Head of Collections | Dallas, TX

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, located in Dallas, Texas, is a world-renownedinstitution that offers a fascinating exploration of President John

F. Kennedy's life, death andlegacy. Located in the historic Texas School Book Depository building, where crucial evidencerelated to the assassination of President Kennedy was discovered, this iconic museum provides an exciting and enriching work environment.

The Museum’s historical collection is large, actively growing and represents a diverse repositoryof materials ranging from three-dimensional artifacts of all sizes, still and moving images,documents, audio and visual recordings, oral histories and other important documentation related to the assassination and legacy of President, the cultural legacy and continuing impactof the events of November 22, 1963, the social history of mid-twentieth century Dallas bothbefore and after the assassination, and the history of Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository building.

The Head of Collections and Registration supports the Museum’s goals of preservation,intellectual control, expanded discoverability and enhanced public access to its collections bystewarding the Collections team. This role provides critical leadership to ensure best practices for collection stewardship, preservation, and documentation are implemented and maintained.

The incumbent provides mentorship to the Collections team in the care, preservation and management of diverse collections and loans. This position oversees all aspects of collectionsoperations and registration—including accession, documentation, data management, rights andreproductions, preservation and care, installation, object movement and processing, storageboth onsite and offsite, digital preservation, and risk management and serves as the senioradministrator for the Museum’s collection management and digital preservation systems (TMS and Preservice).

• Hire, onboard, and manage Collections staff, delegate and assign tasks to best supportseamless and efficient collections operations.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for collection management, registration,digital preservation, rights and reproductions, and collection risk management.
• Ensure alignment with policies, standards and best practices, legal and professional ethics.
• Develop and manage budgets for collection-related activities.
• Manage intellectual property aspects of collections, including rights and reproductionprogram and copyright licensing activities in support of the Museum’s collection/licensingfund.
• Manage the administration and on-going implementation ofTMS, eMuseum and Preservica—including back-end management, data entry, media management, and onlinedeployment of cataloged collections items.
• Collaborate with Curatorial to develop and implement collection cataloging standards and workflows.
• Coordinate with Curatorial on acquisition and accessioning process of new collections,ensuring proper documentation and title, alignment with policies, procedures, and standards.
• Oversee handling and movement of collections and loans—including location tracking,installation/deinstallation, packing and shipping, housing and storage, and physical access.
• Manage cleaning, rotation, and maintenance of permanent and temporary exhibits to ensure ongoing preservation and maintenance of collections on display.
• Manage emergency preparedness and response as it relates to collections.
• Manage access to collections, including facilitating object access for curators, researchersand supervising public access to collections.
• Ensure appropriate dissemination of collections information to staff, researchers, scholars,general public, etc.
• Manage incoming and outgoing loans, including coordination and agreement negotiationwith lenders, and documentation and oversight of all related logistics.
• Manage collections and loans insurance in coordination with senior staff – including annualrenewal, determining appropriate coverage, special riders and claims.
• Managedeaccession process, including process, including proposals, review, approvals,disposals and documentation.
• Conduct quarterly audits of collection objects to ensure…