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  • 12/06/2024 3:45 PM | Tennessee Association Of Museums (Administrator)

    Tennessee History Day Assistantship

    The Tennessee Historical Society is seeking a part-time, temporary programs assistant to help with the planning and coordination of Tennessee History Day, Tennessee’s state-wide competition for the NationalHistory Day program. This position will begin in January 2025 and will conclude May 2025, with the possible extension of duties through June 2025. One weekend day of work on Saturday, April 5, 2025,will be required. The successful applicant will also gain knowledge and experience in the day-to-day management of a small, non-profit, history organization. The position is not limited to currently enrolled students. Prior experience with History Day activities, database management, and/or conference planning will characterize the successful applicant. Class credit may be arranged for currently enrolled students for the spring semester.

    Dates and Hours Required: This position is located in downtown Nashville, TN, at the Tennessee Historical Society offices in the Rachel Jackson Building, but some hybrid flexibility is possible. An average of 15 hours per week is required, though the workday schedule is flexible to suit the needs of both the assistant and the THS. During the week before competition, the assistant would ideally work as many days as possible from March 31 through April 5, 2025. Several dates during January and February will be especially busy due to contest schedules, but class schedules will always take priority.

    Compensation: Base pay is $15 an hour and a parking pass or bus pass is provided.

    Duties will include:

    1) Communicating with educators and students regarding questions about competition rules, including answering questions about using primary sources and writing bibliographies.

    2) Communicating with educators, students, and parents about online registration and paying registration fees.

    3) Working with the online student and educator registration system. Training will be provided.

    4) Copying, collating, and organizing materials for judges, students, educators, and volunteers for day of competition. Addressing logistical issues on the day of competition.

    5) Assisting with Tennessee History Day’s online presence including website and social media updates.

    6) Assisting with preparing curriculum materials for educators.

    7) Other duties as they arise. May include some work on other projects of the THS.

    To Apply: Submit cover letter, resume, and three references (contact info only) by email to Nikki Ward, State Coordinator for Tennessee History Day, at historyday@tennesseehistory.org.

    Application deadline is Friday, December 20, 2024.

    About Us: The Tennessee Historical Society is a non-profit, membership organization. Established in 1849, the Society’s purpose is “to promote interest in and preservation of all matters relating to the history of Tennessee.” As the oldest continually operating cultural organization in the state, the THS undertakes several activities to fulfill this purpose. Projects include the online edition of The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, publication of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, and Tennessee History Day. In addition to these special projects, we offer regular educational programming including lecture series, reading and discussion groups, and conferences.


  • 11/19/2024 10:57 AM | Tennessee Association Of Museums (Administrator)

    At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.

    We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways. 

    Are you curious about being part of our growth stor​y while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.

    Do you believe art has the power to change the way we see the world? If so, you understand the important role of everyone who touches art in all its forms, and we’d welcome your application to join Crozier Fine Arts’ dynamic and growing team.

    Come join us in unlocking the power of art preservation at its finest. From million-year-old fossils to priceless art and timeless artifacts, Crozier revolutionized global art logistics. Our art-handling expertise has earned the trust of artists, collectors, dealers, galleries, and museums worldwide for four decades.

    To that end, our Art Handling Specialists are responsible for ensuring safety and integrity in packing, crating, and transporting artworks to and from museums across the world, regional art galleries, and private venues. In addition to physical requirements, this role also provides leadership and guidance during projects while acting as a liaison between clients and company managers.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    Using Crozier’s appropriate techniques and materials:

    • Handle, move, wrap, pack, and crate art objects, decorative arts, and/or furniture

    • Load/unload trucks to ensure safe transit

    • Plan, organize, and pack trucks to ensure utmost safety of objects during transit

    • Conduct inspection reports 

    • Lead, guide, and coach team for success

    • Act as onsite liaison between clients and company management

    • Safely operate company vehicle; transport art to their destinations 

    • Perform all required truck inspections

    QUALIFICATIONS

    • Clean personal and employment history

    • Experience handling art is desirable but will train accordingly

    • Repeat physical tasks 95% of time, including standing, bending, kneeling, and crouching

    • Lift, move, push, pull equipment, containers, and boxes of various sizes and weight

    • Understand industry-standard techniques and materials for packing, crating, installing

    • Communicate effectively to clients and coworkers

    • Attentive to detail, discretion, and follow-through

    • Self-motivated team player 

    • Valid driver’s license and able to travel to regional locations for onsite work

    • Willing to work flexible hours based on project needs

    DRIVER QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Ability to safely operate 26-ft box truck, at minimum

    • Valid driver’s license

    • Clean/Clear driving record with ability to pass all driving check

    • CDL license not required but preferred

    • Travel: Local = 95% Overnight = 5%

    WHAT WE OFFER

    • An ever-evolving global organization focused on transformation and innovation

    • A support system in which you can voice your opinion, share feedback, and be your authentic self

    • Global connectivity to learn from teammates who share your passion for art

    • Competitive benefits to support your career, family, personal wellness, and financial wellbeing

    • Pay: $19.00/hr, Paid Bi-Weekly (**Compensation negotiable based on experience**)

    • Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8AM to 5PM

    • Location: Nashville, TN

    Elevate the power of your work. Let’s begin the conversation. 

    APPLY NOW!



  • 09/23/2024 9:31 AM | Tennessee Association Of Museums (Administrator)

    Full job description

    Overview
    We are seeking a passionate Museum Curator/Educator to join our team and contribute to the preservation and promotion of our museum's collections. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in museums and a dedication to educating and engaging visitors through curated exhibits.

    Responsibilities
    - Manage museum collections
    - Develop and implement educational programs for visitors of all ages, including children
    - Conduct research on artifacts, artworks, and historical items in the collection
    - Catalog and document acquisitions, loans, and deaccessions
    - Communicate effectively with staff, volunteers, donors, and visitors

    -Assist with managing education/interpretive staff

    -Assist with social media posts and design

    Requirements
    - Previous experience in museum curation or related field
    - Strong customer service skills with the ability to engage diverse audiences
    - Knowledge of cataloging standards and practices
    - Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    - Familiarity with classroom programming within a museum setting
    - Ability to lift up to 50lbs

    Job Type: Full-time

    Pay: $53,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

    Benefits:

    • Flexible schedule
    • Paid time off
    • Parental leave

    Physical Setting:

    • Office

    Schedule:

    • Monday to Friday
    • Weekends as needed

    Ability to Commute:

    • Columbia, TN 38401 (Required)

    Ability to Relocate:

    • Columbia, TN 38401: Relocate before starting work (Required)

    Work Location: Hybrid remote in Columbia, TN 38401

    To Apply: https://www.indeed.com/job/museum-curator-and-educator-7ea5fc71eb935f13

  • 08/13/2024 12:56 PM | Tennessee Association Of Museums (Administrator)

    Position Title: Executive Coordinator

    Department: Executive

    Reports To: President & CEO

    Salary:  $55,000 annualy

    FLSA Designation: Exempt/FT position working 40 hours per week. Date Written/Revised: August 2024

    Adventure Science Center’s mission is to open every mind to the wonders of science and technology, fostering a better understanding of ourselves and the world around us.

    Our Values

    • We are playful and passionate experimenters.
    • We think big, embrace risk, and evolve our ideas in order to lead.
    • We are collaborative with each other and our whole community.
    • We foster diversity, curiosity, and creativity to make our experience unique.

    Position Summary

    The Executive Coordinator, a member of the Executive Leadership Team, is the primary liaison between the CEO and internal and external stakeholders. This position provides overall support to the CEO as well as other members of the Executive Leadership Team through problem solving, innovative solutions, monitoring analytics and promoting overall organizational effectiveness. The Executive Coordinator together with the CEO works directly with the Board of Trustees and meets all these obligations with the highest level of professionalism, positive demeanor, integrity, and discretion.

    Essential Job Functions

    • Takes initiative in supporting relationship management for CEO, working in partnership to develop a consistent communication plan for strategic partners and stakeholders.
    • Manages CEO meeting schedule, connecting with key constituents, and prioritizing organizational priorities and needs. This includes any travel information, catering, materials preparation, etc.
    • Serves as logistical liaison to Board of Trustees; communication needs, document management, managing planning and execution of quarterly meetings; supporting creation/timely dissemination of materials including agendas, reference materials, minutes, etc.
    • Sits on the Executive Leadership Team, advancing organizational priorities and setting operational goals and objectives together with strategic planning. Ensures effective meetings through advance preparation in partnership with CEO.
    • Manages analytics and metrics for ongoing impact reporting including collaboration with other departments. This includes managing existing metric tracking systems and identifying new ways to advance data driven decision making on the part of the executive team
    • Manages budgets including expenditure tracking for CEO and Board related expenses.
    • Serves as proxy for CEO for internal queries when CEO is not available, problem solving as appropriate to ensure daily operations advance with minimal interruption
    • Support overall operations through guest service, attendance at special events and stewardship activities, and special projects as assigned

    Position Requirements & Qualifications

    Education and Experience

    Associate/bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education/experience is required with two or more years of executive level support experience preferred.

    Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

    • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships internally and externally
    • Self-starter able to both execute defined projects as well as be able to anticipate needs and take action accordingly; identifying opportunities in need of attention independently.
    • Excellent written and oral communication skills
    • Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations, fostering a cooperative work environment
    • Excellent time management and decision-making skills
    • Ability to manage and safeguard sensitive/confidential information and carry function of position with highest level of integrity

    Environmental Conditions & Physical Demands

    • The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts requiring normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting, and training rooms; use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls and observance of fire regulations
    • Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there is some walking, standing, bending, and carrying light items. Also, the employee must have manual dexterity, visual and auditory acuity
    • Some repetitive motion is involved

    While we have listed our ideal qualifications, we value individual competence, experience, and enthusiasm for our mission. We encourage all who think they are a good match for the role to apply.

    Benefits and Perks

    • Free onsite parking
    • Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
    • Vacation Time, Sick Time and Personal Days, plus 11 paid holidays a year 401(k) with Employer Match
    • Complimentary membership to Adventure Science Center
    • Free or discounted admission to local venues including The Nashville Zoo, The Frist Art Museum, Nashville Shores, Cheekwood Estate and Gardens and more!
    • Employee Assistance Program (Free Counseling and Legal Services)
    • Eligibility for Public Student Loan Forgiveness

    HOW TO APPLY

    To be considered for this position, please submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references to hr@adventuresci.org, including "Executive Coordinator" in the subject line. No phone calls, please. Due to the volume of applications received, we will only contact candidates selected for interviews.

    Adventure Science Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

    This is intended to be a description of the general nature and level of work to be performed. This position profile should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in this position. These responsibilities and duties are subject to change at any time based on organizational needs.


  • 07/19/2024 9:56 AM | Tennessee Association Of Museums (Administrator)

    Date: Jul 17, 2024

    Location: Springfield, IL, US, 62701

    Job Requisition ID: 39888

    Working Title : Registrar

    Agency : Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

    Position Title: Executive I

    Closing Date/Time: 08/09/2024

    Salary: $5,703-$8,170.00/Monthly (Anticipated Starting Salary for Non-State Applicants: $5,703.00)

    Job Type: Salaried Full Time

    County: Sangamon

    Number of Vacancies: 1

    Plan/BU: RC062

    This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

    All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

    Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

    Posting Identification Number 39888

    Join a World Class Institution

    The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) is hiring an Executive I - Registrar. This position facilitates incoming and outgoing exhibit loans for a globally renowned museum and serves as collection manager for a world-class artifacts collection. The ideal candidate is highly organized, works within deadlines, and collaborates with library, museum, and professional partners in a fast-paced environment. The ALPLM is a world-class institution that welcomes more than 250,000 visitors every year and houses one of the world’s best collections of Lincoln-related documents, artifacts, and audiovisual materials. We invite qualified applicants to apply for this position and supports ALPLM’s efforts to chronical the life of one of our nation’s greatest Presidents.

    Job Responsibilities

    1. Serves as Registrar:

    Arranges for the ALPLM to lend or seek artifacts from other museums and organizations, including all necessary paperwork, photo documentation, transport arrangements, valuations, and insurance coverage.

    Develops and maintains close working relationships and acts as a liaison with staff at other museums and organizations with whom the ALPLM lends or seeks artifacts.

    Serves as a contact person with specialist services such as fine art shippers and/or other shipping services, customs agents, security agencies, Government agencies, and insurers.

    Collaborates with the ALPLM Executive Director (or their designees), Library Services Director, Director of Research and Interpretation, and Exhibits Director as needed to advise on temporary exhibitions.

    Assists with offsite movements, responsible for packing, unpacking, and necessary documentation.

    Oversees handling and placing of all artifacts during exhibit installations/deinstallations.

    Monitors environmental controls in the Museum and works with Engineering staff to adjust.

    Job Responsibilities (Continued)

    2. Serves as collection manager for three-dimensional artifacts:

    Receives and evaluates artifacts received by the ALPLM.

    Catalogs materials, includes photographic documentation, related research, and information needed for internal and external audit.

    Removes duplicate or harmful materials from the collection contents.

    Identifies and separates non-artifact materials for transfer to other areas of the ALPLM.

    Advises on material for possible acquisition.

    Assures security of collections, and enforces ALPLM rules, regulations and/or restrictions related to artifact use.

    Inventories three-dimensional artifacts on a rolling ten-year cycle.

    Assesses storage needs and plans/prepares materials for storage.

    Job Responsibilities (Continued)

    3. Maintains collection management database:

    Serves as subject matter expert for collection management software.

    Maintains records for all three-dimensional artifacts, as well as any exhibit items and loaned items.

    Produces comprehensive regular reports on artifacts, exhibits, and loans.

    4. Prepares written and oral reports:

    Writes articles and speaks to the public regarding the collection.

    Prepares weekly report of activities.

    Drafts information for acquisition/procurement activity

    5. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

    Minimum Qualifications

    Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college, preferably with coursework in Museum Studies.

    Requires one year of responsible administrative experience in museum and/or exhibit field, or completion of an agency approved professional management training program.

    Specialized Skills

    Two years' experience working with three-dimensional artifacts in a museum setting, including cataloging, working with cataloging systems, and assisting with exhibitions to ensure proper handling and care of artifacts.

    Two years' experience managing an institutional loan program, coordinating incoming and outgoing loans.

    Two years working knowledge of historical research procedures of both American and Illinois history.

    Preferred Qualifications

    Prefers Master's Degree in Museum Studies.

    Prefers experience in methods, techniques and terminology of acquisition, classification, cataloging and preservation.

    Prefers two years' experience applying applicable museum standards to policies, procedures, and day­-to-day operations.

    Prefers experience maintaining accurate reference files to prepare comprehensive reports on collections, museum operations, and requirements for preservation of artifacts.

    Prefers ability to mentor other staff as needed in collections and registrations processes and procedures.

    Conditions of Employment

    Requires ability to pass a background check.

    Requires ability to work in physically demanding conditions, such as standing, stooping, bending or walking for extended periods of time, climbing ladders or pushing carts laden with supplies or museum materials.

    This position is considered medium work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567( c )). Medium work involves lifting no more than 50 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

    Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime. This requires the ability to work evenings and weekends.

    The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description

    About Our Agency

    The ALPLM is passionate in our mission to inspire civic engagement through the diverse lens of Illinois history and sharing with the world the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. As caretakers of a one-of-a-kind collection of artifacts, we consider our work to learn, teach and share history a great honor. The people of the ALPLM strive to employ innovate approaches to create a positive impact for the future, as it can be inspired by the past. As preservationists of Illinois' diverse history, we strive to build, maintain, and make accessible a growing record of history for today's inquisitive explorers as well as those who shall, in the future, rely on our efforts. Our learning-centered agency insists on the values of honesty and integrity, intentional leadership, equitable collaboration and transparent accountability. The ALPLM boasts pristine facilities, a creative environment, and a professional staff with a variety of backgrounds and talents.

    As a State of Illinois employee, you will receive a robust benefits package that includes the following:

    * A Pension Program

    * Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision insurance

    * 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)

    * 13 paid holidays annually - 14 on even numbered years

    * 12 weeks paid maternity / paternity leave

    * Deferred Compensation Program - A Supplemental retirement plan

    * Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP) and more.

    For more information about our benefits please follow this link https//www2.illinois.gov/coms/benefits/pages/default.aspx

    Work Hours: Monday-Friday: 8:30am-5:00pm

    Work Location: 112 N 6th St, Springfield, Illinois, 62701

    Agency Contact:

    Kathleen Love

    Email:Kathleen.Love@illinois.gov

    Phone #217-558-8974

    Job Family: Leadership & Management

    APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

    Use the “Apply” button at the top right or bottom right of this posting to begin the application process.

    If you are not already signed in, you will be prompted to do so.

    State employees should sign in to the career portal for State of Illinois employees – a link is available at the top left of the Illinois.jobs2web.com homepage in the blue ribbon.

    Non-State employees should log in on the using the “View Profile” link in the top right of the Illinois.jobs2web.com homepage in the blue ribbon. If you have never before signed in, you will be prompted to create an account.

    If you have questions about how to apply, please see the following resources:

    State employees: Log in to the career portal for State employees and review the Internal Candidate Application Job Aid

    Non-State employees: on Illinois.jobs2web.com – click “Application Procedures” in the footer of every page of the website.

    The main form of communication will be through email. Please check your “junk mail”, “spam”, or “other” folder for communication(s) regarding any submitted application(s). You may receive emails from the following addresses:

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    Nearest Major Market: Springfield

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