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Manager, Volunteer and Internship Programs [New England Aquarium]

Manager, Volunteer and Internship Programs

Posted Date:

03-May-2012 (EST)

Closing Date:

31-May-2012 (EST)

Department:

Volunteers

Location:

MA, US

Pay Type:

Salary

Employment Type:

Full Time Regular

JOB SUMMARY:
The Manager of Volunteer Programs and Internships develops, maintains, and supervises all volunteer, internship, work-study, and externship programs at the New England Aquarium. The manager is responsible for recruiting, screening, training, retaining, appreciating, and resolving conflicts for all volunteers, interns, work-study, and externs.

This is a Full Time Regular position. Hours are Monday- Friday with occasional night/ weekend hours required for events.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provides overall leadership for volunteer and college internship program, as well as special projects, such as judicial/community service placements, corporate, community, and one-shot group volunteer opportunities.
2. Develops strategies for recruiting, placing, and retaining volunteers and interns.
3. Develops diversity initiatives for volunteer and college internship programs.
4. Develops, recommends, and implements policies and practices related to volunteers and interns.
5. Screens and hires volunteers, and manages volunteer relations issues, as applicable.
6. Develops and provides primary orientation and supplementary training for all volunteers and interns.
7. Develops, maintains, and expands partnerships with volunteer and intern recruiting sources (colleges, community and business groups).
8. Recruits off-site for college interns and community volunteers.
9. Communicates with departments to determine volunteer needs and source new volunteer opportunities within New England Aquarium.
10. Trains and oversees departmental volunteer site supervisors. Provides training in supervision and management of volunteers. Creates and maintains performance and training standards.
11. Responds to volunteer needs and issues. Mediates and manages conflict between volunteers and departments and among volunteers.
12. Prepares and manages the Volunteer department budget.
13. Supervises staff and volunteers working in the Volunteer department.
14. Seeks external funding, including researching and locating available grants, to support volunteer, internship and work-study programs.
15. Coordinates, manages recruits, and orients work-study students for all departments throughout the Aquarium.
16. Coordinates, manages, recruits, and orients veterinary externs for the animal health department.
17. Performs other position-related duties, as assigned.

EDUCATION:
Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years related experience.
Specific degree preferred: volunteer administration, adult development, human resources, education, psychology, or sociology.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Strong oral and written interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to engage and speak to groups and individuals in a motivational and inclusive manner.
• Demonstrated community collaboration/networking skills and experience
• Self-motivation, flexibility and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Experience working with diverse racial/socioeconomic populations preferred.
• Knowledge of legal, employment, and equal opportunity issues preferred.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION / EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Program Coordinator, School Visits [Page Museum]

Program Coordinator, School Visits at Page Museum

http://www.tarpits.org/our-story/careers

The *Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits *is seeking a Program
Coordinator, School Visits. As part of the Education & Exhibits
Division, the Program Coordinator works closely with the Manager, School
and Teacher Programs to support and facilitate an outstanding and rich
school visits program at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits.

*Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to: *

* Developing and facilitating school programs
* Scheduling, booking, and facilitating school visits
* Coordinating program scheduling with staff, docents, and volunteers
* Producing attendance and demographic reports as needed
* Daily interaction as a facilitator of a great school visits for
schools and teachers

*This position has the following requirements: *

* Bachelors Degree in biological sciences or other museum related
discipline i.e. education
* Two or more years experience working with school and/or family
audiences in an education setting, science institution preferred
* Experience develeoping prorgrams and/or curriculum
* Audience focused ability to work closely with teachers and
understand their needs
* Excellent customer service skills
* Excellent follow through and attention to detail
* Very flexible and helpful; occasional weekend hours will be required
* Excellent written and verbal English communication skills. Bilingual
ability, especially Spanish, is a plus
* Experience in phones, database management
* Proficiency in using PC computers and software such as Microsoft
Word, Excel, Filemaker Pro, basic internet and email
* Experience working with a diverse populations
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
* Ability to multi-task and handle multiple priorities

Salary is commensurate with experience plus excellent benefits. This is
a full time, regular, non-exempt position.

Associate Director of Education, Student and Teacher Programs [Adler Planetarium]

*Associate Director of Education, Student and Teacher Programs*
*at the Adler Planetarium, Chicago*

*A full-time position.*
The Adler Planetarium, (Chicago, IL), has an opportunity available in the
Education Department. Department.  This senior member of the education team
will be accountable for projects and staff related to camps, field trips,
after school clubs, pre-service teacher training, in-service teacher
professional development and coaching, long-term whole-school partnerships,
etc.

*Duties and Responsibilities:*

– Guide and oversee cycles of design, implementation, and
evaluation/reflection for all student and teacher programs ­ including
both
developing new initiatives and increasing the effectiveness and
efficiency
of existing programs;
– Mentor and supervise staff;
– Manage divisional budgets and resources;
– Serve as a liaison between the Adler and external stakeholders such as
Chicago Public Schools, suburban school districts, and the philanthropic
community;
– Maintain relationships with external funders and collaborate on a
range of corporate, foundation, and government grant applications and
reports.

– *Education and Experience:*

– A Master¹s degree or higher in curriculum and instruction, urban
school administration, or related field is required. Undergraduate course
work or teaching certificate in science is preferred;
– 3+ years classroom teaching experience, preferably in an urban
district;
– Experience directly supervising a department or team in an academic,
non-profit, or business setting and managing an annual budget
($200,000+);
– Experience managing the production of learner-centered science
education products or services from concept through design, development,
implementation, and evaluation;
– Experience delivering professional development to science teachers,
preferably in Chicago Public School or other large urban district;
– Experience securing grants and maintaining relationships with funders;
– Active participation in the educational research community is
desirable.

– *Skills and Abilities:*

– Excellent verbal communication skills and comfort delivering oral
presentations to a wide range of youth and adult audiences;
– Excellent writing and editing skills including the ability to tailor
writing styles to the needs of specific audiences (e.g. students,
teachers,
funders, etc.).

– *To apply for this position*
– Please email your resume to:
– Human Resources Email address:
hr-AsDirEd@adlerplanetarium.org<hr-AsDirEd@adlerplanetarium.org?subject=Asso
ciate%20Director%20of%20Education,%20Student%20and%20Teacher%20Programs
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– Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Community Initiatives Coordinator [Golisano Children’s Museum]

Community Initiatives Coordinator

Summary: The Community Initiatives Coordinator is responsible for
developing, leading, and overseeing the Museum¹s Community Initiatives (Set
for School, Shelter Safe Play, and Breaking the Barriers programs) as well
as assisting with selected onsite and outreach programs.  This Coordinator
is C¹mon¹s liaison to numerous community partners, and works with them to
ensure C¹mon meets the needs of all children in Southwest Florida.  This is
a grant-funded position, renewable annually, currently funded by the Naples
Children and Education Foundation.

Reports to: Director of Education

Major Duties

Outreach and Community Programs

€Develops, implements, teaches, and evaluates a variety of
interdisciplinary Community Initiatives programs for children ages 3-12
based on the Museum¹s exhibits (estimated to be approximately 400 programs
per year), including:

oSet for School- The Set for School Initiative focuses on
preparing low-income young children for success in kindergarten through
hands-on                educational programs onsite and offsite that
utilize the ELLM Monthly Themes as well as parenting education nights

oShelter Safe Play- The Shelter Safe Play Initiative
focuses on meeting the behavioral and social skill needs of children ages
birth through twelve          living in or receiving treatment from
shelters in Collier County through monthly onsite and offsite programs.

oBreaking the Barriers- The Breaking the Barriers
Initiative focuses on providing additional time for children with
disabilities to learn how to use   the Museum as well as time for children
who could not attend the Museum during regular hours due to sensory issues
time to explore.

€Acts as the Museum liaison with over 20 partnering community organizations

€Acts as C¹mon representative and develops activities for community
outreach programs

€Responsible for the Community Initiatives portion of the education budget,
maintains outreach program supplies, and orders new supplies as needed

Other

€Trains Museum educators and volunteers in classroom management, teaching
practices, and on designated subject matter

€Cultivates partnership opportunities with local/regional community
organizations to maximize resources and enhance our program offerings

€Works with Director of External Affairs to publicize outreach and
community-based program offerings

€Assists Director of Education in writing grants related to offsite and
community-based programs

€Supervises part-time outreach educators

Qualifications

€             Bachelor¹s degree in education or related field is required;
master¹s degree preferred

€             Three- five years experience with education program
development and/ or teaching

€             Conversational Spanish or fluency required

€             Experience managing budgets

€             Must be outgoing, self-motivated and enjoy working with the
public

€             Excellent organizational skills

€             Excellent oral and written communication skills

€             Ability to work well with others and maintain professional
manner using tact, initiative, good judgment and confidentiality

€             Ability to work with people of all ages

€             Ability to juggle several projects at the same time

€             Ability to work independently with little supervision

€             Proficient in using the Microsoft Office Suite software,
Internet and email

€             Must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings,
holidays and/or weekends

€             Must pass a background check and be fingerprinted

€             Must have reliable transportation as this position travels
very frequently to partnering sites (mileage reimbursed)

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements
for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive
statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

To Apply:

To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, contact information for three
references, salary requirements, and an original lesson plan to Jennifer
Sabo, Director of Education, at jsabo@cmon.org or mail to Golisano
Children¹s Museum of Naples, Attn: Jennifer Sabo, 15080 Livingston Rd,
Naples, FL 34109.

All applicants for open positions will receive acknowledgement upon receipt
of resume. Please, no phone calls.

Director [Fitchburg Art Museum]

Museum Search & Reference announces the national search for the Director of the Fitchburg Art Museum (FAM) in Fitchburg, MA.

FAM seeks a Director for its healthy, growing, AAM-accredited art museum. The Director will lead an institution with an $800K budget, $18M endowment, no debt, a supportive board, and 6 full-time and 5 part-time staff. The Director must bring the energy and track record to lead, inspire, and motivate staff; engage volunteers and an active 27-person Board; manage a 40,000-square-foot facility with 3 connected buildings, located 40 miles NW of Boston. Visit Fitchburg Art Museum.

 

Job Responsibilities 

 

  • Bring vision and creativity to lead FAM forward to the next level of fulfilling its education mission for an expanded audience.
  • Advance collections, exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach.
  • Expand FAM’s audiences and reputation from North Central MA to Boston area and beyond.
  • Oversee staff, operations, finances, and physical plant.

Job Requirements 

  • M.A. in Art History, Museum Studies, M.F.A., M.B.A., or related degree.
  • 5+ years of museum-management experience, preferably in an art museum.
  • Successful track record in staff supervision, strategic-planning, project implementation, fundraising, and working with a Board.
  • Proven ability to plan/implement development programs; organize fundraising and capital campaigns; and augment endowments.
  • Track record of making successful fundraising calls on individuals, foundations, and corporations.
  • Strong museum network.

Fitchburg is a city of 40,000 with universities, beautiful architecture, rolling hills, and nearby mountains – set on the Nashua river, located a train ride or an hour’s drive to Boston (Boston).

Please let us know about your nominations or your own interest in this excellent job.  Thank you.

For full job requirements and profile: museum-search.com.

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