Andrew County Museum

Savannah, Missouri

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

The Andrew County Museum and Historical Society (Savannah, Missouri) seeks a Museum Director to serve as the chief operating officer.    The Director provides leadership and direction, and manages the Museum  according to professional standards.  The Director makes recommendations to the Board of Directors for formulating short and long-range plans to preserve and interpret Andrew County’s history.  The Director reports to the Board and is responsible for:

w        Overseeing day-to-day operations of the Museum, its facilities, collections and programs, supervision of staff and volunteers, marketing, public relations and development and management of the annual operating budget;

w        Ensuring professional standards in the maintenance of the Museum’s collections, buildings, and grounds;

w        Developing and implementing mission-based programs to support and enhance new permanent exhibits that interpret Andrew County’s history.

The Andrew County Museum is seeking a Director who, working with the Board, will advance the Museum’s mission and make it the best county history museum in the Midwest.

Successful candidates for the position of Director must have:

w        MA degree in history/museum studies and at least three years of professional experience in museum administration, managing and caring for collections and developing programs.

w        Effective public speaking, human relations and strong organizational skills.

w        Experience in fundraising, marketing and communications, and knowledge of business practices.

Starting Salary Range: $35,000-$45,000, plus benefits.

Email letter of interest and resume by September 15, 2006 to [log in to unmask], or mail to: Search Committee, Andrew County Museum, P.O. Box 12, Savannah, MO, 64485, or fax: 877-234-8751.   Email inquiries to [log in to unmask].

About the Andrew County Museum and Community

A private, non-profit organization, the Museum is housed in a modern, 14,000 sq. ft. facility located in Savannah, Missouri.  Savannah, 15 miles north of St. Joseph and 65 miles north of Kansas City, is the county seat of a growing agricultural community with about 15,000 residents.   It offers a small-town atmosphere with shops, restaurants, and businesses surrounding the town square and restored county courthouse.  Andrew Countians enjoy a wide range of recreational activities including community parks, playgrounds, swimming pool, baseball diamonds, tennis courts and the award-winning 18-hole Duncan Hills Golf Course that many larger towns would be hard-pressed to match.  The Savannah R-III school district has an enrollment of over 2300 students and the district has been consistently recognized by the Missouri State Department of Education as worthy of receiving the "Distinctive Performance Award." 

Over the past decade, the Museum has:

w        adopted a strategic plan, guiding the Museum in a transformation from an institution  with static displays of  “legacy collections” to a dynamic, active place with exciting, new, interpretive exhibits;

w        completed an $830,000 capital campaign to support the new exhibit program;

w        won passage of a county-wide sales tax to support the Museum’s annual operating expenses;

w        researched, planned, designed and installed a 900 sq. ft. orientation exhibit  which summarizes Andrew County’s history and serves as introduction to A Rural Way of Life, a new, permanent, 3,900-square-foot exhibit.

Over the next two years, the Museum will complete A Rural Way of Life’s additional 3,000 square feet and introduce new programs for visitors.