The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation (JYF), which operates two world-class museums, Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center, seeks a qualified candidate to direct efforts to commemorate four national landmark historical events of 1619:

• The first representative legislative assembly in British America, at Jamestown,
• The arrival of the first recorded Africans in Virginia,
• Recruitment of women to expand the Virginia colony,
• A precedent for Thanksgiving in America at Berkeley Hundred.

The 2019 commemoration provides the Commonwealth of Virginia with opportunities to expand economic and tourism initiatives, as well as programs and events to educate the public on the importance of Virginia in the creation of the United States.

This position will serve as the principal liaison to the 2019 Commemoration Steering Committee and will provide overall staff direction and management of activities and resources.  The individual will work closely with an array of historical, educational and tourism organizations and individuals to maximize opportunities related to the commemorative period.   The staff director will develop and implement communication systems to build awareness of the 2019 commemoration and engage key organizations.  Focus also will be placed on leveraging public and private resources and providing effective management as projects and events are developed and implemented.   The individual will work closely with other state and local agencies and state and national officials, and will manage paid and volunteer staff.

To Qualify: Proven senior management experience working with state and local officials, boards, and educational and tourism-related organizations.   History of strategic marketing experience needed.  Strong budget and project management skills are required.  Outstanding writing and editing skills with experience delivering clear and persuasive oral, written and digital communications.  Fundraising experience helpful.  Experience planning and executing events with national significance is a plus. 

Salary:  $125,000 with state benefits package.  This is an excepted and restricted position that will end no later than June 30, 2020.

TO APPLY:  You must fully complete a Commonwealth of Virginia employment application. Applications must be received by, May 31, 2015 at 5:00PM.   Background Check/E-Verify Required.   EEO/AA/ADA.  Visit our website at www.historyisfun.org.

Frye Art Museum

Deputy Director, Development 

The Frye Art Museum seeks an inspiring leader to partner with the Director and Board of Trustees in building a robust philanthropic program and leading a department that includes development, membership, events, and volunteer services.

Mission Statement

The Frye Art Museum is a living legacy of visionary patronage and civic responsibility, committed to artistic inquiry and a rich visitor experience. A catalyst for our engagement with contemporary art and artists is the Founding Collection of Charles and Emma Frye, access to which shall always be free.

Position Summary

The Deputy Director, Development builds and manages a comprehensive fundraising program designed to secure financial resources to support the Frye Art Museum’s mission, programs, special projects, and operations.

This position requires an experienced, hands-on development professional who will achieve progressively higher levels of support for the Museum. The individual holding this position must be a strategic thinker and be able to work effectively within a dynamic museum environment.

The Deputy Director, Development is responsible for all aspects of development, membership, events, and volunteer programs at the Museum and supervises staff, interns, and work study students.

This position reports to the Director.

Key Responsibilities

Include, but are not limited to:

• In close collaboration with the Director, develop an integrated strategy to expand philanthropic support for the Museum and build a culture of philanthropy at all levels of the institution.
• Regularly establish goals and objectives, including fiscal year projections; evaluate programs; assess progress toward goals; and report on results to the Director and the Board of Trustees.
• Direct and execute all aspects of the Museum’s development program, including major gift cultivation and stewardship; foundation and government grants; corporate giving and sponsorships; capital, endowment, individual, annual and planned giving; and membership programs.
• Build strong and mutually beneficial relationships between the Museum and the diverse communities it serves to enhance public awareness of the Museum.
• Develop and implement an integrated strategy for a robust individual giving program.
• Develop and manage a portfolio of major gift donors, with a focus on gifts of $25,000+.
• Integrate the Museum’s development priorities across the institution in collaboration with the Director and Deputy Directors.
• Develop and administer budgets supporting the Museum’s advancement priorities.
• Motivate and manage the Museum’s Development team. Plan, assign, and review the work of staff. Participate in the hiring and regular evaluation of Development staff.
• Attend and prepare departmental progress reports for monthly Board of Trustees’ Meetings; organize regular meetings of the Board of Trustees’ Development Committee; prepare and present progress reports on development initiatives. Engage Trustees in fundraising efforts where appropriate.
• Supervise the identification, recruitment, and training of volunteers in all aspects of the Museum’s operations and integrate them into the Museum’s fundraising activities.
• With the Deputy Director, Communications, develop a common strategy and language to support the Museum’s mission, strategic plan, and development goals.
• Oversee and coordinate a schedule of donor cultivation events, including exhibition openings, dinners, and member tours.
• Oversee the Museum’s use of the Altru database, managing strategic prospecting, fundraising progress, and milestone reports.
• Make presentations to a wide variety of audiences including key stakeholders, donors, and the Seattle artistic community.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Skills and Abilities: 

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• A passion for advancing the goals of the Frye Art Museum through philanthropic support and a strong affinity for Seattle, its cultural community, and global identity.
• 5+ years’ experience, including responsibility for providing broad oversight of institutional development efforts, securing major gifts, building individual support, managing Board-driven fundraising activities, and successfully meeting goals and timelines.
• Knowledge of the corporate, government, foundation, and philanthropic community in Seattle.
• Demonstrated fundraising success, particularly in the area of individual giving; experience managing portfolio of major gifts of $25,000+.
• Strong leadership, management, supervisory, training, and mentorship skills. Proven ability to be a team player and builder.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; a demonstrated ability to present ideas and information clearly and compellingly.
• Ability to set priorities and effectively represent the Museum with a wide range of stakeholders, exercising diplomacy, tact, and discretion.
• Ability to conform to Museum policies and support Board and leadership decisions in a positive manner.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining keen attention to detail.
• Proficiency with MS Office products including Word and Excel, as well Altru and other development software.
• Knowledge of art and multidisciplinary artistic practice a strong advantage.

Work Conditions and Standards

• Willing to work weekends and after hours when necessary.
• Represent the Museum with a high level of integrity and professionalism.
• Adhere to Museum policies, core values, strategic and institutional goals.
• Conform to the Code of Ethics of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Position Status

Full time, exempt.  Excellent benefits.

To apply, please email resume and cover letter stating salary requirements with “Deputy Director, Development” in the subject line to:director@fryemuseum.org.

The Frye is committed to diversity in the workforce and is an equal opportunity employer.  We do not discriminate in any employment decision on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, religion, age, marital or veteran’s status, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by local, state or federal law.

Employment Opportunity Edmonton Space & Science Foundation

Vice President, Science

TELUS World of Science – Edmonton inspires life-long learning as we create a positive science and technology culture in our region. We motivate people to learn about and contribute to advances in science and technology, to strengthen themselves, their families and their community. TELUS World of Science – Edmonton is operated by the Edmonton Space and Science Foundation.

Position Summary
TELUS World of Science –Edmonton is looking for a Vice President, Science who is a strong leader with a passion for science with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. This individual will have a reputation for building, inspiring and leading collaborative Science teams and have a proven ability to lead the operational excellence and science experience through their initiative and innovation. This individual will play an integral role to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate the science experience at TELUS World of Science – Edmonton to align with the organizations mission and values. The Vice President, Science is a member of the Senior Management team and reports directly to the President & CEO, and liaisons with the Board of Directors.  This position requires highly developed skills in program and exhibit development, strategic planning, human resource management, budgeting and team building.

Specific Responsibilities

• Leads the development, implementation, and management of strategic and operational plans, in keeping with the mission of the organization, to provide innovative, programs that maximize use of the TWOSE facilities and meets the needs of the formal education systems, general public, and communities served.
• Lead the development, implementation, and management of short and long range exhibit plans in keeping with the mission, vision values and desired outcomes of the organization that provide motivation and inspiration for students, teachers and the general public to visit the TWOSE frequently.
• Provides leadership and leads the Science Team in creating science experiences that reach all audiences, generate revenue, and make best use of the extensive Science Centre facilities.
• Liaise with the broad science community, particularly the research community in Edmonton
• Leads the development, implementation, and management of short and long range exhibit plans, in keeping with the Mission, Vision, Values, and Desired Outcomes of the organization, that provide motivation and inspiration for students, teachers, and the general public to visit TWOSE frequently.
• Provide leadership necessary to ensure a strong customer focussed culture throughout the organization.
• Develop strong community partnerships, enhance the Science Centre program and exhibit offerings to students, teachers, and the general public.

General Responsibilities

• Participate with the Senior Management team in providing overall leadership to the organization and development of organizational goals and objectives.
• Ensure the organization has the appropriate policies/procedures in place related to Science and Exhibit areas.
• Provide the necessary information/reports to support the activities of Senior Management and the Board of Directors.
• Provide leadership and interaction with all staff (paid and volunteer) to develop and maintain the science experience and build an effective team environment.
• Identify the resources required, both financial and non-financial, to achieve the organization’s Science experience, goals and objectives.
• Develop, lead, manage and evaluate senior science staff
• Lead the development and overall management of the Science Department’s annual and multi-year budgets.

•  Attend related meetings and conventions as opportunities to represent the Science Centre to maintain, promote,  and improve the quality of Science Experience and efficiency of operations of TWOSE.

Knowledge/Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of science exhibits and programs
• Excellent leadership skills for teams and projects
• Strategic and operational planning skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong capacity for initiative and innovation
• Thorough awareness of the science centre community

  Experience:

  A leadership position in a science centre, museum or similar institution; including practical experience in exhibit and education program development, science communication, team leadership and project management.

  Education Science degree; preferably a graduate degree plus 8 – 10 years’ experience in Program and Exhibit Development and /or equivalent combination of education and experience.

  Opening date: April 30, 2015

  Closing Date:  May 31, 2015

  Apply with salary expectation to

  TELUS World of Science – Edmonton

  11211 142 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5M 4A1

  Attention:  Human Resources

  or via email: hr@twose.ca

• We thank all applicants and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

C&G Partners, an established New York City multi-specialty design studio, seeks a senior-level content developer for museum exhibit design projects. We are looking for a highly organized self-starter, able to communicate persuasively with clients, designers, technical artisans, scholars, curators, and others to help deliver multiple high-quality exhibit design projects on time and on budget. Our studio is unique: we undertake projects for culture and commerce that involve multiple in-house design specialists at the same time, from media designers, to architects, graphic designers, writers and more. The successful candidate will be an important and equal part of the design team, and will collaborate with multidisciplinary designers on multiple projects.

Responsibilities:

Provide overall leadership and direction for content development process, executing content development tasks and best practices at various stages in project cycles, from preliminary planning through final design and implementation. These efforts will be in conjunction with internal content and project teams, as well as external stakeholders, including the Senior Content Developers management of project scholars and experts. These tasks include, but are not limited to:

Management of Content Development Process

• Develop and oversee content research plans tailored to individual project(s): includes schedule, scope, budget and resource impacts
• Brainstorm new content and storyline ideas with teams and develop existing content, including selection of artifacts and tracking of conservation/display requirements
• Build and oversee complex charts tracking types of content, responsibilities, progress, and problems
• Actively schedule and facilitate meetings by phone and in person with prominent scholars, curators, practitioners, and others
• Lead cross-disciplinary communication to other internal teams and establish finding aids and content tools for internal use
• Lead efforts to synthesize research results for deliverables to—e.g. content outlines, matrices, and storylines
• Establish and monitor scriptwriting standards based on research and project requirements
• Lead the development of presentation and milestone deliverables to facilitate client’s review and approval of content, interfacing with client and client representatives as needed
• Participate in (and travel for) client meetings regarding project milestones and issues.
• Report to project supervisor any substantive communication, especially contract related issues.
• Supervise work and progress of junior content developers to achieve project goals, delegating as necessary
• Manage image researcher and image acquisition process, monitoring intellectual property ramifications of design and content decisions
• Manage artifact researcher and artifact acquisition/loan process

Management of Content Advisors

• Oversee and optimize the cohort of scholars and experts who are engaged to be resources for content development
• Coordinate outreach and communications to new, existing, and prospective advisors, including all scheduling matters
• Manage vetting/onboarding/orientation process for new advisors, all contracts and ongoing invoicing, and track engagement/relationship-building
• Coordinate and review submittals from academic and expert consultants and integrate into overall content management process

Requirements:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are key to successfully collaborate with our teams and communicate with clients. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in history, museum studies, or another subject relevant to the research and interpretation of historical content for presentation in a museum environment. Applicants must possess a minimum of 3-5 years of experience. 5-10 years a strong plus.

Skills

Competence in Microsoft Office word processing and spreadsheet programs on a Macintosh platform. Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth research; to develop summaries and reports of research conducted; and to synthesize results of that research. Use of material culture and imagery to inform interpretation in museum exhibits. Excellence in writing. Presentation and communication ability. Planning and organizational ability and aptitude.

Unique “Multi-Specialty” Requirement if Possible:

Each person in our studio is ideally multi-specialty themselves. Applicants will ideally state demonstrable specialty abilities in at least two relevant disciplines of design consulting. (For example, project management and content development, or design and content development.) Combinations of more than two are welcome.

Compensation commensurate with salary history.

Application Instructions:

Please provide resume, portfolio link or portfolio PDF (if applicable) and 3 professional references to srcontentdev@cgpartnersllc.comwith “Senior Content Developer” in the subject. Email replies only please.

The purpose of this job within the organization is to plan, coordinate, and implement a variety of educational programs for the Municipal Museums.

Essential Functions:

• Designs, implements, and evaluates educational programs for two museums, including summer camps, weekly and monthly programs, and exhibition related workshops.
• Researches and develops interactive components for exhibits and events, including tour content, labels, and hands-on activities.
• Recruits, trains, supervises, and maintains volunteer corps at both museums.
• Assists with grants at both museums.
• Works with local and regional communities to and ascertain and meet educational needs for both museums.

Additional Duties:

• Writes and assists in writing: reports, educational curriculum, exhibition catalogues, newsletter articles, special mailings, etc., regarding public educational programs and activities including exhibitions and receptions.
• Supervises, assigns, prioritizes, and evaluates the work of subordinate personnel and volunteers.
• Manages the education grants and budgets for both museums.
• Maintains and demonstrates current knowledge in the field of museum education.
• Compiles data for quarterly reports, including visitor and tour counts, education curriculum, and reports for support organizations and the museums director.
• Initiates and maintains partnerships with community organizations and local school districts.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Qualifications:

Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Museum Studies, Education, History, or a related field. Requires three to five years of experience in formal and/or informal education, or any combination of relevant education and experience. Masters degree preferred.