Exhibition and Engagement Coordinator

• One year of post-baccalaureate experience in a job with duties significantly overlapping with this position, which may include working with archives, galleries, or other artifact-based collections.
• Ability to plan, organize, and execute events, including the ability to marshal and coordinate resources.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based setting where consultation, flexibility, collaboration and cooperation are essential.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity in the workplace or community.
• Demonstrated understanding of the mission of a research university and the mission and functions of a large research library.

• Advanced degree in library science, museum studies, book arts, or related field.
• Direct experience with planning, designing, and/or installing gallery exhibitions or displays.
• Knowledge of processes and procedures on the safe handling of cultural heritage objects.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with diverse publics from many backgrounds.
• Ability to build and sustain key relationships with donors, researchers, faculty, students, staff, community and/or professional colleagues.
• Ability to articulate the value and importance of collecting and preserving materials of historical and cultural significance in a research academy.
• Demonstrated ability to apply policies and practices for planning and administering a budget
• Demonstrated ability to apply policies and practices for evaluating and assessing programs.
• Experience working in an environment where the development and delivery of educational programming is central to the organization’s mission.

Universal Competencies:

• Positive Impact/Achieving Results: Ability to utilize existing resources and learning to achieve or exceed desired outcomes of current and future organizational goals/needs. Able to demonstrate ethical behavior in diverse situations while producing results.
• Service Excellence/Customer Focus: Ability to meet or exceed customer service needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner. Ability to effectively transmit and interpret information through appropriate communication with internal and external customers.
• Collaboration and Embracing Diversity: Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and civil manner while appreciating the unique contribution of individuals from varied cultures, nationalities, genders, ages, etc.