novascotia.ca/
Wind your way up the tree-lined drive to visit the beautiful 34-acre park and museum. Built in 1835 by Nova Scotian author and judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton and his wife Louisa, the property's sixteen owners and tenants left their mark inside and out. Clifton evolved from the Old English words clif (cliff or bank) and tun (town, settlement, farmstead), meaning a town near the cliff. Situated in Windsor along the banks of the Avon River, Louisa believed it was the perfect place to name after her hometown of Clifton, England.
Now part of the Nova Scotia Museum, the country’s largest decentralized museum, Clifton Museum Park explores how its evolving ownership, architecture, and roles—including its past as a gypsum mine—reveal the stark contrasts between owners, tenants, and workers. Haliburton’s inherited judgeship further underscores wealth’s role in access to justice.
Clifton Museum Park is excited to announce an opening for a maintenance worker. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team dedicated to preserving and sharing Nova Scotia's rich cultural and natural history.
The Maintenance Worker will be supported by the Nova Scotia Museum Regional Coordinator Valley Region. This position is a great fit for someone who enjoys working outdoors and in historic buildings. You will be maintaining the museum buildings, gardens, roads, trails, and grounds that help interpret Clifton Museum Park and Shand House Museums. You will engage with visitors and assist your co-workers with events, programs, and exhibits.
The Maintenance Worker operates a wide range of equipment and machinery which requires specific training that the museums provide. Mandatory training includes but is not limited to First Aid, Occupational Health and Safety, Fall Arrest, Chainsaw Safety, and WHMIS. This role includes responding to alarm calls and emergency repairs as needed.
Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.
Based on the employment status and Union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as Health, Dental, Life Insurance, Pension, General Illness (Short and Long Term), Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. Click here to learn more about our various benefits offering and eligibility criteria.
This role involves physical activity, including standing, walking, lifting, climbing stairs, crouching, and operating grounds maintenance equipment, hand and power tools. You’ll also be working outdoors in all weather conditions and in heritage buildings.
Location: Clifton Museum Park, 424 Clifton Avenue, Windsor, Nova Scotia. Please note that the park is not fully accessible.
The position requires a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays, and occasional evenings.
Candidates must successfully complete reference and background checks, including a criminal record check and a vulnerable sector search.
This is a seasonal employment opportunity for the period between April and October. Successful candidates must have the ability to work flexible hours including some weekends, evenings and holidays. In your resume/covering letter, please clearly state how you qualify for this position and your flexibility on working hours.
NOTE: only resumes and cover letters submitted through the Public Service Commission by the closing date will be considered. The filling of this position is contingent upon receiving funding.
Pay Grade: MOS 07
Salary Range: $1,645.29 - $1,686.75 Bi-Weekly
Employment Equity Statement:
Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application.
This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU). If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via this link:
Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued.
External applicants and current casual employees will only be considered if there are no qualified civil service bargaining unit candidates. PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information.
Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to Competitions@novascotia.ca.
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