Director of Programs

Position: Director of Programs

 

Overview

The Noble Maritime Collection seeks a full-time Director of Programs to lead the development and implementation of the museum’s education and public programs for K-12 students, families, and adult visitors. This position manages the day-to-day operations of the education department, and works collaboratively to engage and cultivate new and long-term relationships with schools, community groups, and local audiences. The Director of Programs aligns all programs, such as lectures, workshops, and performances, with the goals and mission of the museum, and plays a key role in establishing a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive environment. Reports to the Executive Director.

 

Responsibilities:

Education

• Leads museum education department and manages the department budget.
• Administers history, art, and music programs to 4,000 general and special education students annually.
• Conceptualizes new arts education programs.
• Handles school bookings.
• Supervises education staff and volunteers.

Public Programs

• Develops all public programs with consideration of the museum’s mission and exhibitions.
• Coordinates collaborative on-site events with constituent organizations.
• Collaborates with scholars, artists, principals, community partners, and museum professionals on programs.

Additional responsibilities

• Conducts tours of the museum.
• Assists with museum outreach in the community.
• Represents the museum at meetings and conferences.
• Works with the Executive Director and Board of Trustees to raise business support for annual fundraiser.
• Organizes strategic planning and evaluation efforts for growth within this department and record-keeping.  
• Facilitates building rentals for private events and film shoots 
• Assists with other institutional projects and tasks as needed.

 

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Willingness to travel to off-site schools on Staten Island and transport lesson materials such as books and art supplies.
• Dependable, adaptable, and comfortable working in all classroom settings including general education, special education, and ELL.
• Capable of teaching history utilizing visual and/or performing arts skills such as painting, dramatization, and/or music. 
• Must have experience as an educator in a school or museum and possess classroom management skills, with ideally three to five years of teaching experience with general and special education students.  
• Ability to interface smoothly and professionally with colleagues and key stakeholders inside and outside of the museum.
• Possess strong decision-making capabilities and a flexible nature to accommodate many ideas and working styles.
• A bachelor's degree in education, arts education, fine art, museum studies, art history, or other related field
• Grant writing experience is a positive, but not required.

 

Compensation: Salary $62,000-$70,000, commensurate with experience. Includes paid time off, health insurance, and 401K.

 

To apply

Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter to Executive Director Megan Beck at [email protected]. Finalists will be expected to provide two references. No phone calls please.

 

Organizational Profile

The mission of the Noble Maritime Collection, an art and history museum on Staten Island, is to present exhibitions and programs that celebrate the working waterfront of New York Harbor in the tradition of distinguished artist John A. Noble (1913-83), and to preserve Robbins Reef Lighthouse and the history of Sailors’ Snug Harbor. The museum is located at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, formerly the retirement home Sailors' Snug Harbor from 1833 to 1976. Noble was an artist and sailor who worked on schooners based out of New York in the 1920s. He lived on Staten Island and is known for his unique houseboat studio, fashioned out of parts of 19th-century wooden vessels.

 

The museum’s vision, inspired by its namesake, is to use art to make the working waterfront accessible to all people, and in doing so, foster an understanding of its history and relevance to the culture and economy of the local community. Its primary program areas are preservation and display of the permanent collection, new exhibits, arts education, and public programs.

 

The museum was founded as a nonprofit in 1986. Since that time its dedicated volunteer crew worked to recover, repair and preserve an historic building that previously housed retired sailors as part of Sailors’ Snug Harbor. The building itself is part of the unique experience of visiting the Noble Maritime Collection. The centerpiece of its exhibitions is John A. Noble’s unique houseboat art studio, restored and installed inside the museum.

 

The Noble Maritime Collection is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The organization cultivates an inclusive work environment and nurtures a diverse team that is responsive to community needs. The Noble Maritime Collection does not discriminate with respect to employment or participation on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or on account of any other basis prohibited by applicable City, State, or Federal law.