Museum Operations Manager
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Full-time
Management
Posted on April 21, 2024
Museum Operations Manager
Requisition Number: 2024S003Posting
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Division: Dean of the Faculty
Department: University Museums
Wage/Salary Range: $70,000-$75,000
Department Statement:
The University Museums at Colgate is seeking a Museum Operations Manager with strengths in management and communications to coordinate our growing University Museums program during a moment of strategic planning and implementation.
The University Museums consists of Picker Art Gallery and the Longyear Museum of Anthropology. Reporting to two co-directors and overseeing colleagues whose roles also span the two museums, he/she/they will have primary responsibility for project management, communications, coordination of daily operations, and strategic planning and implementation of interdisciplinary initiatives across campus.
The University Museums are at an exciting point in their history. As a key component of Colgate’s ambitious Middle Campus Plan for Arts, Creativity, and Innovation, our team is currently reenvisioning and redefining how academic museums fit into the contemporary liberal arts experience and into the cultural fabric of the regional communities into which the campus is embedded. Our strategic plan prioritizes implementing decolonizing practices across museum operations, creating a more inclusive and accessible program, increasing student and faculty engagement, enhancing collaborations on and off campus, and developing collections that represent a wider range of identities and experiences. The Museum Operations Manager will be a key partner in developing and implementing the next phase of our strategic plan to guide the University Museums.
We would love to hear from you– even if you do not meet 100% of the preferred/desired qualifications.
Accountabilities:
- Managing professional staff and establishing performance goals, allocating resources, and assessing policies for supervisees.
- Managing day-to-day operations including staffing galleries, preparing for special events, supporting faculty, student, and public use of museum spaces, and supporting collaborations
- Developing and implementing strategies for communicating about museum programs. exhibitions, and other projects, as well as collaboration opportunities with audiences on and off campus, including through print media, digital platforms, website, social media, advertising, press releases, and other campus and community outlets. Work closely with the University Communications Department to effectively implement communications strategies.
- Tracking progress on projects, maintaining budgets, tracking staff expenditures and managing expense reporting using Concur.
- Coordinating contracts and logistics for collaborations with artists, vendors, and independent contractors.
- Assisting exhibition project managers to keep production schedules on track, such as supporting publication and coordinating with University Printing.
- Supporting curricular use of exhibitions and collections by coordinating with staff to schedule class visits and other faculty and student use of collections.
- Coordinating and supporting community visits to the museums.
- Ensuring museum facilities and systems are operating as expected and effectively support the museums. Manage facility requests with parties on and off-campus, including the University Buildings and Grounds Department and external security and storage vendors,
- Administering and implementing security policies and procedures, in collaboration with co-directors and head of collections.
- Regularly reviewing, updating and executing disaster preparedness plans.
- Ensuring compliance with all legal requirements and Colgate University policies, overseeing investigations of all of all accidents, injuries, fires, property theft or damage, and any other incidents that may imply risk.
- Establishing or strengthening DEAI and decolonizing practices across museum operations.
- Performing other related duties as needed.
Professional Experience/Qualifications
- Two (2) years of project management experience
- Previous supervisory experience
- Experience with strategic planning and implementation
- Previous experience managing budgets
- Solid understanding of and commitment to equity and inclusion practices
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of project management experience
- 3+ years progressive experience in a leadership role, preferably in a museum, non-profit organization, or higher education institution
- Previous project management experience in an arts or cultural institution
- Previous experience with sustained community engagement
- Experience with grant research, writing, management, and reporting
Education
- A Bachelor’s degree is required
- A Master’s degree in arts administration, communications, business, non-profit management, or museum-related fields is preferred
Other Information
Diversity Statement Requirement:
Colgate has a diverse student, faculty, staff, and alumni population representing a variety of races, gender identities, social economic status, sexual orientations, languages, national origins, etc. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Plan presents a framework for continuing the creation of an inclusive campus and engaging the Colgate community in this effort in the years ahead.
Please describe how you would connect and work with a diverse community. The statement can be any length (e.g. paragraph or page). You can upload the statement under the Diversity Statement document heading. For information on how to write a diversity statement, see our Guidance on Crafting Diversity Statements.
Work Schedule:
This position will occasionally be required to work evenings and weekends.
Job Open Date:
12/21/2023
Job Close Date:
12/9/2024
Open Until Filled
No
Special Instructions Summary
EEO Statement
It is the policy of Colgate University not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of their race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, disability, protected Veterans status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, being or having been victims of domestic violence or stalking, familial status, or any other categories covered by law. Colgate is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Candidates from historically underrepresented groups, women, persons with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
Clery Act
CAMPUS CRIME REPORTING AND STATISTICS
The Department of Campus Safety will provide upon request a copy of Colgate’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. This report includes statistics as reported to the United States Department of Education for the previous three years concerning reported: 1. crimes that occurred on-campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Colgate University; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus and 2. fires that occurred in student housing facilities. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security and fire safety, such as policies concerning sexual assault, life safety systems, and other related matters. You may access the report from the Clery Compliance web page at: https://www.colgate.edu/about/offices-centers-institutes/dean-college/campus-safety-staff/clery-compliance. Printed copies of this report may be obtained upon request from the Department of Campus Safety via e-mail at cusafety@colgate.edu.
To view the full job posting and apply for this position, go to: https://careers.colgate.edu/postings/5534
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