Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The MCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates may be contacted for interviews. However, due to the high level of interest in positions, the MCA contacts only a small percentage of applicants. Please submit your resume as either a PDF or Word document.

We have an opening for a Board Relations Manager to join the Development team at MCA Chicago. Reporting to the Chief Development Officer (CDO), the Manager proactively, professionally, and administratively supports and enables the Pritzker Director, CDO, and Trustees to successfully lead and govern the MCA. This position carries primary responsibility for the execution of Trustee meetings, events, and activities, ensuring proper governance in line with the MCA’s bylaws, and supporting Trustee engagement with the museum. To be successful in this role, you must:

• Build and manage the full calendar of Board of Trustees and Committee meetings, including pre-planning, collecting, and disseminating advance material, preparation, and follow-up.

• Build and manage schedule for all MCA Committee meetings and communications, including maintaining current Committee lists and contact information and sharing membership updates and transitions as needed in Board Effect

• Serve as project lead for Board Effect software, being a source of support for all users.

• Manage and update Trustee Portal; update and maintain Board Directory for public dissemination; and partner with Development staff to renew and distribute annual Trustee membership cards.

• Manage Trustee events ranging from small in-home events to larger cocktail receptions for Board of Trustees or other donors as needed and assigned. Manage VIP visits for campaign donors either as a part of solicitation process or following. May be tasked with leading an internal team to coordinate on behalf of the Director as needed. 

• Serve as liaison to Development to coordinate staff and Board efforts on successful fundraising goals and expenses; work with Development staff to coordinate efforts of both offices regarding Trustee gifts, birthdays, bereavement gifts, and the like.

• Manage all Board orientation activities, ensuring internal stakeholders are prepared and Trustees receive a thorough welcome to the MCA.

• Work with Board and Committee Liaisons to ensure the Chief Development Officer is prepared and staffed for Board of Trustees and Committee Meetings.

• Serve as an institutional notary.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 3-5 years of professional experience working with non-profit Boards.
• Experience in positions requiring independence, the highest level of discretion and a high level of responsibility regarding executive matters and project management.
• Strong writing, communication, and organizational skills.
• Highly organized and requiring minimum supervision, able to anticipate needs and proactively act on them, and use poise and professional judgment in complex situations in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to prioritize and adjust, manage a variety of tasks, and meet various deadlines with changing priorities, frequent interruptions, and conflicting deadlines.
• Ability to work well with all levels of internal management and staff, trustees, and donors.
• Ability to be trusted with highly confidential and sensitive information.
• Excellent computer skills, including strong proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to operate general office equipment.
• Ability to perform occasional light lifting.

This is a full-time position, with a Monday - Friday 9a-5p schedule that may occasionally include evening and weekend availability as required to fulfill responsibilities and for related museum activities. Ability to operate computers, printers, and telephones and general mobility throughout all museum properties required.

Interested? APPLY NOW https://mcachicago.org/About/Employment

P.S. The MCA provides a generous benefits package that includes: health, dental, and vision insurance; paid vacation and personal days; free life, AD&D, short term and long term disability insurance; retirement plans; discounted parking; pre-tax transportation programs; visiting the MCA’s galleries; curator led staff tours of MCA exhibitions; discounts at the MCA Store and MCA restaurant Marisol; discounts for MCA Stage and other programs; plus a wide variety of discounts at many cultural institutions in the Chicagoland area.

The MCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. In addition, we aspire to make the MCA community and our environment – staff, audiences, artists, programs, and exhibitions – reflective of the diversity of the city of Chicago and to capture the spirit of access, inclusion, and equity in all we do. We strongly encourage and welcome applicants from our BIPOC, disabled, and LGBTQIA communities as they must be centered in the work we do. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at: jobs@mcachicago.org.