>
>
> *BRANCH DIRECTOR I*
>
> *MUSEUM DIVISION*
>
> *EUDORA WELTY HOUSE, Jackson, Mississippi*
>
> *MISSISSIPPI** DEPARTMENT ARCHIVES & HISTORY*
>
> * *
>
> *STARTING ANNUAL SALARY:  $35,993.50 PLUS BENEFITS*
>
> *DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS:  FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2009*
>
> /To apply for this position, please go to the State Personnel Board 
> website at www.spb.state.ms.us <http://www.spb.state.ms.us/>, and 
> submit an e-application, or call 601/576-6865 to request an 
> application. Before submitting your application to the State Personnel 
> Board, please make a copy and mail it to: /
>
> /MS Department of Archives and History,/
>
> / Attn: Human Resources Office, P. O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205/
>
>  
>
> This is administrative work in which the incumbent serves as site 
> director of the Eudora Welty House. The Eudora Welty House is one of 
> the most intact literary house museums in the nation. The property 
> includes the author's 1925 Tudor Revival home with historic gardens 
> and an Education and Visitors Center. Work involves formulating, 
> directing, and controlling the operations of the museum through 
> subordinate personnel and conferences with branch managers and other 
> administration personnel. Incumbent will oversee maintenance, 
> preservation, and conservation of the site's buildings, grounds, and 
> collection by working with professionals, architects, exhibits 
> designers, scholars, and advisory team members from other agencies and 
> institutions. Incumbent will be responsible for security of persons 
> and property, administering day-to-day operations, and maintaining 
> national level museum professional standards. 
>
>  
>
> Additional responsibilities include preparing and managing site 
> budget, developing strategic plans, developing and producing wide 
> variety of programming for school groups and general public, 
> supervising three (3) museum staff members and various contractual 
> workers, managing volunteer program, and serving as public relations 
> representative for the museum. The Museum is open to the public 
> Tuesday-Friday from 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Office hours are 
> Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Work is subject to infrequent 
> review, through conferences and reports, by Museum Division Director.  
> Site director will be on call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a 
> week to insure proper protection of this National Historic Landmark.
>
>  
>
> *Education and Experience must meet one of the following criteria:*
>
> *    *·        Master's Degree from an accredited four-year college or 
> university; AND four (4) years of special experience defined below, 
> one (1) year of which must have included line or functional 
> administrative or advanced technical supervision.
>
>     ·        Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or 
> university; AND five (5) years of special experience defined below, 
> one (1) year of which must have included line or functional 
> administrative or advanced technical supervision.
>
>      ·        Graduation from a standard four-year high school or 
> equivalent (GED); AND nine (9) years of experience in the special 
> experience defined below, one (1) year of which must have included 
> line or functional administrative or advanced technical supervision.
>
> * *
>
> *Special qualifications: At the Bachelor's or higher level, degree 
> must be in museum studies, historic site management, archaeology, 
> anthropology, business, history, southern culture, education, 
> literature, or art, with required experience, all of which must have 
> been in museum or historic site management; or at the high school or 
> GED equivalent level, the required experience must have been in museum 
> or historic site management. *
>
> * *
>
> MDAH is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
>

-- 
Cindy Gardner
Director of Collections, Museum Division
Project Liaison, Museum of Mississippi History
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
P.O. Box 571
Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Telephone: 601/576-6901
Facsimile: 601/576-6815
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