Salary: $63,385.92 – $88,572.85 Annually
Location : Mesa, AZ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 13585
Department: (H400)Arts and Culture
Opening Date: 08/25/2023
Closing Date: 9/14/2023 11:59 PM Arizona
Description/Duties
Classification Responsibilities: The Youth Museum Education Curator is responsible for leading the Education Department and programming of the i.d.e.a. Museum. Duties include developing, implementing, and evaluating programs and events that align with the museum’s mission of supporting children and families through arts based learning; coaching and managing a team of educators and volunteers; developing and maintaining curriculum based programs, including school/field trips, to meet the requirements of Arizona state educational standards; work with community organizations and leaders to create effective partnerships and programming in the community to broaden the impact of the museum’s mission; developing and leading the educational philosophy for the museum; and collect feedback to make data-driven recommendations for program and field trip improvements. The employee also oversees the Gallery Educators training, interns, and helps coordinate volunteer programs and visitors’ services; develops and manages the programs in ArtVille, the museum’s early learning center; works with the Marketing team to publicize programs; supervises the Education Department, promotes outreach to Mesa communities; oversees financial revenues expenditures and in-kind support for museum educational programs; serves as a member of the museum’s senior management team; and performs related duties as required.
Distinguishing Features: The Youth Museum Education Curator serves as a senior leader of the i.d.e.a. Museum and supervises full-time and part-time staff of the Education Department. The i.d.e.a. Museum Administrator supervises the Youth Museum Education Curator, and reviews the curator’s work through assessment of program goals in relation to performance outputs and outcomes, observation of performance in meetings and other working contexts, through oral and written reports, and according to 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. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in the Arts or Education. Considerable (3 – 5 years) experience in education or in other informal learning environments.
Preferred/Desirable Qualification. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master’s Degree in Art or Art Education is strongly preferred, as is experience leading education programming in a museum.
Link to Job Description
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Do you have a Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Art or Education? Please detail your degree(s) and major(s) on your application.
- Yes
- No
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How many years of experience do you have in education or in other informal learning environments? Please 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 but less than 5 years
- 5 years or more
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Please describe your experience in education or in other informal learning environments, including employer(s). Please detail this experience on your application. If none, enter N/A.
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Do you have experience leading education programming in a museum? Please detail this experience on your application.
- Yes
- No
Required Question