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Museum Collection Management

Museum Registrar (Professional) Campus Museum Manager (Management)

Museum Curation

Curator (Professional) Campus Museum Manager (Management)

Museum Preparation

Museum Preparator (Professional) Museum Preparator (Supervisor) Campus Museum Manager (Management)

The Campus Museum Manager directs and supports the operational functions of the museum including education, finance, exhibitions, personnel, collections, community engagement, visitor relations, development, marketing, programming, and revenue generation.

• Lead vision and oversight of the museum, including exhibition development, communications, marketing, visitor services, and co-curricular programs
• Direct all aspects of museum operations and provide leadership to ensure strategic goals are achieved
• Develop and administer museum budgets; analyze financial conditions and recommend changes as appropriate
• Curate exhibitions in area of expertise; serve as in-house curator for traveling exhibitions
• Evaluate and develop curatorial proposals; oversee the administration related to exhibition agreements
• Direct the development and implementation of marketing and educational programming
• Participate in business development; cultivate external revenue streams, form and maintain strategic relationships
• Research grant, foundation, donor, and other fundraising opportunities and coordinate with development staff on necessary actions
• Direct the development of new exhibitions including research, content creation, vendor selection, and installation
• Negotiate agreements, including proper insurance, shipping arrangements, permissions regarding credits, copyright issues, and contract changes as needed
• Direct the growth, preservation, and conservation of all museum objects
• Support the access and education of students, faculty, and community researchers
• Establish goals and priorities for museum and support staff
• Provide lectures, content, and supporting materials on relevant topics to appropriate audiences; promote the integration of collections into academic curricula
• Oversee scheduling of the facility
• Regularly communicate with various museum constituents
• Ensure successful integration of operations and programming

Level:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 17
• Minimum – $141,700.00
• MidPoint – $180,700.00
• Maximum – $219,600.00

Exempt

Master’s Degree

10+ years of relevant experience, includes 5+ years of supervisory experience

An equivalent combination of education and experience accepted