> > > *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 Email: [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).