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Visitor Engagement Fellowship

Employer
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Location
Greensboro, NC

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Position Type
Postdoc
Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

Requisition Number:

S2488

Position Number:

998393

Position Classification Title:

University Program Associate

Functional Title:

Visitor Engagement Fellowship

Position Type:

Staff

University Information:

UNC Greensboro, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is 1 of only 57 doctoral institutions recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for both higher research activity and community engagement. Founded in 1891 and one of the original three UNC System institutions, UNC Greensboro is one of the most diverse universities in the state with 20,000+ students, and 3,000+ faculty and staff members representing 90+ nationalities. With 17 Division I athletic teams, 85 undergraduate degrees in over 125 areas of study, as well as 74 master’s and 32 doctoral programs, UNC Greensboro is consistently recognized nationally among the top universities for academic excellence and value, with noted strengths in health and wellness, visual and performing arts, nursing, education, and more. For additional information, please visit uncg.edu and follow UNCG on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Primary Purpose of the Organizational Unit:

Mission The Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC Greensboro enriches the lives of diverse individuals and connects multiple communities, both on and off-campus, by presenting, interpreting, and collecting modern and contemporary art. In recognizing its paramount role of public service, the Weatherspoon fosters an appreciation of the ability of art to positively impact lives. WAM is internationally known for its collections of American paintings, sculptures, and works on paper and for its exhibitions that help broaden the story of American art to be more inclusive of women and artists of color. History The Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC Greensboro was founded by Gregory Ivy in 1941 and is the earliest of any art facility within the UNC system. The museum was founded as a resource for the campus, community, and region and its early leadership developed an emphasis—maintained to this day—on presenting and acquiring modern and contemporary works of art. A 1949 bequest from the renowned collection of Dr. Claribel and Etta Cone, which included prints and bronzes by Henri Matisse and other works on paper by American and European modernists, helped to establish the Weatherspoon’s collection. Other prescient acquisitions during Ivy’s tenure included 1951 suspended mobile by Alexander Calder, Willem de Kooning’s pivotal 1949-50 Woman, and the first drawings by Eva Hesse and Robert Smithson to enter a museum collection.

In 1989, the museum moved into its present location in The Anne and Benjamin Cone Building designed by the architectural firm Mitchell Giurgula. The museum has six galleries and a sculpture courtyard with over 17,000 square feet of exhibition space. The American Alliance of Museums accredited the Weatherspoon in 1995 and renewed its accreditation in 2005 and 2015. Collections + Exhibitions The permanent collection of the Weatherspoon Art Museum is considered to be one of the foremost of its kind in the Southeast. It represents all major art movements from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Among the approximately 6,000 works in the collection are pieces by such prominent figures as Henry Ossawa Tanner, Edward Weston, Joseph Stella, David Smith, Jackson Pollock, Elizabeth Catlett, Louise Nevelson, Gordon Parks, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Cindy Sherman, Adrian Piper, Betye Saar, Amy Sillman, Nick Cave, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Sanford Biggers. The museum regularly lends to major exhibitions nationally and internationally. The Weatherspoon also is known for its dynamic exhibition program. Through a lively annual calendar of exhibitions and a multi-disciplinary educational program for audiences of all ages, the museum provides an opportunity for visitors to consider artistic, cultural, and social issues of our time—enriching the life of our university, community, and region.

Position Summary:

The visitor engagement fellowship is a one-year, part-time (20 hours/week) grant-funded position with responsibilities to directly engage with visitors in the Weatherspoon Art Museum’s Inquiry Hubs, a new space designed to reconsider, reinterpret, and re-present the museum’s collection with the aim of telling fuller, more inclusive, and more diverse histories of American art.
As part of a two-year reimagining project, the Inquiry Hub is one of several initiatives the Weatherspoon is implementing to help guide its major reinstallation of the collection in 2023. Working with museum visitors in person and online, the engagement fellow will interact with a variety of both campus and community individuals.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred skills

  • Enjoy talking with and engaging with people of all ages and backgrounds.
  • Adept at facilitating activities, workshops, tours, or otherwise encouraging public participation.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate in writing and verbally with and in response to the needs of a diverse community.
  • Ability to share knowledge and enthusiasm in arts, humanities, or sciences.
  • Ability to translate one’s knowledge and enthusiasm in the arts, humanities, or sciences into a museum experience or public program.
  • Understanding of customer-focused service or willingness to develop this skill.
  • Curiosity for learning and a desire to make museums more accessible and reflective of their communities.

Qualifications

  • Graduate or post-baccalaureate student with a B.A. or M.A. and a minimum of one year of experience teaching in a formal or informal setting. Ideally, applicants will have a background in art history, education, or the humanities.
  • Experience in facilitating engaged inquiry.
  • Comfortable speaking and engaging with the public including all ages and abilities.
  • Sensitivity/awareness of different learning styles and methods of engagement.
  • Ability to work during times when the museum has the greatest visitor attendance including Thursday evenings, Fridays, and Saturdays on a rotating basis.
  • Experience working in cultural, arts, or civic organizations, or relevant settings
  • Interest in the role of art in civic and community life.
  • Ability to collect quantitative and qualitative data.
  • Ability to take initiative, find solutions, and proactively communicate this process with a team.

Alternate Option:

If no applicants apply who meet the required competency level and training & experience requirements, then management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on competencies, equity, budget, and market considerations.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Applicants are required to upload a list of at least three (3) professional references that includes:

  1. Name,
  2. Company Name,
  3. Type of reference (Professional, Supervisor, Colleague, Academic, or Personal). One (1) of those references will need to be a current or previous supervisor.
  4. Email Address
  5. Contact Phone Number

Recruitment Range:

$13,486-$14,500

Org #-Department:

Weatherspoon Art Museum - 11001

Work Hours of Position:

20 hours per week, hours may vary based on museum needs

Number of Months per Year:

10

Job Family:

Administrative & Managerial

Career Banded Title:

University Program Associate

Open Date:

07/28/2022

Close Date:

08/31/2022

FTE :

0.500

FLSA:

Non-Exempt

If time-limited, please specify end date for appointment.:

May 31, 2023

Salary Grade Equivalency:

50

Key Responsibility:

Space Facilitator

Essential Tasks:

  • Facilitate conversations in person and online around artworks in the museum’s collection with the purpose of informing the museum’s curatorial and interpretation process.
  • Explore innovative ways to engage visitors that do not solely rely on art historical or art-making knowledge.
  • Document activities that happen in the inquiry hub. Restock supplies and maintain the space so that it is presentable and accessible to all visitors.


Key Responsibility:

Public Programming

Essential Tasks:

  • Curate programming for the inquiry hub and the museum’s galleries, including pop-up workshops and presentations/performances that connect with the collection in creative ways
  • Coordinate visitor-centered activities within the inquiry hub such as response boards, games, and label-writing to encourage out-of-box thinking about the museum and its role in the community.

Key Responsibility:

Staff and Community Communications

Essential Tasks:

  • Represent the museum at off-site community or campus events.
  • Participate in curatorial and interpretative staff team meetings.
  • Collect feedback in person and online that will inform the museum’s curatorial and interpretation process.

Competency:

Knowledge – Program and Organization

Competency Description:

  • Knowledge of federal and state policies affecting program areas.
  • Ability to reference, research, and apply to address client and program needs. General knowledge of the purpose of the program’s organization including its mission, services, clients and measures of business effectiveness.
  • Ability to process daily actions and requests within established guidelines and with knowledge of operational processes and procedures.
  • Ability to use applicable technology, web based data systems and programs needed to complete work assignments.

Competency Level:

Contributing

Competency:

Program Administration

Competency Description:

  • Ability to administer an aspect of a program or functional area.
  • Ability to make recommendations for program expectations and direction.
  • Ability to identify and understand issues, client needs and problems of a recurring nature to effectively address and resolve situations.
  • Ability to track and monitor program outcomes.
  • Ability to collect, research, and analyze information for processing, monitoring, or measuring data.
  • Ability to develop internal processes and prioritize workload.
  • Ability to generate reports with varying standards of application.
  • Ability to reconcile and manage accounting records of moderate variety and complexity, including preparation of financial statements and reports.

Competency Level:

Journey

Competency:

Customer Service

Competency Description:

  • Ability to respond promptly and accurately to clients based on established policies and procedures.
  • Ability to explain established procedures and practices in terms of client needs and business results and goals.
  • Ability to follow up on issues needing policy interpretation with higher-level staff or supervisor and responds back to clients.
  • Ability to develop and maintain productive and collaborative work relationships. Knowledge of the client’s mission, goals, and needs.

Competency Level:

Contributing

Competency:

Communication – Verbal/Written

Competency Description:

  • Ability to relay program information and explain processes to clients.
  • Ability to respond to client needs within established parameters.
  • Ability to request information needed to process work or to report factual information regarding work.
  • Ability to document work as requested or according to guidelines.
  • A higher-level staff member or supervisor may review some or all communication.

Competency Level:

Contributing

Competency:

Information/Records Administration

Competency Description:

  • Ability to use applicable data management systems to maintain, manage, and monitor data for assigned program area(s).
  • Ability to gather program data and information, and compile standard reports based on specific requests.
  • Ability to explain and demonstrate to clients how to use software, databases, and related forms and tools.

Competency Level:

Contributing

Physical Effort:

Reading - F, Writing - F, Hearing - F, Talking - F, Standing - F, Sitting - F, Walking - F, Lifting-0-30 lbs. - O

Work Environment:

Outside - O

Organization

UNCG at a Glance

Founded in 1891, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is the largest and most diverse state university in the Piedmont Triad. Standing apart from other universities, the UNCG community is joined together by a shared value: We define excellence not only by the people we attract, but by the meaningful contributions they make. 

With more than 19,400 students and 2,500 faculty and staff, UNCG is the largest state university in the Piedmont Triad and has an annual economic impact of more than $1 billion. The campus has grown to include 30 residence halls and 30 academic buildings on 210 acres.

UNCG takes pride in being a learner-centered public research university. The College of Arts & Sciences and seven professional schools offer 79 undergraduate majors, 65 master's programs and 30 doctoral programs.

The university holds two classifications from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, as a “research university with high research activity” and for “community engagement” in curriculum, outreach and partnerships. More than $35 million in grants and contracts for research and creative activity are awarded to faculty members annually. Among the most prominent of UNCG's research initiatives are the Gateway University Research Park and the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. Both are partnerships with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Globalization of the curriculum has expanded opportunities for international education, through new programs such as the UNC Exchange Program and the Lloyd International Honors College. In addition, innovative signature programs such as Building Entrepreneurial Learning for Life (BELL), Communication Across the Curriculum, Undergraduate Research and Freshman Seminars enhance the student experience.

As a cultural leader, UNCG offers concerts, lectures, dance and theater performances, exhibitions at the internationally known Weatherspoon Art Museum and readings by nationally known authors. In athletics, Spartan teams compete in nine women's and nine men's sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. With ethnic minority students making up 26 percent of the student body, UNCG is the most diverse of the UNC system's historically white campuses.

Although much has changed, some things remain the same. The university motto — “Service” — continues to be a guiding principle put into practice through all aspects of university life.

UNCG Schools and College of Arts & Sciences

The University's Academic Affairs Division consists of seven academic schools, the College of Arts & Sciences, the Graduate School and the Lloyd International Honors College. The names below are the ones currently in use. In some cases, the names have changed since the academic units were founded. The schools and their dates of establishment are: Graduate School 1921-22;College of Arts & Sciences 1969, Lloyd International Honors College 2005, Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering 2007, Joseph M. Bryan School of Business & Economics 1969, School of Education 1921, School of Health and Human Sciences 2011, School of Music, Theatre and Dance 2010, and School of Nursing 1966.

Achievements & Accolades

UNCG is garnering national attention and awards for its challenging academic programs, supportive environment and engaged community. Take a look at some of our latest accomplishments and meaningful contributions on campus, in the community and around the globe. Curious about more accolades, achievements, our student body, faculty and staff excellence and other signs of our success? Find out more at UNCG Now: http://newsandfeatures.uncg.edu/

Challenging Academic Programs

U.S. News & World Report ranked three UNCG online programs among the best in the nation in the 2015 list of Best Online Programs.

UNCG’s slate of online programs has earned a top 10 ranking for affordability from BestColleges.com.

The graduate program in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies has earned a Top 10 ranking by the The HDFS Report.

Supportive Environment

UNCG is a Military Friendly School for the fourth straight year, putting it in the top 15 percent of colleges and universities nationwide that are doing the most to support veterans and ensure their success.

UNCG is ranked among the best colleges for your money nationwide by College Factual, a new site that guides students through the college selection process.

The Education Trust singles out UNCG among the nation’s universities for its success at closing the gap in graduation rates between black and white students.

Engaged Community

For the fifth year in a row, UNCG has earned the “Tree Campus USA” designation for promoting healthy trees and encouraging the spirit of conservation. 

UNCG’s innovative dynamic mailbox system has been honored as one of University Business Magazine’s Models of Efficiency.

For the eighth consecutive year, UNCG is highlighted on Washington Monthly’s list of American universities that contribute most to the public good.

Careers at UNCG

UNCG is committed to the creation of an inclusive, collaborative and responsive university by attracting, retaining and developing a diverse community of talented individuals in support of the university's mission.

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Telephone
336-334-5009
Location
723 Kenilworth Street
Greensboro
NC
27402
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