The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum is seeking a director to serve
as the chief executive officer with overall responsibility for programs,
personnel, budget, and community relations. The director will continue our
development, growth, and operation as a division of the New Mexico
Department of Cultural Affairs. 

Opened in 1998, the Museum sits on a 47-acre campus on the outskirts of Las
Cruces.  We presently have over 600,000 square feet of gallery and exterior
exhibition and interpretive areas, including livestock barns, crop fields,
and traditional exhibit spaces.  Staff continues planning for further
development of additional interpretation of farming, ranching, and rural
life of New Mexico.  The Bruce King Building includes our major collections
storage area, a library, gift shop, and restaurant.

The search committee desires applicants with at least a bachelor’s degree
who can demonstrate at least five years of increasingly responsible museum
experience and are knowledgeable of accepted museum standards and practices,
including the AAM accreditation process.  The Museum will most benefit from
candidates who can show strong backgrounds in marketing and fundraising, as
well as those individuals knowledgeable about agriculture or history of the
Southwest.  The search committee will select finalists who have strong
management and leadership skills, are at ease in diverse social and cultural
settings, and have superior written and verbal communication skills.

The NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is a division of the State of New
Mexico, Department of Cultural Affairs.  http://www.frhm.org.  This is a
full time, exempt position within state government. The director reports to
the Secretary of the Department and to the Museum’s Board of Directors.  EEO/AA.

Please submit a resume and letter of interest to Wilma Casias-Schofield,
Department of Cultural Affairs, Bataan Memorial Building, 407 Galisteo
Street, Suite 260, Santa Fe, NM 87501.  Applications will be accepted
through June 30, 2006.


** Please direct any inquiries about this position to Wilma
Casias-Schofield, not the poster of this message.

For the Search Committee and DCA Secretary Stuart Ashman, 
     Cameron Saffell
     N.M. Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

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