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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 09/25/15

Applications Due10/16/15

Vacancy ID23864

AgencyEducation Department, State

TitleChief Curator (History), Box OCE-938/27304

Occupational CategoryNo Preference

Salary Grade662

Bargaining UnitM/C - Management / Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary RangeFrom $78752 to $99545 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address Office of Cultural Education

New York State Museum

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12234

Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: For permanent appointment, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55b/c service in a title M1 or higher deemed eligible for transfer under Section 52.6 of the Civil Service Law. In addition, candidates must possess a Master’s degree in history, American studies**, or public history and four years of professional experience in collections management and/or research. For provisional appointment, candidates must have one year permanent competitive service as Senior historian OR possess a Master’s degree in history, American studies**, or public history and four years of professional experience in collections management and/or research; OR a doctoral degree in history, American studies**, or public history and two years of professional experience in collections management and/or research.
** Including or supplemented with nine credit hours in History.
PREFERRED QUALIFCATIONS: Special consideration will be given to candidates who have a strong research background, managerial skills, museum collections experience and a commitment to presenting New York’s history to a broad public. Other preferred qualifications are:
• Administrative experience in a research, academic, or cultural institution
• Research focused on American history with an emphasis on New York and/or the eastern United States and on broad, synthetic topics
• Leadership in the field and ability to work with various constituencies
• Experience in Museum history collections
• An extensive publications record

Duties Description The New York State Museum is seeking applicants for a permanent administrative and research position of Chief Curator (History), M-2. The Chief Curator (History) will exercise statewide leadership in promoting New York history. The incumbent of this position will form partnerships with history scholars, curators and cultural institutions to increase education about, access to, and public understanding of New York history and New York’s role in the United States’ history. The duties of this position will include, but are not limited to the following;
• Provide leadership in the field of New York history;
• Collaborate with State Museum staff, and external scholars, curators and historians to develop history collections, exhibitions, and research initiatives;
• Participate on Museum exhibition teams developing major themes of New York’s human history;
• Oversee development, management and improvement of the State Museum’s history collections;
• Implement history collections and research policies and procedures;
• Continue a program of independent research and publishing;
• Prepare competitive grant proposals to provide funding for research and collections programs in history;
• Manage the museum’s history unit budgets;
• Supervise staff; and
• Work with Museum management and history staff to plan and implement movement of the collections and staff to a new collections facility.

Additional Comments CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: This will be a permanent or provisional appointment. Filling of this position is contingent upon Division of Budget approval.

*Leads to a maximum salary of $99,545 based on annual performance advances.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Qualified candidates should send a resume and letter of interest by October 16, 2015 to ocejobs@nysed.gov (email applications are preferred). You must include the Box number (OCE-938/27304) of the position in the subject line of your email and/or cover letter to ensure receipt of your application.

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Name Office of Human Resources Management

Telephone (518) 474-5215

Fax (518) 486-6531

Email Address ocejobs@nysed.gov

Address

Street NYS Education Department

89 Washington Avenue, Room 528 EB

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12234

 

Notes on ApplyingAPPLICATION DEADLINE: Qualified candidates should send a resume and letter of interest by October 16, 2015 to ocejobs@nysed.gov (email applications are preferred). You must include the Box number (OCE-938/27304) of the position in the subject line of your email and/or cover letter to ensure receipt of your application.

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