Job Description

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Mount Auburn Cemetery comprises 175 acres and is situated in Watertown and Cambridge near Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1831, and visited by over 200,000 people each year, Mount Auburn is a National Historic Landmark, recognized as the first “rural cemetery” and the inspiration for the American Parks Movement during the 19th century. As an active cemetery, Mount Auburn inspires all who visit, comforts the bereaved, and commemorates the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty. As an accredited arboretum, Mount Auburn features 5,000 trees and more than 20,000 plants overall.

Event Summary: SOLSTICE: Reflections on Winter Light is an annual event at Mount Auburn Cemetery that includes an outdoor journey through large-scale light and sound artworks (created by MASARY Studios), and an indoor experience with live music and candle lighting. Guests are invited to walk through the light-filled landscape and explore the Winter Solstice atmosphere, and to reflect on moments of change as the year ends and a new cycle begins. Connect to a landscape of exceptional beauty, consider an intention for the new year, or commemorate the memory of a loved one. Let the Solstice light your way as you encounter the unique spirit of Mount Auburn.

Position Title: SOLSTICE Daily Event Set-Up Staff

Position Type: Seasonal/Temporary ($25/hr)

Reports to: Public Events Assistant

Position Summary: The temporary Daily Event Set-Up team supports Mount Auburn’s signature annual event, SOLSTICE: Reflections on Winter Light (Dec 7-21, 2023). The Daily Event Set-Up team reports to the Public Events Assistant who will manage and monitor all event set-up and assign specific tasks as needed. Mandatory working dates: Dec 4, 7-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-22. Shifts will likely be 12:30-3:30pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and 12:00-3:00pm on Saturdays & Sundays. All staff hired will each receive a $300 bonus if they complete all the working dates.
Responsibilities may include (depending on assignment):

• Preparing Event Staff Trailer
  • Restocking food, water, utensils, napkins, etc. Breaking down and removing empty boxes
• Preparing Candles
  • Cleaning wax out of glass votives (if necessary), tossing old tea light candles, carrying and resetting small boxes of votives and new tealight candles for the evening event
  • Turning on remote-controlled LED candles in and around Story Chapel and Bigelow Chapel
• Preparing Lanterns and Lantern Walk Path
  • Unplugging and transporting wheeled carts of charged lanterns to outdoor staff station
  • Unplugging, transporting, and placing orb lights into the landscape
• Preparing Parking Area
  • Placing road barricades in assigned locations
  • Double checking parking sign placement and adjusting as necessary
• Preparing Event Area
  • Double checking event area sign placement and light battery status and adjusting as necessary
• Preparing Community Message Boards
  • Checking/replacing inventory
  • Setting up space as necessary

Please refer questions to Julie-Anne Whitney, Public Events Producer, at jawhitney@mountauburn.org

 

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Temporary work, Seasonal work, New year, Remote job, Outdoor, Shift work, Weekend work, Sunday, Saturday, Afternoon shift,

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