Assistant Executive Director

Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art
Job Title: Assistant Executive Director
Reports to: Executive Director
Job Status: Full-Time
Hours per Week: Minimum 40
Nights and Weekends

Required:

Some
Travel: Some
Salary: Salaried
Location: Biloxi, MS

The Assistant Executive Director (AED) serves as the Museum’s senior administrative and operational executive and second-in-command to the Executive Director. Working in close partnership with the Executive Director, the AED provides leadership for the Museum’s business, administrative, personnel, and day-to-day operating functions and helps translate the Museum’s strategic priorities into coordinated organizational action.

The Executive Director retains primary responsibility for the Museum’s strategic and institutional leadership, artistic and curatorial direction, educational and programmatic priorities, major donor and institutional relationships, long-range vision, and major fundraising leadership. The AED supports and participates in these areas as a senior leadership partner while exercising primary responsibility for the administrative and operational functions assigned to the position.

In the Executive Director’s absence, the AED is authorized to oversee the Museum’s day-to-day operations within established Board policies, approved plans, budgets, and delegated authority.

• Provide leadership for the administrative, business, personnel, and operational direction of the Museum, consistent with the mission, strategic plan, Board policies, approved budget, and direction of the Executive Director.
• Partner with the Executive Director in organizational and strategic planning. Assist in establishing priorities, coordinating departmental execution, measuring progress, and identifying operational, staffing, and resource requirements. The Executive Director retains primary responsibility for institutional strategy and long-range direction.
• Collaborate with the Executive Director and program leadership in implementing the Museum’s artistic, curatorial, educational, and programmatic priorities. Primary direction of these mission/content areas remains with the Executive Director and the appropriate program leaders.
• Directly supervise and develop the positions assigned to the AED under the approved organizational structure, including the Director of Finance, Director of Development, Visitor Center Manager/Supervisor, and other administrative or operational positions assigned to the AED.
• Manage and coordinate the administrative, business, and operational functions assigned to the AED and promote effective communication and collaboration across departments.
• Recommend administrative and operational policies and procedures to the Executive Director; oversee adherence to approved policies; and coordinate revisions or new policies as needed, subject to appropriate Executive Director and/or Board approval.
• Oversee the Museum’s personnel administration within established policies and delegated authority, including performance management for employees within the AED’s reporting structure and coordination of consistent management practices across the organization.
• Work with the Director of Finance to support sound financial management, budgeting, internal controls, reporting, and stewardship of Museum resources.
• Work with the Director of Development and Executive Director to coordinate fundraising and development activities, including campaigns, grants, sponsor ships, membership, and donor programs. The Executive Director retains primary responsibility for major donor cultivation, major institutional relationships, and major fundraising leadership.
• Coordinate the administrative execution of the Museum’s strategic plan and other Board-approved…