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Museum Collections Manager

Employer: Denison University
Location: Granville, OH

Administrative Jobs: Institutional & Business Affairs, Arts & Museum Administration
Employment Type: Full Time
Institution Type: Four-Year Institution

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Job Details

Position Type:

Administrative Staff

Classification Title:

Administrative Staff

Position Title:

Museum Collections Manager

Position Number:

Axxxx

Pay Grade Level:

AD 01

Salary:

Competitive based on qualifications. Expected salary range will be discussed with candidates selected for screening interviews.

Department:

Denison Museum

Posting Number:

S 121300914

Full or Part Time:

Full Time

Number of Months:

36-60

FTE:

Work Schedule:

M-F 8:30-4pm, occasional evenings and weekends

Basic Function:

Manage the Denison Museum Permanent Collection, which comprises ~8,000 objects from Asia, Europe, and North and Central America in a wide variety of media, including stone, wood, paper, lacquer, metal, and oils. The Collections Manager leads both long-range planning efforts and day-to-day activities relative to the care and stewardship of the Permanent Collection. Priorities over the next three to five years include completing the online catalogue, working with external scholars on object identification and valuation, and overseeing the acquisitions and deaccession process.

Essential Job Functions:

Oversee object preservation, acquisitions, cataloging, and deaccessioning process
Responsible for the Collections Management System and population of public interface
Direct facilities management, risk management, and security procedures
Identify collection priorities and plan project workflows in coordination with the Senior Curator of Exhibitions and Education
Generate and process condition reports, deeds of gift, insurance schedules, and loan contracts
Communicate with donors, manage publication requests, and respond to reference and research inquiries
Instruct and supervise student employees working on cataloging, rehousing, and research projects
Work with the Senior Curator of Exhibitions and Education to select and prepare objects for curricular integration, public programming, and display
Participate in budget management, grant writing, and event planning
Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Museum Studies or related degree, plus at least three years of experience in museum collections management or combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired. Professional experience where the duties included object handling, storage, preservation, and documentation of 2-D and 3-D objects. Experience with museum collections management and data processing systems (CollectorSystems preferred). Practical experience with deaccessioning. Broad knowledge of museum standards and practices, including accepted museum registration techniques, preservation principles and storage practices, security issues, environmental controls, and legal matters related to collections. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Experience in mount making, hanging and installing two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork, as is the ability to lift and carry heavy weights and be comfortable climbing ladders.

Preferred Qualifications:

5 to 7 years experience in museum collections management.
Experience with museum collections management and data processing systems (CollectorSystems preferred)
Previous experience in acquisitions and deaccessioning fine art and cultural material

Physical Demands:

Moving fine art and cultural material on a daily basis, hanging and installing two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork, has the ability to lift and carry heavy weights and be comfortable climbing ladders.

Contact(s):

Megan Hancock

Contact Phone/Extension:

740-5875713

Contact Email:

hancockm@denison.edu

Open Until Filled:

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Please provide a cover letter, resume/C.V., and three references.

Additional Information:

Applications received by August 20, 2021 will be assured full consideration. Position open until filled.

Denison University Background Check Statement:

The final candidate will undergo a background check as a conditional offer of employment.

Denison University EEO Statement :

To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to attract and hire candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Denison fosters a campus community that recognizes the value of all persons regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender expression and identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background. For additional information and resources about diversity at Denison, please see our Diversity Guide (https://denison.edu/forms/diversity-guide). Denison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Organization

As one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges, Denison offers an authentic education in the fine arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Founded in 1831, Denison is one of the earliest colleges to be established in the old “Northwest Territory,” west of the Allegheny Mountains and north of the Ohio River. Denison is located in Granville, Ohio; 27 miles east of Columbus, the state capital.<img alt="denison_university1.jpg" src="http://www.insidehighered.com/careers/styles/medium/public/images/institution_profile/uploads/denison_university1.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: right;" typeof="foaf:Image" /> Innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in the pursuit of knowledge and the cultivation of independent thinking. And because Denison is a residential college, students are deeply engaged as citizens of the campus community. They learn from one another in a rigorous academic setting, but also in rich social, cultural and political environments. As a residential undergraduate liberal arts college, Denison is among those places that have been called “distinctively American” in their contribution to higher education worldwide. In fact, it is one of a select number of institutions that today defines the type. Confident in the distinction of its graduates and advantaged by unusual resources, Denison has pointedly resisted the tendency in higher education to add layers of graduate degrees, professional schools, and service functions beyond the scope of baccalaureate education of the highest order. Entering its 177th year, Denison has maintained a fully residential campus based upon the well-tested premise that learning flourishes in community. Denison selectively admits successful, confident, and motivated students who seek to take advantage of highly participatory learning within classroom, laboratory, and studio and who expect to learn and grow through their investment in the challenges and opportunities of college life. The college attracts matriculants from across the country and more than three dozen nations. Denison engages students with outstanding professors in small classes that encourage men and women to take a high degree of personal responsibility for learning. Students pursue a major field of study selected from 39 areas offered by 28 disciplinary departments and interdisciplinary programs in the divisions of Natural Science, Humanities, Social Science, and Fine Arts as well as complete a sequence of General Education and a personalized curriculum of electives from across the college. <img alt="denison_university2.jpg" src="http://www.insidehighered.com/careers/styles/medium/public/images/institution_profile/uploads/denison_university2.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left;" typeof="foaf:Image" />A Denison education is not just for a living but for a life. Denison graduates are educated to be curious, resourceful, and reflective. They are expected to begin a life of learning at Denison, not complete it. They are well prepared for the rapidly changing world of the 21st century. Nothing defines a Denison education more than the mutually enriching relationships that develop between students and faculty. The heart of the college is a full-time faculty of almost 200. These men and women, who hold the most advanced degrees in their fields, are selected on the basis of pedagogical and scholarly ability and are encouraged to be innovative teachers whose continuing growth in their discipline through active scholarship allows them to be among the best at their craft. They look forward to the challenge and stimulation of their students even as they seek to draw the best efforts from them. Many Denison students come to regard professors as mentors, who frequently oversee students' independent scholarly projects. Denison’s faculty is committed to undergraduate education. As teacher-scholar-advisers, their principal responsibility is effective teaching informed by the best scholarship. Faculty members place a priority on working closely with students, interactive learning, and partnerships with students in original research. Denison’s low student/faculty ratio allows for close supervision of independent research and collaborative work in small groups and classes. <img alt="denison_university3.jpg" src="http://www.insidehighered.com/careers/styles/medium/public/images/institution_profile/uploads/denison_university3.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: right;" typeof="foaf:Image" /> At Denison, men and women learn and grow in community, and the residential character of the campus is more than a convenience but a way of engaging the full student body in a shared enterprise. The college actively seeks academically superior students who bring diverse talents, interests, backgrounds, and experiences, believing that out of the classroom as well as within learning takes place by sharing, questioning, and growing together. Denison students have unusual opportunities to participate in the arts, in athletics and recreation, in service to others beyond the campus, in student organizational life, and in campus governance.

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