Historic Site Coordinator - Old World Wisconsin
Job Announcement Code(s): 04-01522
Location(s): Waukesha
Classification Title(s)/JAC: Job Working Title(s):
HISTORIC SITE COORDINATOR - 0401522 Assistant
Director
Type of Employment: Full Time (40 hrs/week)
Salary: Starting salary is between $41,135 and $49,747
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, Human Resources Director,
608-264-6448, FAX 608-264-6415, [log in to unmask]
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 site director at OWW.
Job Duties:
This position has primary responsibility for
coordinating all the operational aspects of this
living history museum, with responsibility for
overseeing operations, staff hiring and scheduling,
resolving staff conflicts, establishing and enforcing
policy, maintenance of buildings, grounds, and utility
services; food service, security systems, construction
and maintenance of historic and contemporary
buildings, and quality of guest services. The
incumbent acts in support of the Museum Director and
assists with all aspects of museum programming.
Special Notes:
Must possess a valid driver’s license upon appointment
for travel around and between sites.
Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Ability to use proper management techniques to manage
restoration and construction projects to ensure they
are completed on time and within budget. Advanced
supervisory skills to effectively manage diverse staff
sections and individual staff. Advanced knowledge of
creation of restoration and construction proposals.
Advanced knowledge of exterior and interior historic
building restoration and maintenance techniques.
Ability to read and comprehend topographic maps and
building blueprints. Knowledge of utility systems
(electric, water, HVAC, telephone, sanitary). Working
knowledge of a variety of food service operations
(cafeteria, banquet, buffet, wedding receptions, snack
stand, and bar service). Working knowledge of radio
communications systems and their operation. Working
knowledge of tourism industry. Familiarity with
marketing and promotion. Knowledge of 19th-century
Midwest and American history and architecture and
sensitivity to historic site interpretive methods.
Good computer skills are also required.
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 four typed pages) which
details your education, achievements and experience in
each of the following areas (be sure to include your
employer, role, 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. General construction and historic restoration
experience, be sure to include any experience
developing specifications or proposals;
3. Construction or restoration project management
experience;
4. Supervision and recruitment of managers and
professionals including performance planning and
evaluation and handling disciplinary problems, etc. Be
sure to include the type of setting where you obtained
the experience;
5. Facilities management experience, including
experience developing facilities plans or manuals,
HVAC, plumbing or electrical experience, custodial or
security management;
6. Experience in the field of tourism and marketing,
including experience developing sales promotions,
attendance generation, revenue generation, educational
outreach, and special events planning;
7. Retail or food service management or supervision
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 double-spaced 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, or email:
[log in to unmask]
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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