Salary : $43,980.00 – $70,070.00 Annually
Location : Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX
Job Type: Unclassified
Job Number: U6090-0723
Department: ART MUSEUM ADMIN
Opening Date: 07/27/2023
Closing Date: 8/15/2023 11:59 PM Mountain
Requirements
MOS Code: None
Experience and Education: A Bachelor’s degree or higher, in Fine Art, Art History, Art Education, Museum Education, or related field, and one (1) year professional experience in education in a museum setting.
Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class “C” Driver’s License or equivalent from another state.
General Purpose
Under general direction, plan, coordinate and manage programs and activities that actively engage with the community throughout the city and region to extend the reach of Museum resources and expand the diversity of museum audiences.
Typical Duties
Manage the museum’s community programs. Involves: Develop, execute and evaluate the effectiveness of the museum’s education program, audience development, museum school and library programs, and development of public/private partnerships. Implement, oversee and evaluate programs to ensure or increase effectiveness and efficiency. Oversee and conduct research through focus groups, surveys and other means to access community needs and evaluate effectiveness of all programs. Develop and implement strategic plans to ensure program goals, including appropriate time tables, objectives and budgets. Conduct outreach activities to promote and engage community organizations, schools, and social service agencies in programs and educational opportunities with the Museum’s rich collections and resources. Oversee the scheduling and staffing of all education programs. Oversee and manage the education division and program budgets. Perform administrative duties.
Develop strategic alliances to increase effectiveness of all programs. Involves: Build relationships and supervises in-depth programs with public schools. Create and develop ways to link with new audiences through visual arts and museum collections. Build and maintain key relationships throughout the community. Develop and maintain a network of local support for program needs. Manage the on-going relationship and collaboration with school districts. Identify opportunities and recruit for teaching artists. Advocate programs, events and exhibits by arranging, hosting or participating in events. Oversee weekend and evening programs when required. Teach or substitute teach when needed. Advise and collaborate with teaching artist on art education strategies.
Develop strategic plans to increase program attendance and participation. Involves: Identify, attract and retain program audiences. Oversee the development and design of education materials for all programs. Evaluate the effectiveness of all program promotional initiatives. Customize curriculum and develop programs that connect with the interest and needs of the community.
Coordinate all program funding sources. Involves: Identify and research funding opportunities on local, regional and national levels. Develop potential grant opportunities and research, prepare and submit grant applications. Make solicitations and prepare written proposals for support. Engage funders in programs.
Supervise assigned staff. Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide for training and development enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.
General Information
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Note: This is an unclassified contract position.
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
Note: This is new advertisement for Art Museum Community Engagement Coordinator. You must apply if you are still interested in this position.
Note: Applicants with a foreign degree must have all relevant documents translated and evaluated by a College, University, or Credentials Evaluation Services Department prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
Determined by agreement
01
Do you have a Bachelor’s Degree or higher, in Fine Art, Art History, Art Education, or Museum Education?
- Yes
- No
02
Do you have a minimum of two (2) years professional experience in education in a museum setting?
- Yes
- No
03
Do you have a valid USA driver’s license? If so, what type of driver’s license do you have?
- Texas Class A – CDL or equivalent from another state.
- Texas Class B – CDL or equivalent from another state.
- Texas Class C or equivalent from another state.
- No, I do not have a valid driver’s license.
04
Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on both the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
- I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information.
Required Question