Curator of Interpretations – Old World Wisconsin
Job Announcement Code(s): 04-02840
Location(s): Waukesha
Classification Title(s)/JAC: Job Working Title(s):
CURATORIAL SUPERVISOR - 0402840 Curator of
Interpretations
Type of Employment: Full Time (40 hrs/week)
Salary: Starting salary is between $41,135 and $42,000
per year depending on experience and qualification,
plus excellent benefits. This position is in pay
schedule and range 81-03. A twelve-month probationary
period will be required. This is a non-represented
position.
Special Qualifications: Must possess a valid driver’s
license upon appointment for independent travel around
and between sites
Contact: Alice Jackson, 816 State St, Madison, WI
53706 (608) 264-6448
Bargaining Unit: Non-Represented
Area of Competition: Open
Deadline to Apply: 1/18/2005Completed materials must
be received by 4:30 p.m. on January 18, 2005. A
background check will be conducted prior to an offer
of employment.
This position is located at Old World Wisconsin (OWW)
in the Historic Sites Division of the Wisconsin
Historical Society. Old World Wisconsin (OWW) is a
576-acre living history museum of rural life located
near Eagle in rural Waukesha County 35 miles from
Milwaukee. OWW is the largest of nine historic sites
of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, one of
the nation’s premier public history enterprises. The
position reports to the Historic Site Coordinator at
OWW.
Job Duties: The Curatorial Supervisor at OWW is
responsible for supervising the development and
implementation of interpretive programs that include
daily third-person programming, historic farming,
heirloom gardens, craft and foodways; dramatic
vignettes; formal exhibits; and a variety of other
interpretive methodologies. The position has primary
responsibility for supervising a staff of over 100
interpretive staff members. The position also plays a
major role in the museum's effort to interpret the
history of rural Wisconsin during the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries and is responsible for the
development and revision of educational programming
for school groups that visit the museum.
Special Notes: Must possess a valid driver’s license
upon appointment for travel around and between sites.
Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Professional
knowledge of interpretive methodology, including
guided tours, first- and third-person living history,
and dramatic vignettes. Professional research skills
to document interpretive activities in a national,
regional, and ethnic context. Knowledge of Midwest
rural history as typically acquired in a graduate
level, history degree program. Demonstrated ability to
supervise a large staff and complex interpretive
program. Ability to coordinate and direct the work of
other staff. Effective skills in oral, written, and
interpersonal communications; and personal
presentations relating to staff, visitors, and museum
professionals. Knowledge of accepted curriculum
development and learning theory, and the ability to
apply these concepts to museum programming for
school-aged children. Ability to independently and
legally travel about a large site, as well as to
various off-site locations.
How to Apply: Please submit an Application for State
Employment form (OSER-DMRS-38), available on the
internet at:
(http://oser.state.wi.us/application.asp); a resume;
and a paper (not to exceed three pages) which details
your education, achievements and experiences in each
of the following areas(be sure to include your
employer, your role and responsibilities, the length,
degree of independence, decision-making authority and
complexity of experience in each area):
1. Education, training and equivalent work experience
related to museum studies;
2. Exhibit experience and responsibilities, related to
Midwestern Rural History be sure to include
interpretation and media production experience
(third-person living history farming, craft or
foodways; dramatic vignettes, formal exhibits,
interpretive manuals, special events planning).
3. Supervision of professionals including performance
planning and evaluation and handling disciplinary
problems, etc. Be sure to include the type of setting
where you obtained the experience.
4. Interpretive program research experience and
responsibilities.
5. Educational program development or teaching
experience related to ethnic rural history of the 19th
and early twentieth centuries. Be sure to include the
type of setting where you obtained the experience.
Please organize your responses according to the
categories listed above. Write clearly and concisely
and use examples to support your statements. This is
an examination – information provided in a format
other than specified and/or exceeding the maximum
pages allowed will not be scored.
Send completed application materials (via mail, fax,
or e-mail) to Alice Jackson, Wisconsin Historical
Society; 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706-1482;
(608) 264-6448; FAX (608) 264-6415, email:
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Completed materials must be received by 4:30 p.m. on
January 18, 2005.
Materials will be evaluated and the most qualified
applicants will be invited to participate in the next
step of the selection process. Questions may be
directed to Alice Jackson at (608) 264-6448. A
background check will be conducted prior to an offer
of employment.
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Peter Arnold
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