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BUREAU DIRECTOR II

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY

MUSEUM DIVISION

DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL SERVICES  

To apply for this position online, please go to the Mississippi State Personnel Board at www.mspb.ms.gov and submit an e-application. If you need more information about the application process please contact 601-576-6866.

STARTING ANNUAL SALARY:   $55,208.96

DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING APPLICATIONS:  August 5, 2019

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is currently recruiting for a Director of Curatorial Services. This is professional work involving the administration and leadership of the collections, conservation, and exhibits sections.

This position will oversee the operations of the Museum Division collections and exhibits offices. The collection consists of over 22,000 historical artifacts and the archaeological collection that is in the process of being moved to a new facility where it will be cataloged for the first time. The conservator on staff works with all of the above artifacts. The exhibits office maintains, develops, and fabricates exhibits for the Museum Division sites.

Responsibilities of the incumbent include, but are not limited to:  

• High level decision making related to collections and exhibits
• Management of personnel (both paid and volunteer)
• Development of policies, rules, and regulations as necessary
• Project management
• Participation in the division management group and project teams
  
  

Skills and Specifications

• The incumbent must have working knowledge of the overall process of managing a collection
• The incumbent should have the knowledge of the development of an exhibit from initial thought through installation (both in-house and out-sourced)
• Incumbent must have excellent leadership, supervisory, organizational, and managerial skills
• Incumbent must have strong interpersonal skills  

Education and experience must meet one of the following criteria:

• A Master's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university and eight years of collections or exhibits experience, four years of which must have included line or functional administrative or advanced technical supervision.
• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university and nine years of collections or exhibits experience, four years of which must have included line or functional administrative or advanced technical supervision.

 

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The Mississippi Department of Archives and History Museum Division manages the following sites in Jackson: the Two Mississippi Museums—the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; the Eudora Welty House and Garden; the Old Capitol Museum; the Manship House Museum; and the historic section of the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion. The Museum Division also operates Winterville Mounds, Greenville; Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, Natchez; and Historic Jefferson College, Washington.

MDAH is an Equal Opportunity Employer.