<p>The University Museums consists of Picker Art Gallery and the Longyear Museum of Anthropology. Reporting to two co-directors, this position will have primary responsibility for supporting student engagement and programming for both museums. 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 envisioning 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.</p> <p>Accountabilities</p> <p>This position requires you to collaborate with colleagues whose roles also span both museums and their collections. Daily responsibilities include managing student employees across various museum locations and creating social media content for both museums.</p> <p>This position plays a supporting role in promoting student engagement with the museums, assisting with the coordination of museum programming, and overseeing student employees and ambassadors. The person filling the position will accountable for the following:</p> <ul> <li>Working closely with museum staff, university departments, and community partners to develop, implement, and oversee the museum's schedule of public programs. </li><li>Engaging in best practices for bringing accessibility and inclusion, as well as decolonizing principles, to all museum programs. </li><li>Recruiting, training, and supervising student employees, gallery attendants, and student docents, including managing student schedules to ensure staffing needs are met during gallery open hours and for all public programs. </li><li>Creating, implementing, and overseeing a comprehensive training program to impart knowledge and skills for student employees and interns. </li><li>Overseeing the Museum Ambassador program. </li><li>Arrange meetings with student groups on campus to encourage collaborations. </li><li>Supporting communications about University Museums programs to various audiences across campus- especially through digital formats, such as social media channels and e-newsletters </li><li>Assisting with the coordination and facilitation of Colgate class visits to exhibitions and collections. Facilitating museum visits for a variety of audiences, including student organizations, K-12 groups, life-long learners, and community groups. </li><li>Performing other job related duties as assigned. </li></ul> <p>Technical Competencies</p> <p>Name Communication Description</p> <ul> <li>Demonstrated strength in writing and editing for multiple audiences and in a variety of formats </li><li>Ability to actively engage with multiple museum audiences inside and outside of museums </li><li>Knowledge of student life on campus and effective messaging for student groups </li></ul> <p>Name Program Coordination Description</p> <ul> <li>Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate tasks for multiple projects. </li><li>Demonstrated success in meeting deadlines </li><li>Ability to identify and clearly communicate important information to supervisees and supervisors in a timely manner </li></ul> <p>Name Supervision Description</p> <ul> <li>Demonstrated ability to plan, oversee, and guide student work to meet operational needs </li><li>Demonstrated ability to efficiently undertake complex scheduling </li></ul> <p>Name Collaboration Description</p> <ul> <li>Demonstrated ability to work collegially within a team and work productively with department across the organization </li><li>Demonstrated ability to give talks, train students, work with docents, and give presentations to various constituencies </li><li>Demonstrated ability to lead information-gathering meetings aimed at understanding what collaborators and audiences are excited about </li></ul> <p>Name Technology Description</p> <ul> <li>Demonstrated ability to efficiently use office productivity software. </li><li>Knowledge of or ability to learn how to use relational databases and digital tools </li><li>Demonstrated familiarity with best practices for digital engagement in museums </li></ul> <p>Behavioral Competencies</p> <p>Name Personal Accountability for Results: Description</p> <ul> <li>Takes ownership and accountability for decisions, performance and outcomes and behaves in a responsible manner with a positive attitude related to area of responsibility </li></ul> <p>Name Effective Communication: Description</p> <ul> <li>Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills; communicates clearly and knowledgeably; shares information with others, seeks input from others; adapts communication to diverse audiences; protects private and confidential information </li></ul> <p>Name Problem Solving (and Decision Making): Description</p> <ul> <li>Analyzes and prioritizes situations to identify and solve problems; solutions increase efficiency and improve quality; involves others in solving problems and making decisions; factors organizational goals into decisions; makes clear, transparent, timely decisions </li></ul> <p>Name Change Management: Description</p> <ul> <li>Responds positively to changing university initiatives and readily adapts behavior to maintain effective performance; understands the long term direction of the university and can relate this to one's own departmental area; adapts to new methodologies, techniques and process steps for greater impact </li></ul> <p>Name Leadership and Teamwork: Description</p> <ul> <li>Applies skills and knowledge to achieve department and organizational goals; helps others perform at their best; self-aware and open to feedback; adds value; high quality work, understands and supports organizational goals; builds wide sphere of influence to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness; builds productive working relationships; cooperates and collaborates with colleagues; treats others with respect; resolves conflicts among team members; balances individual and team goals </li></ul> <p>Name Creativity and Innovation: Description</p> <ul> <li>Thinks of and encourages new ideas, and is keen to experiment and see ideas implemented; finds new and innovative ways of creating value for the university at the division, department or function level </li></ul> <p>Name Diversity and Inclusion: Description</p> <ul> <li>Demonstrates respect for people and their differences; understands the benefits of a diverse workforce; is trusted and respected by others; includes and welcomes others; works to understand the perspective of others; promotes opportunities to experience diversity on campus </li></ul> <p>Name Sustainability: Description</p> <ul> <li>Understands the impact of personal behavior in achieving the university's commitment to a more fully sustainable and carbon neutral campus </li><li>Shows support for the university's sustainability initiatives by personal behavior, and by influencing and encouraging others to use sustainable practices </li></ul>