[NHCOLL-L:4317] Museum Director position opening

[Heather Beggs]

Museum Director/CEO
Pratt Museum
Homer, Alaska 
 

The award-winning Pratt Museum seeks an energetic, creative, and
compassionate professional to lead the organization through its next phase.
Reporting to a Board of Directors, the Museum Director provides visionary
leadership for and management of a dynamic community-based museum of art,
science and culture.

 

The Pratt Museum is dedicated to the process of education by exploring the
natural environment and human experience relative to the Kachemak Bay region
of Alaska and its place in the world. The Museum seeks to inspire
self-reflection and dialogue in its community and visitors through
exhibitions, programs, and collections in the arts, sciences and humanities.
In 2005, the Pratt Museum was awarded the IMLS National Award for Museum
Service and the Museum has received numerous other state and regional awards
for its innovative programming. The Museum Director is responsible for
administration, outreach, and program oversight, including strategic
planning, development, and implementation of a major capital campaign.
Minimum three years administrative experience in museum or comparable
nonprofit setting required

Visit  <http://www.prattmuseum.org/> www.prattmuseum.org for more
information about the Pratt Museum and its programs

Visit  <http://www.homeralaska.org/> www.homeralaska.org for more
information about Homer, Alaska -- a vibrant arts town perched on beautiful
Kachemak Bay

 

Salary $50,000-$60,000, DOE

Deadline: 5 p.m. June 22, 2009

Send resume, three professional references and cover letter to: Search
Committee, Pratt Museum, 3779 Bartlett St. Homer, AK 99603 or
info at prattmuseum.org <mailto:info at prattmuseum.org> 

Target start date: September 2009

Contact number: 907-235-8635

Email: info at prattmuseum.org <mailto:info at prattmuseum.org> 

 
 
JOB DESCRIPTION

 

Major Responsibilities:

 

Administration (~40% time commitment)

A.    Manages day-to-day operation of the Pratt Museum

B.    Directs all financial activities, with the assistance of a part-time
bookkeeper. Develops Museum's budget and monitors financial status, approves
all expenditures, and informs Board of all museum business affairs and
financial conditions

C.    Implements Board policy and proposes policy revisions to the Board
that increase effective and  efficient museum operations

D.    Leads, supervises and evaluates performance of core museum staff, and
determines museum staffing requirements, job functions, and compensation for
staff

E.     Responsible for guiding Board in, and acting to meet, all legal
obligations of museum

F.     Attends Board meetings as an ex officio member and serves on selected
Board committees

G.    Serves as liaison between museum staff and Board

 

Development (~40% time commitment)

A.    Chief museum spokesperson: leads and coordinates museum outreach and
serves as an ambassador to the community, partners and stakeholders

B.    Works with Development Director to implement comprehensive development
strategies

C.    Leads museum through major capital campaign

D.    Develops and nurtures major partnerships and relationships of the
Museum

E.     Develops and cultivates relationships with current and potential
funders and major donors

F.     Supports Development Director and core staff in fundraising
activities

G.    Enhances credibility of Museum through presentations and attendance at
professional meetings, development of professional contacts, and
representation on appropriate Boards or committees

 

   Program Oversight & Planning (~20% time commitment)

A.    Assures integration of all museum collections, exhibitions,
educational programs

B.    Guides Board and staff in preserving and protecting collections, which
are held in the public trust

C.    Directs major program partnerships, ensuring mutually beneficial
relationships.

D.    Nurtures a positive relationship between the museum and the City of
Homer and other community organizations

E.     Serves as liaison to the Patrons of the Pratt Society, an independent
support and advocacy group 

F.     Oversees periodic assessment and evaluation of all museum programs
and audience, and works with Board and staff to apply data to the strategic
planning process

G.    Develops and leads the museum short and long-range planning processes

 

Requirements:           

 

Minimum 3 years experience in museum or other nonprofit work at an
administrative level or comparable background.  Degree in a museum-related
field is desirable

 

 

 

Skills/Abilities:           

 

Commitment to and enthusiasm for the Pratt Museum's mission and willingness
to perpetuate the Museum's positive role in the local community and state

 

Excellent financial management skills, with experience budgeting, monitoring
grant expenditures, and financial planning

 

Visionary leadership skills, with enthusiasm to lead the organization
through a major capital campaign

 

Excellent time-management skills, ability to prioritize tasks, assist staff
in prioritizing programs and tasks, delegate when necessary, and work within
a restricted budget

 

Ability to supervise and manage a highly-qualified and dedicated staff and
work effectively with a limited budget and small staff

 

Ability to comfortably live and work in a small, northern latitude community
at "the end of the road" (small town politics, short summers and long
winters with extreme day/night fluctuations, few urban amenities)

 

Excellent managerial, organizational, long-range planning, human relations,
time management, and oral/written communication skills

 

Knowledge of basic legal aspects of museum and nonprofit operations

 

Strong fundraising and grant writing skills

 

Sound knowledge of the museum profession

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