Museum Educator Academic and Docent Programs

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Full-time Regular Utica, NY, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $25.75 To $28.50 Hourly

Bring art, learning, and people together at Munson! We’re seeking a creative and collaborative Museum Educator to develop engaging experiences that connect students, educators, families, adults, and docents with the Museum’s collections and exhibitions.

The Museum Educator for Academic and Docent Programs is responsible for managing the daily workings of the Museum’s academic and docent programs: developing tours for students that align with school objectives; developing tours and interpretive activities for adult and family audiences; providing continuing education for teachers and docents; recruiting and training new docents; and scheduling tours. This position oversees outreach to colleges and universities and coordinates the internship program.

The Museum Educator for Academic and Docent Programs will work collaboratively with the Museum Education team and other division professionals on the development of Museum-based educational opportunities as needed.

This is a full-time position with a regular schedule of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, for a 35-hour workweek. Evening and weekend work may be required, as needed, for events and scheduled tours.

Munson is committed to community engagement and belonging. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of background, and welcome the unique perspectives and experiences they bring. If your skills and qualifications align with this opportunity, we invite you to apply to join our team. This position will model the values and culture of the organization to colleagues and the public by being welcoming, inclusive, and respectful and will value collaboration across the organization.

• Plan and schedule docent meetings, briefings, and educational sessions
• Provide docents with orientation and interpretive training on exhibitions to engage visitors and tour groups of all ages from pre-K to adult
• Provide docents with continuing education and prepare educational and reference material on current interactive methodology and knowledge of the permanent collection (e.g. artist/acquisition/provenance)
• Initiate and supervise docent recruitment, selection, training, and evaluation
• Maintain pertinent information on the docent web page as a resource for docent scheduling, training, tours, program information, resources for docents, and exhibition-related educational materials
• Present tours as needed when a docent is unavailable, a larger than anticipated number of participants arrives for a tour, or for special tours

• Identify and engage guest speakers to provide training, reference material, and resources for docent briefings or training, prepare honorarium payment, make arrangements for travel and/or accommodations as needed

• Coordinate tour dates and times for internal or external groups and schedule appropriate number of docents for each tour. Enter information into the database.
• Make other arrangements as necessary (i.e. security, maintenance, set-ups) and complete appropriate facility use forms and set-up sheets.
• Using funds in the docent program budget, schedule and facilitate all docent events, including at least one opening and concluding docent appreciation event.

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