Time Type:
Full time
Position Summary and Qualifications:
The Frances M. Maguire Art Museum (FMAM) at Saint Joseph’s University (SJU) seeks an experienced, creative, and forward-thinking museum educator to conceive and implement educational and community engagement programs. The Education and Community Engagement Coordinator will serve as the principal liaison for the museum to K-12 educators and students, schools, community partners, and families in the greater Philadelphia region. The Education and Community Engagement Coordinator will cultivate collaborative relationships between the museum and various community groups to create a dynamic range of curricular and co-curricular opportunities using innovative teaching strategies and interpretive tools to deepen cultural competence. In collaboration with the Director, Associate Director and the Assistant Curator, the Education and Community Engagement Coordinator will support interdisciplinary relationships across Saint Joseph’s University to promote student and faculty engagement.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Develop and implement educational programming related to the Museum’s exhibitions, permanent collection, and mission using a wide variety of delivery methods that serve the University and the museum’s surrounding communities. These include, but are not limited to, guided school and group tours, virtual field trips and programs, family days, summer camps, and online educational content
Work closely with other museum staff to create educational information and materials, to support and enhance exhibitions of the permanent collection and loan shows, as well as special events
Build strong relationships between the museum with SJU, community, and regional educational representatives and organizations
Identify and cultivate external program partners and audiences
Recruit, train, coordinate, and supervise student employees
Identify grant opportunities and contribute to the development of narratives and budgets for grant applications to federal, state, and private funding sources for support of the museum’s educational programs
Determine and implement new tools and technology for audience education and engagement
Secondary Duties & Responsibilities:
Assist as needed with exhibitions, installations, and programs led by other museum staff
Determine and facilitate as needed cost effective methods of advertising educational programming and events to external communities
Minimum Qualifications:
Required:
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in museum studies, education, art history, art, or closely related field
Minimum of two years professional experience in the classroom and/or museums or other experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified
Demonstrated experience in creating, planning, organizing, coordinating and implementing diverse educational programs at the pre-K-12 level in museum or other formal or informal learning contexts
Strong interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills
Superior organizational skills, with a demonstrated record of success meeting deadlines, and developing, implementing and evaluating short and long-range goals
Ability to problem-solve creatively and effectively
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Proven competency working with the public and diverse communities
Preferred:
Master’s degree, preferably in museum studies, education, art history, art, or closely related field
Three years or more professional experience in the classroom and/or museums or other experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified
Familiarity with national, state, and local standards at the K-12 level
Knowledge of and experience with museum principles, objectives, and practices
Experience developing project budgets and projections
Experience researching and writing content for grants
Experience in recruiting, training, supervising, and motivating student employees and volunteers within the area of specialty.
Experience with Adobe and Microsoft Suite, internet and social media experience
Fluency in Spanish
Physical Requirements &/or Unusual Work Hours:
Some early morning or evening hours
Some weekend hours
Moderate physical activity; requires standing and/or walking for more than four (4) hours per day, occasional lifting
No or very limited exposure to physical risk
Work is normally performed in a typical interior work environment
Saint Joseph’s University is a private, Catholic, Jesuit institution and we expect members of our community to be knowledgeable about – and to make a positive contribution to – our mission. Saint Joseph’s University is an equal opportunity employer that seeks to recruit, develop and retain a talented and diverse workforce. The University is committed to the diversity of its faculty and staff so that our students, our disciplines and our community as a whole can benefit from the multiple perspectives it offers. The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
Saint Joseph’s University prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in its programs and activities, including admission and employment, in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The Title IX Coordinator is responsible for overseeing compliance with Title IX and other civil rights laws and regulations. To contact the Title IX Coordinator, e-mail titleix@sju.edu, visit Campion Student Center suite 243, or call 610-660-1145. To learn more about the University’s Title IX policies, the process for filing a report or formal complaint of sex discrimination, sexual harassment, or other form of sexual misconduct, and the University’s response to reports and/or formal complaints, please visit www.sju.edu/titleix. Inquiries may also be directed to the Federal agency responsible for enforcing Title IX, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
For the full job posting and application instructions, please visit the SJU job posting.
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