What are the responsibilities and job description for the Curator of Visitor Engagement position at San Bernardino County?
San Bernardino County Museum is seeking a dynamic, audience-centered professional to serve as its Curator of Visitor Engagement. This position will serve as a visitor advocate across all Museum divisions, sites, and projects, ensuring a seamless level of service, hospitality, and enjoyment in every museum interaction. The Curator of Visitor Engagement will develop and implement strategies to increase visitation and diversify audiences while also establishing clear visitor experience standards, policies, and procedures. A central responsibility will be creating and administering a comprehensive visitor survey program, analyzing results, and sharing insights with Museum leadership to inform decision-making.
This role requires close collaboration with the Curator of Education and Curator of Exhibits to integrate the visitor’s perspective into exhibitions and programming. Working alongside these colleagues, the Curator of Visitor Engagement will be responsible for curating the overall visitor experience ensuring that visitors’ experiences are meaningful, engaging, and inclusive. The position will also provide direct leadership for Guest Services and front-of-house operations. Responsibilities include recruiting, training, and supervising staff to deliver consistent, high-quality service. The Curator of Visitor Engagement will oversee the Museum Store as well, ensuring product selection reflects the Museum’s themes and mission while creating extended learning opportunities for visitors.
Although the position is stationed at the Museum’s main campus in Redlands, it carries responsibility for visitor experience at all San Bernardino County Museum sites. Regular travel throughout the County will be required.
*Official Title: Museum Curator. For more details, refer to the Museum Curator job description.
| Traditional Option | Both Options Include | Modified Benefits Option (MBO) |
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| MBO provides a $1.75 hourly rate of pay increase, which will be considered as part of the base hourly rate when calculating:
Paid Time Off (PTO) in lieu of separate use-specific leave accruals:
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Modified Benefits Option: Professional
Travel: Travel throughout the County is required, as incumbents will work at the various Museum sites throughout the County. Employees will be required to make provision for transportation.
Availability: Incumbents will be required to work evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
Sponsorship: San Bernardino County is unable to consider to candidates who require Visa Sponsorship at this time or in the future. Candidates must be able to present their legal right to work in the United States at the time of employment.
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EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years of full-time equivalent experience in a museum or cultural site, which included substantial visitor engagement experience AND two (2) years full time experience in museum program or exhibit development with a focus on interactive and participatory education. Experience may be concurrent.
The ideal candidate will have exceptional skills in customer service and audience development, with experience in a position requiring strategies to increase public engagement with children and families in an informal learning environment or attraction – museum experience preferred; as well as experience and strengths in cross department collaboration and supervision of frontline staff. Experience in a museum/not-for-profit environment with customer service is a plus.
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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) / Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):
San Bernardino County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant employer, dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants.
ADA Accommodation:
If you have a disability and need accommodations during the testing process, please submit the Special Testing Accommodations Request Form (Download PDF) within one week of the recruitment filing deadline.
Veterans' Preference:
Eligible veterans, their spouses, or widows/widowers who are not current County employees may receive additional Veterans' Preference points. For details and instructions on how to request these points, please refer to the Veterans' Preference Information (Download PDF).
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Salary : $63,294 - $86,944
