(Part-time) Walking Tour Guide with Big Onion Walking Tours

Job Title: Walking Tour Guide

Job Status: Part-time

Big Onion Walking Tours (www.bigonion.com) is seeking qualified
graduate students who are interested in leading walking tours
focusing on the vibrant social, cultural, and political history of
Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Hudson Valley. Big Onion is designed
to offer flexible, year-round, part-time work for graduate students that
can operate around academic commitments.

Founded by graduate students at Columbia University more than 30
years ago, Big Onion has grown to be the largest and most scholarly
public history walking tour company–not only within New York, but in
the United States. Our walking tours are led year-round and on a
scheduled basis for the public as well as private tours for schools,
non-profits, corporations, and other groups.

Leading tours with Big Onion has proven to be helpful for doctoral
students with comprehensive exam prep as well as to prepare for job
talks. In addition, it is an academic CV worthy position. Our former
colleagues teach at dozens of universities/colleges throughout North
America, work at significant NGO’s and non-profit organizations.
Starting guide pay begins at $100-$125 per tour. Most tours last
about two hours.

If you are interested in taking your skills out of the classroom, can hold
an audience’s attention, and are pursuing an advanced degree,
please contact Seth Kamil, the president of Big Onion, at
seth.kamil@bigonion.com. Please email your resume with at least
two references. Interview and hiring preference is given to those with
prior teaching experience.