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,
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.
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