Director of the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry and Head of Education

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Posted: 17-May-23

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Type: Full-time

Salary: Open

Categories:

Other Staff/Administrative
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: JR21952

Location: Chicago, IL

Job Description:

• Partners with Museum Director to set vision, strategy, and goals for the Feitler Center of Academic Inquiry.
• Oversees Feitler Center staff, budget, and overall activities; collaborative programs with University and community partners; robust internships and student professional development experiences.
• Builds and maintains relationships with faculty and students to foster innovation, experimentation, and practice connected to multi-disciplinary object-based teaching and research. Articulates the impactful role art can have in teaching and learning across campus and in the community.
• Potential to develop and teach an undergraduate or graduate level class on museum practice.
• Serves as an enthusiastic connector and a liaison to academic departments and administrative units within the University. This may include organizing workshops, colloquia, and public programs that bring together disparate partners and create opportunities for collaboration.
• Supports curricular engagement with the Smart Museum by organizing and teaching or co-teaching University class visits. Works to grow the number of classes that come to the museum.
• As appropriate, organizes and/or oversees curricular-driven exhibitions.
• Collaborates with colleagues across the Smart Museum to advance museum-wide goals. Works closely with the Museumâ™s Director and the Director of Development to lead and support fundraising efforts.
• Serves as a staff lead on the Feitler Centerâ™s Advisory Committee.
• In partnership with the Museumâ™s Director and the Associate Director of Communications, contributes to the communications strategy and marketing efforts aimed at increasing the visibility of the Smart Museum on campus and beyond.
• Actively engages in a network of museum and university arts leaders, including organizing and attending conference panels, symposia, and other opportunities that share and strengthen the Museumâ™s activities.
• Partners with Museum Director and leadership staff in Public Practice to set vision, strategy, and goals for the Public Practice team.
• Provides oversight for Public Practice staff, budget, and overall activities.
• Strengthens collaboration and alignment between the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry and Public Practice.
• Manages employees by establishing annual performance goals, allocating resources, assessing annual performance, and determining individual merit, incentive and/or promotional increases.
• Manages program operations and administrative functions which may include planning and scheduling, program evaluation, policy implementation, personnel administration, budget, marketing, fundraising and proposal development.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• PhD in art history or related field.

Preferred Competencies

• Knowledge of museum best practices as well as current and emerging trends in the academic museum field.
• Excellent teaching skills at a university level with an emphasis on object-based and interactive approaches.
• Excellent research skills that can be used to enable connections between the permanent collection and a range of interdisciplinary courses.
• An interdisciplinary thinker who has genuine enthusiasm for collaboration. Demonstrated commitment to academic engagement with faculty and students.
• An adept leader who can effectively manage and mentor staff reports in an active and diverse environment.
• Previous experience with strategic planning and long-term visioning.
• Conceptualize steps involved in implementing programs, events, and broader projects. Knowledge of systems of assessment and evaluation.
• Establish and maintain collaborative and effective relationships with the Museumâ™s internal team, internal and external University collaborators, and diverse museum audiences.
• Strong commitment and ability to provide outreach at all levels with well-developed interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work positively and collegially with staff, researchers, and colleagues.
• Well-developed written/oral communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter (preferred)
• References Contact Information (3) (preferred)

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