Careers
Join the RMSC Team!
The mission of the RMSC (Rochester Museum & Science Center) is to inspire a better future for all through curiosity, exploration, and participation in science, culture, and the natural world. Sound like your kind of work?
Join in on our team to help inspire a better future for our community.
Why Work at the RMSC?
Whether working at the RMSC Museum & Science Center, Strasenburgh Planetarium, or Cumming Nature Center, you’ll be working in a unique and exciting environment with supportive colleagues. We are a team of lifelong learners brimming with curiosity and open minds. Our staff is passionate about sharing science, culture, and the natural world with others. If this sounds like your type of work environment, we encourage you to apply.
Membership & Discounts
Employment earns you an automatic membership to the RMSC PLUS discounts in the gift shop, on rentals, and to 300+ science museums worldwide.
Equitable Benefits
Full-time employees are offered generous and equitable benefits.
Interesting Coworkers
How many people get to say a mastodon or a dinosaur is one of their coworkers? Let history be your colleague at the RMSC.
Your Work Matters
When you work at the RMSC, you know that your efforts are supporting a greater cause. The work you do here not only directly impacts our local community, but it could spark a lifetime of curiosity in a young visitor.
Join Our Team
Career Opportunities at the RMSC
The RMSC recruits and selects individuals for employment solely on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competency without regard to all legally protected classes, including, but not limited to: race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, citizenship, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identities and expressions, or veteran status. All job offers are contingent upon the applicant providing proof of legal authorization to work at the RMSC and completing a background screening.
Unfortunately, due to the high volume of interest we receive, we cannot respond to telephone inquiries from interested candidates.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Department: Executive | Rochester, NY
Full-time
Outreach – Forest School Instructor
Department: Cumming Nature Center | Naples, NY
Part-time, (8 hours per week, 40-week position)
Maintenance Mechanic
Department: Facilities | Rochester, NY
Full-time
Equal opportunity
The RMSC is committed to ensuring all individuals have an opportunity to apply for positions that they are interested in and qualify for without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
Internship Opportunities
The RMSC understands the importance of access to internship opportunities for high school and college students. Career readiness experiences are extremely valuable to students and young adults. We offer paid internships on a limited basis, and non-paid, for-credit internships on a seasonal basis. Internships are currently available in the following departments:
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The RMSC Museum & Science Center understands the importance of access to internship opportunities for high school and college students. Career readiness experiences are extremely valuable to students and young adults. For any non-paid internships, we require the participant to receive direct school credit toward a class, graduation or other requirement.
We offer paid internships on a limited basis, and non-paid, for-credit internships on a seasonal basis. Internships are typically in our Collections, Library and Archives, and Marketing Departments, but we are always exploring opportunities to provide more of these experiences in a variety of departments.
