Salary: $69,859.71 – $97,620.22 Annually
Location : Mesa, AZ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 13531
Department: (H400)Arts and Culture
Opening Date: 08/18/2023
Closing Date: 9/21/2023 11:59 PM Arizona
Description/Duties
First review of applications will be on Monday, August 28, 2023.
The Museum Chief Curator provides direction, oversight, and leads the museum’s research, collections, engagement, interpretation, communication, and overall curation for the Research and Collections Division of the Arizona Museum for Natural History for the fields of natural and social sciences. Responsibilities include providing strategic direction of the Research and Collections Division, including collections management, strategy development, and implementation of Research and Collections policies and procedures of a general curatorial nature relating to the fields of Social Sciences (ethnology, archaeology, anthropology, community cultures) or Natural Sciences (paleontology, geology, biology); and providing curatorial expertise on exhibitions and programming. The Museum Chief Curator is responsible for developing scientific and museum networks within the region and nationally, to increase the scientific influence and prestige of its research, collections, engagement, programming, and communications.
The Museum Chief Curator also has responsibility for the overall Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program, and the Digital scanning program, to include CT scans, photogrammetry, and other Database management systems, and to act as the data custodian and liaison to the City’s IT department. The Museum Chief Curator also supervises full-time, part-time, contractual, and volunteer personnel and may act in the stead of any absent curator. This class is also responsible for performing related duties as required.
General supervision is received from the Museum Administrator, who reviews work through conferences, meetings, reports, and overall results achieved. This class is FLSA exempt-professional.
Please refer to the link below for the full job description and additional information regarding assignments, preferred qualifications, and essential functions.
Qualifications & Requirements
Employee Values: All employees of the City of Mesa are expected to uphold and exhibit the City’s shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.
Minimum Qualifications Required. Any combination of training, education, or experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master’s Degree in a Social Science, Natural Science, or related field, such as Museum Studies, Anthropology, Biology, Geology, Paleontology, Ecology, or a closely related area. Extensive (5+ years) museum curatorial or equivalent experience.
Preferred/Desirable Qualifications. Ph.D. in a field of the Social or Natural Sciences and experience in responsible positions in a museum is preferred. May have been published in a professionally recognized publication and been credited within the publication. Good (1 – 3 years) experience using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), CT Scans, photogrammetry, or similar 3D spatial databases.
Link to Job Description
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Do you have a Master’s Degree in Social Science, Natural Science, or related field, such as Museum Studies, Anthropology, Biology, Geology, Paleontology, Ecology, or a closely related area? Please detail your education and major(s) on your application.
- Yes
- No
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Do you have a Ph.D. in Social Science or Natural Science? Please detail your education and major(s) on your application. If none, type N/A.
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How many years of museum or equivalent experience do you have? Please be sure to detail your experience on your application.
- None
- Some but less than 5 years
- 5 years or more but less than 7 years
- 7 years or more
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Please describe your museum or equivalent experience, including employer(s). Please also detail this experience on your application. If none, type N/A.
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Have you been published in a professionally recognized publication and been credited within the publication?
- Yes
- No
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How many years of experience do you have using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), CT Scans, photogrammetry, or similar 3D spatial databases ? Please be sure to detail your experience on your application.
- None
- Some but less than 1 year
- 1 year or more but less than 3 years
- 3 years or more
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