Email Address: director@chs.org Fax: (860) 236-2664
Phone: (860) 236-5621
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Job Description
The Director of Collections & Education is the organization’s chief curator. The position shapes, cares for, provides access to, and helps people use and learn from CHS’s most valuable asset, its collections. This is accomplished by building and leading a team that will (1) identify compelling and relevant stories that help the citizens of Connecticut contextualize and understand their unique world, (2) work with other historical organizations across the state to build and shape collections that document these stories, and (3) develop products, programs and services that build awareness and promote the use of the collection with an end of understanding, learning, and appreciation for the discipline of history.

For more information and details on how to apply visit: http://chs.org/job-internship/

Job Requirements
The incumbent should be a highly motivated professional with extensive experience in history, museums, libraries, archives, information science, or journalism and have an interest in, and familiarity with historical materials of all media. S/he should be a leader and problem solver with an ability to create change in an orderly fashion and bring collections access, education and interpretation up to or above industry standards in addition to being willing to explore new strategies towards making historical resources available and meaningful to patrons on-site, online and remotely. The incumbent must be highly responsible, pro-active, responsive, flexible, and able to work closely with others on collaborative projects. He/she must have experience and enthusiasm for public service and be able to interact easily with the public, other CHS staff, and professional peers. The incumbent must be responsible, responsive in emergencies. In addition to understanding and valuing the collection and its educational potential, familiarity with Connecticut/New England history is highly desirable.