LOCATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION:
This position is located at the Office of State Museum in New Orleans, LA.

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JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position serves as Museum Division Director of the Education Division of the Louisiana State Museum's statewide system. The Education Division is responsible for all public programming., including both K-12 school-oriented and adult programming, at the Louisiana State Museum. This position is responsible for and supervises all museum public programs.

75% - Coordinates and supervises all aspects of management of public programs, under the direction of the Curatorial Services Director. This includes the development and implementation of K-12 programming such as school field trips, school site visits, virtual field trips, at-home lesson plans, and other programs, as well as adult and non-school orientated programming such as guest lectures and presentations, virtual presentations, tours, workshops, family days, sensory and disability-friendly programs, and others in conjunction with museum exhibits, museum collections, or other museum-related content and in coordination with museum curatorial staff. Coordinates with Event Coordinator and LSM Maintenance department to organize all on-site public programs; works with maintenance department to configure improvements to museum programming spaces. Oversees and manages all Education division budgets, makes recommendations for purchases, and submits budget items for approval and payment requests; ensures educational partners are paid in a timely manner. Works with Collections and Exhibits curators to improve educational aspects of exhibits, oversees and recommends Education division exhibit proposals, oversees the development of educational programming as part of the exhibit planning process. Works with Public Relations staff to plan and promote all museum public programs; writes press releases and develops social media content; manages programming calendar and communicates calendar updates for the museum website to the web manager.
The Museum Division Director of the Education division directly supervises all division staff including the Education Curator and contract staff including the Education Assistant and all teacher/artist-in-residence staff. Oversees the teacher/artist-in-residence program and the Friends of the Cabildo docent program; works closely as a collaborative partner with the Friends of the Cabildo to manage docents and volunteers.

20% - Administers the routine and special activities of the division by directing the flow of information and task assignments from the Curatorial Services Director or higher leadership; reporting information from the division for LSM board reports and other activity reports from the division; attends staff meetings; monitors division staff and contractor work loads.

5% - Interprets and advises on policies and procedures of the management of museum public programs and makes recommendations to the Curatorial Services Director or higher museum leadership. Other duties as assigned.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are participants in the E-Verify system for identification and employment eligibility purposes.

Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

For further information about this vacancy, contact:
Troi Johnson, HR Analyst
Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
PO Box 94361
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9361
Email: tjohnson@crt.la.gov
FAX: 225-342-7928

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Function of Work:
To direct the work activities of a major division in the State Museum; to serve as a regional director over the branch museums in a region of the State of Louisiana; or to manage and
direct the operations of a large and complex branch museum in a metropolitan area such as the Capitol Park Branch Museum in Baton Rouge.

Level of Work:
Manager.

Supervision Received:
Broad from the Museum Curatorial Services Director or higher.

Supervision Exercised:
Division: Direct line over Curators, Museum Special Projects Coordinator, and Librarians; functional over volunteers.

Regional: Direct line over Curators, Museum Branch Directors, security, maintenance, custodial, and other museum staff.

Branch: Direct line over Curators, security, maintenance, custodial, and other museum staff.

Location of Work:
Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Office of State Museum.

Job Distinctions:
Differs from Curator 3 and Special Projects Coordinator by the presence of division management responsibilities.

Differs from Museum Curatorial Services Director by the absence of responsibility for the direction of the Division of Curatorial Services.

Differs from Museum Director-Branch by serving as a regional director supervising Branch Directors.

Differs from a Museum Director-Branch by managing a large, independent and complex museum that is not part of a region.