Museum Manager at Westfield Consulting

Job Summary

• The museum manager is responsible for delivering the museum’s vision and executing its mission.
• This involves engaging all past, existing and potential stakeholders and ensuring the highest level of the social impact of the museum’s operational values. The role is visionary, innovative and strategic as well as administrative.

Principal Duities and Responsibilities
Education:

• Research and Development: Leading the museum’s research and development initiatives. This includes liaising with tertiary institutions, government agencies and other stakeholders to investigate questions for the improvement and development of best practices for the museum’s target audience.
• Program Development: working with a team of educators to design programs to meet the needs of our learners – children, and those who care for/educate them. Develop and implement innovative, high-quality and fun, educational programs and events that are child-based, accessible to a wide audience, and reflect the mission of Mindscapes Children’s Museum.
• Exhibit sourcing/development: Work with exhibit creators/local fabrication team to create the exhibits/resources needed to meet the needs of our learners.
• Education: Provide leadership to staff and volunteers to implement the museum's educational programs for families, schools and communities. Monitor and evaluate programs, making recommendations for program improvement.

Administration:

• Participating in strategic planning for the museum’s relationships development, brand development and fiscal sustainability.
• Providing leadership to staff and volunteers (training, scheduling and supervision)
• Maintaining strong relationships with the parents and other visitors, characterized by mutual respect and goodwill.
• Assisting the Executive Director in setting up systems and structures for the museum’s operations
• Supporting marketing and fundraising efforts
• Collaborate with colleagues and the board in the design and implementation of innovation within the context of the Museum’s overall program and mission.
• Work with Facilities Management to maintain a healthy, safe and orderly museum, and protect the museum’s educational assets.
• Organize and maintain program supply inventory.


• Notify the Executive Director immediately of personal difficulties with children, parents, staff or any stakeholder.
• Initiate growth and change in his/her intellectual and professional development, seeking out professional conferences, courses, and other opportunities to learn and through participation in in service educational activities provided and supported by the Museum.

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Educational Leadership, Business Administration, or related field required.
• Certifications and/or additional degree in education and/or strategy, marketing and related fields
• Knowledge of patterns of human thinking and behaviour
• Strong project management skills will be key as we have several new and ongoing organizational initiatives. An ability to manage projects with two or more stakeholders using a collaborative and professional approach and to operate well under pressure
• Significant supervisory, managerial, and budgetary responsibility experience.
• A minimum of three years working experience in the education sector.

Qualities: 

• Entrepreneurial Thinking – Has the ability to envision the future of the museum and design solutions to communicate its primary cause, seeing and responding to opportunities for collaboration with other organizations and individuals.
• Autonomy – Exhibits the drive and ownership necessary to independently lead the organization’s marketing and communication goals and objectives to actualize its vision.
• Strategic Thinking –Is able to evaluate and analyze existing data to design the organization’s necessary vision deployment strategy.
• High Executive Function – Exhibits the time management, planning, organization and persistence skills to accomplish the set goals with emotional stability, objectivity, and optimism even under pressure.
• Strong Communication skills – Has the flawless articulation, vocabulary, charisma and presence to communicate with the organization’s stakeholders; orally and in writing.
• Resourcefulness – Can ingeniously find the resources to efficiently execute the organization’s strategy/operations and solve arising problems.