Employment
North Carolina’s first permanent capitol comes to life every day because of people like you. At Tryon Palace, our employees strive to connect all visitors with colonial America’s past, increase their understanding and appreciation of North Carolina history, and continue that legacy into the future.
Current Employment Opportunities
Tryon Palace Exhibit Facilitator (1)
The Tryon Palace Visitor Services Exhibit Facilitator is responsible for introducing and monitoring group and guest experiences in our interactive museum exhibit, the Pepsi Family Center. Duties include greeting guests and groups; performing exhibit checks and making necessary corrections; ensuring guest compliance with safety and other museum policies; and sanitizing and organizing exhibit stations. This position will work in an indoor exhibit space and interact with diverse groups of preschoolers and school-age children, as well as individual guests and families. The Exhibit Facilitator must be energetic, enthusiastic, and engaging while interacting with our visitors. The excitement level is high, so expect a high noise level with lots of activity.
Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds; reach, stoop and kneel; and walk and stand for long periods of time. Applicants must be available to work weekends and holidays.
Exhibit Facilitators are temporary, part-time employees of the State of North Carolina. This position does not include benefits. The position will work a maximum of 29 hours per week. Pay is $15 per hour.
To apply, complete the state employment application, linked below, and email or mail/deliver to Sarah McLaurin at sarah.mclaurin@dncr.nc.gov or 529 South Front St., New Bern, NC 28562.https://oshr.nc.gov/pd107-2023fillablepdf/open
Development Manager
The Development Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Development Team and oversees fundraising to meet the revenue goals of Tryon Palace as determined by the Executive Director. This position also manages the membership program, annual fund campaigns, restricted gifts, sponsorships, grants, endowments, planned giving programs and capital campaigns. The Development Manager implements and manages successful fundraising events that create engagement and meet revenue or friend-raising goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting Tryon Palace’s mission; assisting with short- and long-range strategic planning; taking the lead to reach fund-raising goals and objectives.
- Managing the day-to-day operations of the Development Team, assigning priorities to ensure a strong, ethical donor management is in place, compliant with all procedures and policies.
- Developing, cultivating, and expanding relationships with donors, supporters and the community, to build membership, sponsorships, and public engagement.
- Providing excellent stewardship to all donors and supporters of Tryon Palace.
- Ensuring all donor records are kept accurate and secure, and that gifts are received and processed correctly, adhering to IRS law and the policies and procedures required by audit.
- Facilitating Board meetings and special events.
Recruitment Salary: $42,464 – $52,213. To learn more about this position and apply, go to:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/northcarolina/jobs/4596333/
For other North Carolina state employment opportunities, please visit www.NC.gov/jobs.
If you are interested in volunteer opportunities at Tryon Palace, CLICK HERE, or email hadley.cheris@dncr.nc.gov