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Career Opportunities

Career opportunities at the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum offer more than just work. BIHM seeks highly qualified employees who enrich and develop their love of history while contributing specific skills and talents to our mission. BIHM is dedicated to racial equity and strives for employees, volunteers, and interns who are passionate, qualified, and offer diverse perspectives.

Thank you for your interest in Bainbridge Island Historical Museum employment opportunities! BIHM accepts applications only for current openings. Submitted applications will receive an email confirmation receipt. Please, no telephone or email inquiries as we are unable to respond to individual applicants.

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Director of Exhibits and Engagement

The Bainbridge Historical Museum is searching for a new Director of Exhibits and Engagement to help shape the museum’s future by identifying priorities, developing strategy and policies, and implementing operational and programming changes to fulfill the mission and increase the museum’s value to the community.

The successful candidate will bring vision, strategy, a focus on the audiences, practical management skills, and the ability to connect and inspire all stakeholders. The position reports to the Executive Director. Direct reports include the Education & Outreach Manager and the Collections Coordinator.

Responsibilities

Leadership

Convene key colleagues/stakeholders in BI Community to identify changes and opportunities
Collaborate with BIHM staff to evaluate and reimagine learning philosophies, initiatives, tours, and programs
Build relationships and community partnerships
Lead systematic changes necessary to bring BIHM up to regional and national museum standards for exhibition design, museum learning, and collections management and preservation
Assist with long-term planning for building expansion and exhibitions
Present to the Board of Directors as needed
Represent the Museum at meetings, conferences, and other events

Exhibits

Lead planning and budgeting for all exhibits
Develop standard processes for exhibition development
Collaborate with community members to determine content
Employ a range of interpretive strategies and assess their effectiveness
Manage the selection, acquisition, and use of digital assets

Visitor Experience/Audience Engagement

Create, implement, and analyze visitor studies to gather data about exhibits
Design, conduct, supervise and analyze multiple visitor studies as needed

Collections

Redefine and formalize collections processes to increase efficiency and consistency
Establish BIHM collecting goals for the next 5 years to fill holes and plan for other future exhibits and projects.
Prepare estimated budgets for all 2024 expenses related to collection management
Inventory, organize, and purchase materials needed to care for the collection
Lead Collections Committee

Qualifications

Five years as a curator in a museum setting operating under AMA best practices
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrated commitment to excellence in museum operations
Ability and desire to work with a diverse range of people
Demonstrated the ability to work in a cooperative collaborative environment
Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends

Compensation

Salary Range: 60,000-68,000/year

Benefits: paid vacation and sick leave; flexible schedule; WA State Department of transportation passes provided if necessary

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

BIHM is an equal opportunity employer. BIHM does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, citizenship, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status, family care status, sex (which includes sexual harassment, gender harassment, gender identity, and harassment based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions) or any other basis protected by applicable law.

To apply for this position, please send a resume and letter of interest to [email protected] by January 16, 2023.

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Museum Experience Coordinator

Bainbridge Island Historical Museum

Job title: Museum Experience Coordinator

Summary

The Museum Experience Coordinator spearheads the development, implementation, and evaluation of a dynamic and welcoming visitor experience. The Coordinator recruits, trains, and coordinates museum volunteers and manages other aspects of the visitor experience including the gift shop and lobby.

The Museum Experience Coordinator is a 40 hour/week position. Rate of pay is $20/hour.

Essential Duties

Manage the Museum while open during some weekday and weekend hours
Develop, coordinate, and evaluate all aspects of the volunteer program
Supervise, recruit, train, and schedule volunteers
Implement museum volunteer and visitor experience best practices
Manage Museum gift shop and lobby
Collaborate with staff to maintain research library and facilities
Perform general office responsibilities such as answering phones

Qualifications

Experience working with the public
Knowledge of and passion for inquiry-based learning, museum learning, and historical thinking
Independent. Self-motivated.
A lifelong learner with a demonstrated capacity to seek out, develop, and implement new ideas
A confident and highly capable writer and oral communicator

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

BIHM is an equal opportunity employer. BIHM does not discriminate based on race, color, religious creed, citizenship, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status, family care status, sex (which includes sexual harassment, gender harassment, gender identity, and harassment based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions) or any other basis protected by applicable law.

To apply for this position, please send a resume and letter of interest to Amber Buell, Executive Director, at mailto:[email protected], by Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

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