Job Listing: Monticello Guide (Part-time)

Name of Organization – The Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Charlottesville, Virginia 

Closes – Until Filled

Title – Monticello Guide (Part-time) 

Compensation – $15 

Type – Part-time

Apply – (1) a cover letter, (2) resume, and (3) contact information for two professional references. 

Summary – The Thomas Jefferson Foundation is seeking part-time guides eager to engage diverse audiences with the history of the founding of the United States. Tours of the site focus on the fundamental themes of innovation, freedom, self-governance, slavery, and its legacies. Monticello guides are committed to working as a part of a team to ensure an excellent guest experience.

We provide the following benefits for our part-time employees:

• 401(k) retirement savings plan + 6% match.
• Fitness club membership discount.
• Discount in the Monticello Café, gift shop, and Monticello online catalog.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – free for employee and dependents.
• $500 employee referral bonus.
• Exciting quarterly social events for all employees.

If you believe this opportunity is the right fit for you, we encourage you to apply!

Responsibilities –

• Candidates should be eager to engage with a broad variety of perspectives about the past.

Training: Applicants should be available to attend all days of training. All training is paid time. Training will take place January 29th - February 27th. Most sessions will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays from approximately 9am - 5:30pm (a couple days will be 10:30am - 7:00pm). 

Qualifications – 

• Availability to work weekends, evenings, and some holidays is required. 
• B.A. degree with a major in a relevant field preferred but equivalent work experience will be considered.

About – The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has a twofold mission of preservation and education, and was incorporated in 1923 to preserve Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Today, the Foundation seeks to bring history forward into national and global dialogues by engaging audiences with Jefferson's world and ideas, and sharing the history of everyone, enslaved and free, who lived and labored at Monticello. Monticello is recognized as a National Historic Landmark, a United Nations World Heritage Site and a Site of Conscience.