The Rhode Island Historical Society seeks a dynamic, creative, entrepreneurial leader to serve as full-time Director for its Newell D. Goff Center for Education and Public Programs. The Director of the Goff Center reports directly to the Executive Director of the RIHS and will oversee the organization’s education-related activities, including public programming and school-related activities. The Director will be part of the RIHS’s senior leadership team and will work closely and collaboratively with the heads of all other departments. Specifically, the Goff Center’s Director will supervise and coordinate a team that includes the Goff Center Assistant Director, dedicated to K-12 programs; the Research and Public Engagement Coordinator; the Program Outreach Manager, who schedules and oversees implementation of programming, including walking tours; the Visitor Experience & Logistics Manager at the John Brown House Museum; and the Communications & Digital Outreach Coordinator. The Director of the Goff Center will also work closely with the Education Manager of the Museum of Work & Culture in Woonsocket to align the MOWC’s educational outreach with that of the RIHS. In addition, the new Director of the Goff Center will oversee the RIHS’s RHODI Project, an online directory of the state’s history and heritage sites, and related program that seeks to promote and elevate the work of the “history sector” in Rhode Island. Please submit cover letter, résumé, and the names and email addresses of three references by July 30, 2016. We prefer that applications be submitted electronically to jobs@rihs.org. For the complete job description, go to http://www.rihs.org/about-us/employment-opportunities/
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