Manager of Collection Services

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$65,000.00 - $

The Manager of Collection Services oversees the physical storage, packing and movement of all collection objects and manages the staffing, operation, and maintenance of all collection storage spaces. Housed in a West Haven, Connecticut research and storage location with total facility storage square footage of over 60,000 square feet, the Yale University Art Gallery collection is comprised of over 300,000 objects in media ranging from painting and textiles to coins, works on paper, and sculpture and is overseen by 11 curatorial/collection departments.

Over 40,000 of the collection’s small three-dimension objects and 1,300 of the collection’s furniture examples are housed in dedicated collection-study centers, allowing direct curatorial and visitor interaction with collection objects.

Working directly and collaboratively with the Conservation, Registrars, Curators and Exhibitions department, the Manager is responsible for implementing collections care strategies and for keeping up to date with and improving on industry standards for collection stewardship. The position participates in an active integrated pest management program, in ongoing monitoring of environmental conditions within storage spaces, and in preparation for collection-related emergency response.

The Manager will supervise and task a permanent staff of five (5) Museum Technicians and one administrative assistant, as well as fixed duration staff of up to 5 project-focused technicians.

The Manager maintains a regular art shuttle program between the Gallery’s West Campus and New Haven facilities and ensures federal state and local compliance in operation of its transportation equipment. The position also oversees technical/logistical aspects of collection move projects, provides loan/acquisition/incoming collection/traveling exhibition art movement, provides staffing for all departmental activities both at West Campus and in the downtown gallery buildings, and supports the work of the Visual Resources, Conservation, Education Departments for their respective work in documenting, treating, and teaching from the collection.

The Director reports directly to the Deputy Director of Exhibitions, Collections and Facilities.

• Schedules and directs the work of Collections staff in the execution of safe and timely art movement, storage, access, and maintenance of the collection.
• Responsible for hiring and supervision of Museum Technicians, distribution of work assignments, training, reviewing work, and discipline as necessary.
• Develops detailed schedules as they pertain to staff hours, work assignments, work locations, timing of various phases of activity, and integration with permanent collection activities including outside contractor availability.
• Develops and coordinates scheduling and staffing of multiple projects in concert with Exhibitions, Registrars, Conservation and Curatorial departments.
• Provides feasibility input for move projects, infrastructure and construction projects and improvements, large collection processing and ingestion, and facilities projects.
• In communication and consultation with appropriate stakeholders, acts as Gallery contact for facility‑related activities within collection and collection‑support spaces.
• Participates in strategic planning for collection facilities, stewardship, staffing and movement processes.
• Working with Conservation, Registrars, Security and Facilities Departments and with University partners and governing entities, participates in the development and implementation of best practices for monitoring storage conditions and environments.
• Partners with Gallery and University partners in providing coordinated access to collection objects in Gallery and shared storage spaces.
• Provides coordinated access for Gallery partners…