Summary

The Handbook Coordinator Intern will work closely with the Office of the President staff to update and publish the Trustees and Museum Advisors Handbook. The Handbook contains a Board directory, Museum leadership listings, Museum bylaws, Board Committee descriptions, and other information useful to the Museum’s Trustees and Museum Advisors.

• The Intern will gather data from across the Museum to provide up-to-date and accurate information for publication.
• They will be tasked with updating records and contact information for our 200+ Board members.
• They will gain editing, formatting, and writing experience and learn about the governance of the Museum of Science.
• They will work one-on-one with the Handbook designer where they will learn to cultivate external client relationships.

Key Details

Schedule: Hybrid, with one day onsite. Specific days will can be determined upon hire.

Application Timeline:

• Applications close March 6th
• Round 2 responses occur March 13th through April 3rd
• Interviews occur April 19th through May 1st

Deadline: March 6, 2026

Eligibility

• Professional Integrity: Ability to carry out professional activities in an honest, respectful, and ethical manner. To engender a climate of trust and fairness in all dealings with colleagues and the public within and outside the institution.
• Accountability + Follow-through on commitments: Lives up to verbal and written agreements, regardless of personal cost. You do what you say you will and aren’t afraid to own your mistakes. You take the lead but are willing to ask for help.
• Aggressiveness / Proactivity: Acts without being told what to do. Brings new ideas to the company. Moves quickly and takes a forceful stand without being overly abrasive.
• Flexibility/Adaptability: Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions. Copes effectively with complexity and change.
• Efficiency: Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort

Compensation

$19 per hour

About

As science and technology increasingly shape our lives, the Museum of Science strives to equip and inspire everyone to use science for the global good. Among the world’s largest science centers and New England’s most attended cultural institution, we engage nearly five million people a year – at Science Park and in museums around the world, in classrooms, and online.

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