COLLECTIONS MANAGER POSITION
REECE MUSEUM, EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE
Job Summary/Basic Function
Responsible to the Director of the Reece Museum for supervision of all aspects of the museum's collection; ensuring its security, safety, preservation, and care; coordinating artifact donations, loans, and purchases; accessioning objects, including numbering and photographing; cataloguing and data entry; organizing and maintaining accession records, files, and database; processing incoming and outgoing exhibitions; monitoring environmental conditions; coordinating research visits and collections tours; supervising and training graduate assistants, student workers, and volunteers as necessary; and other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Knowledge of collections management, including databases, preferably PastPerfect Museum Software;
• Comfortable with learning and applying new technologies in the work environment;
• Ability to establish and sustain a positive working relationship with students, faculty, staff, volunteers, and community partners -
a team player;
• Ability to apply reasonable, common-sense solutions to problems
Minimum Qualifications
• College education and degree major, specialized training, years of experience, and license or certificate required.
• Bachelor's degree in Museum Studies, Art, History, Anthropology, or related field;
• Experience using databases, preferably PastPerfect Museum Software; and
• One year experience (beyond the undergraduate level) working in collections management in a museum, gallery, or related site;
• Knowledge of accessioning, deaccessioning, and cataloguing processes;
• Experience in basic object conservation;
• Ability to use digital cameras;
• Excellent manual dexterity; and
• Ability to lift/move 45 lbs., work in confined spaces, and tolerate occasional adverse conditions.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree, three years' experience, and an understanding of Appalachian culture and history preferred.
Please review ETSU's Application Process before applying.
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