AMAM staff are committed to enhancing students’ learning, engagement, and critical thinking skills through broad examination of the museum’s comprehensive art collection and its integration into the College curriculum through innovative academic programs. The incumbent is responsible for strengthening the academic role of the museum within the College by conceptualizing and developing programs and activities in a variety of disciplines. As the primary liaison between the museum and faculty and students, the successful candidate must have highly developed administrative and organizational capabilities, and be an excellent collaborator who thrives in an object-based learning environment. Outreach to colleagues in the Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Music is intended to enable faculty to develop courses and classes that use the collection in new and creative ways, while being responsive to the AMAM’s strategic plan as well as the institution’s curricular goals. The successful candidate will have a deep commitment to interdisciplinary teaching and a contextual, cross-disciplinary approach to original works of art.

• Meeting and working closely with faculty to facilitate use of collections
• Frequently leading and co-facilitating discussion-based sessions for classes in the AMAM galleries and Print Study Room
• Planning and overseeing faculty development initiatives including new faculty orientation, curriculum development grants, and pedagogical workshops
• Conceptualizing, initiating, and managing the installation of teaching exhibitions that support courses and highlight current and new research
• Implementing new strategies that encourage faculty and student use of the museum in innovative ways
• Working closely with the Assistant Curator of Academic Programs to schedule class visits to the museum and manage the Print Study Room
• Supervising one full-time assistant curator and two part-time student assistants each year, and overseeing the recruiting and training of same; co-supervising, with the Curator of Education, the museum’s Coordinator of Student and Community Connection
• Liaising with staff colleagues, including the museum’s registrars and preparators regarding art movements, and with collection curators and Education department staff regarding teaching and public programs
• Contributing to development and fund-raising initiatives, including active participation with grant-writing, management, and reporting
• Conducting assessment and evaluation of the work of the Office of Academic Programs, including keeping statistics relating to its work, and gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data
• Active membership in the larger museum community, including attending conferences and presenting on innovative programs and initiatives
• Other duties as assigned

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience the position includes an excellent benefits package.