Head of Education

About the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.

The Met is, and sees itself as, an educational institution. The Education Department ensures that the scholarship and collection of the Museum are accessible and inviting for all audiences regardless of background, ability, age, or experience. As one of the few departments to interface across the entire institution and with the public directly, Education works daily to connect, inspire, collaborate, and innovate with its colleagues within The Met in order to better connect with and inspire its local, national, and international audience beyond it.

As the Head of Education, you will be responsible for overseeing over 25,000 programs a year for The Met Fifth and The Met Cloisters to a diverse local and global audience. The Department is a national and international leader in museum-based education and public programming, pushing boundaries through continuous innovation and experimentation.

With over 50 education staff and over 400 volunteers, you will orchestrate various programs including: high school and college internships that promote career development and diversity; an award-winning fellowship program; pre-K to grade 12 educator programs that train teachers to integrate art into curricula across disciplines; lectures and symposia that feature preeminent artists, curators, and scholars; community engagement programs and partnerships;
Cloisters' specific programming, daily tours in multiple languages; and so much more.

In addition to the department’s robust programming, you will oversee all departmental activities, such as personnel management, prioritization and planning, budgeting, fundraising, and more.

The Department is organized into three main programmatic divisions, with support by an Administration and Operations arm:
Teaching and Learning;
Public Programs and Community Engagement;
Academic and Research Programs, including The Met’s renowned Fellowship Program.

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Audience Engagement, who oversees a departmental group responsible for the Museum’s audience-facing content, programming, and promotions, you will work closely with partners within the Audience Engagement umbrella (Digital, Marketing, Publications, Imaging, Libraries, and Live Arts) and across the organization including Curatorial, Conservation, Science, Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Government Affairs, Membership, Special Events, Visitor Experience, Communications, Finance, and more, to support Audience Engagement’s vision to connect audiences to art, ideas, and one another to make the Museum relevant, welcoming, and accessible for all.

The Met seeks a visionary leader, collaborator, and fundraiser to closely partner with the Deputy Director of Audience Engagement to help realize the Museum’s mission and vision and ensure the successful implementation of education strategies across the Museum. They are a practiced and compelling advocate for public programming for the Museum to generate excitement and to attract new audiences nationally and internationally.

They will drive innovation and new initiatives to connect broader audiences with The Met’s collection and their interpretation.

Envision and execute a comprehensive strategy for education that uplifts the Museum’s core mission and vision, affirms The Met as a leader in the field, and broadens access to the Museum and its…