Heritage Village, Largo
Closing Date: Oct 21,2022
Curator of Education
Re-living the history of Pinellas County at Heritage Village is like a going back in a time-machine through the last century. Currently we are seeking a Curator of Education to continue bringing our indoor/outdoor museum to life for children and adults of all ages. The Curator will develop coordinate, implement and evaluate educational programs and activities for our 21-acre living history museum.
Museum website: http://www.pinellascounty.org/Heritage/
Essential Tasks
- Collaborate with museum staff to develop, implement, and evaluate educational materials and activities for permanent and temporary exhibits.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate educational programs for families, the public and youth audiences, including K-12.
- Track and evaluate visitor attendance and other performance metrics for educational offerings onsite
- Manage the Heritage Village virtual application by producing, adding, and editing content
- Train and evaluate docents and volunteers serving the public to lead tours of galleries, structures, and demonstrations.
- Develop docent training materials and workshops.
- Coordinate the activities of volunteers as needed for educational programs and activities.
- Performs other related job duties as assigned.
Position Specific Requirements
- 5 years of professional work in museum history, anthropology, folk life studies or related field that includes creating educational programs for K-12 and adult audiences; or
- Associate’s degree in history, education, anthropology, or folk life studies and 2 years of professional work in museum history, anthropology folk life studies or related field that includes creating educational programs for K-12 and adult audiences; or
- Bachelor’s degree in history, education, anthropology, or folk life studies plus 1 year historian experience that includes creating educational programs for K-12 and adult audiences; or
- Master’s degree in history, education, anthropology, folk life studies plus some historian experience that includes creating educational programs for K-12 and adult audiences; or
- An equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
- Assignment to work a variety of work schedules including compulsory work periods in special, emergency, and/or disaster situations.
- Ability to work special events, including some weeknight and weekends to coordinate programs.
Highly Desirable
- Keen passion for making the history of Pinellas County accessible to the public through innovative and interactive educational programs and exhibitions.
- Enthusiasm for educational initiatives that deepen the role of museums as places of informal learning.
- Demonstrated experience teaching a variety of age groups and communities.
- Experience developing, designing and coordinating museum programs.
- Experience recruiting and coordinating tour guides and managing tours, internships, and volunteer programs.
- Proven competence managing budgetary allowances and restrictions.
- Proven competence collaborating with peers and colleagues.
- Team-player mentality to work cooperatively and positively with colleagues and the public.
- Proficiency working with Microsoft Office suite; social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram; Adobe design and graphic software; and databases, email and the web.
- Multi-media experience including the aptitude to document events (via audio, video and photography) post on social media platforms and the web a plus.
- Understanding of the digital exhibition space and experience managing tour guide applications
- Versatility and ability to manage many projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of principles, practices and standards for design of educational programs
- Knowledge of purpose, use and benefits of museums & cultural program activities.
- Knowledge of guidelines and practices of the American Association of Museums.