Position Information

NY HELPYes

AgencyParks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, Office of

TitleHistoric Site Manager A - Staatsburgh State Historic Site

Occupational CategoryAdministrative or General Management

Salary Grade23

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $86681 to $109650 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 10%

Schedule

Workweek Variable

Hours Per Week 40

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

Location

County Dutchess

Street Address Staatsburgh State Historic Site

75 Mills Mansion Drive, Road #1

City Staatsburg

StateNY

Zip Code12580

Job Specifics

Duties Description This Historic Site Manager A, SG 23 position is located at Staatsburgh State Historic Site in Staatsburg, NY. The HSM A will report to the Regional Historic Site Supervisor of Taconic Region and will develop and manage the facility budget and spending plan, supervise permanent and seasonal staff in facility operations and site and museum programming, and is responsible for managing all partnerships. The Historic Site Manager A is the first-in-command at this Taconic Region historic site which is a major attraction for the region. The HSM A duties will include but are not limited to the following:

Directs and plans historic site programming and collection care.
• Directs and approves plans for historical interpretation, patron orientation, recreational programs, educational programs, and special events.
• Manages and directs the development and implementation of a comprehensive interpretive plan.
• Oversees the education of staff, interns, and volunteers/docents to ensure mission-driven and coherent interpretation of the historic structures, exhibits, landscape, and functions of the site.
• Oversees the production and maintenance of all orientation and interpretive signage, exhibits, and displays.
• Approves special event and other permits for the site.
• Coordinates special event set up, tear down, clean-up, and repair activities with employees and volunteers.
• Responds in person or in writing to concerns or issues regarding operations, and interpretation and educational programs.
• Monitors and helps coordinate archaeology, collections care, and restoration programs.
• Collaborates with the Division of Historic Preservation on developing plans for interpretation and collection care at Staatsburgh State Historic Site.
• Directs and approves plans for activities of the environmental education, historical interpretation, patron orientation, recreational programs, and special events.

Manages facility operations and maintenance.
• Schedules maintenance projects and ongoing day-to-day maintenance of the facility
• Determines staffing required to provide safe use of the site and develops budgets for operational seasons.
• Collaborates with the Division of Historic Preservation on developing plans for building preservation/restoration at Staatsburgh State Historic Site.
• Collaborates with Regional Crew on implementing plans for building preservation/restoration at Staatsburgh State Historic Site.
• Responds to customer concerns and issues regarding facility use and maintenance.
• Monitors and helps coordinate archaeology, collections care, and restoration programs.
• Collaborates with the Division of Historic Preservation on developing plans for Staatsburgh State Historic Site.

Collaborates with other partner organizations.
• Serves as the Parks Contact for the Taconic Regional Office, Mills Norrie State Park and Staatsburgh State Historic Site, guiding them in restoration and facility improvement initiatives and partnering with them in their annual events including the history conference.
• Coordinates with Parks & Trails NY, The Museum Association of NY, Hudson River Valley Greenwayand many other partners with Taconic Region.
• Partners and collaborates with local and regional heritage tourism groups including Dutchess County Tourism.
• Manages public relations to increase visitation and revenue in collaboration with the Regional Office, the Albany Office Public Relations Bureau, and the Division of Historic Preservation.
• Represents the agency in featured interviews (print, radio, video) and at community programs and events.

Minimum Qualifications If Civil Service Eligible list(s) exist, they will be canvassed. Candidates must be reachable on the current eligible list(s) to be considered for appointment. You may also apply if you are eligible for appointment or reinstatement by one of the following qualifications:

NY HELPS or 55-b/c Qualifications:

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).*

To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, or 55-b/c, candidates must meet the open-competitive minimum qualifications for this position. The qualifications are:

A bachelor's degree** in historic preservation, museum studies, education, history, American studies, anthropology, or architectural history; five years of general experience in museum or historic site operations involving education, research, exhibition, and/or collection management including accessioning, cataloging, inventory, and object care/handling; including four years of administrative experience (budgeting, planning, directing, and/or supervision) at a historic house, historic site, historic park, historic section of a museum, or with a governmental agency or program having responsibility for historic houses, museums, historic sites, or historic parks, as follows: four years of general experience including three years of administrative experience.

**Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education (https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home). If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States or its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. This information can be found at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. Candidates are responsible for the evaluation fee.

If you are a veteran or an individual with a disability and would like to apply for the Department of Civil Service’s 55-b/c Program, please visit https://www.cs.ny.gov/rp55/ for more information.

Subsequent 55-b/c Qualifications:
A subsequent 55-b/c appointment may be considered if you have at least one year of permanent or contingent-permanent qualifying service and have a current Civil Service 55-b/c letter of eligibility.

Reassignment Qualifications:
Current NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Employees only, with at least one year of permanent or contingent-permanent qualifying service as a Historic Site Manager A; if you have less than one year, you must be reachable on the current Historic Site Manager A eligible list for this location.

70.1 Transfer Qualifications:
At least one year of permanent or contingent-permanent qualifying service as a Historic Site Manager B, SG 21. Only the title listed is eligible for 70.1 transfer.

Note: The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.

For all transfers noted, a comprehensive list of titles approved for transfer is available through Civil Service GOT-IT at https://careermobilityoffice.cs.ny.gov/cmo/gotit/.

Provisional Qualifications:
In the absence of an eligible list, a provisional appointment maybe considered. For provisional appointment, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as a Historic Site Manager B, Historic Site Manager C, Interpretive Programs Coordinator, or Historic Site Manager B Ganondagan Historic Site.

Only the title or titles listed are qualifying.

The appointed candidate would have to be reachable on the next holding of the examination to be appointed permanently.

52.7 Non-Competitive Promotion (NCP) Qualifications:
In accordance with Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law, this notice advises all employees of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation of our intention to potentially conduct a non-competitive promotion examination for the position of Historic Site Manager A, SG 23, at the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Taconic Regional Office in Staatsburg.

Permanent appointment may be made by non-competitive promotion of an applicant who meets the position’s minimum qualifications if all requirements of a non-competitive promotion appointment are met. In order to be eligible for a non-competitive promotion examination, candidates must have at least one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as a Historic Site Manager B, Historic Site Manager C, or Historic Site Manager B Ganondagan State Historic Site.

If there are no more than three (3) qualified NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation eligible promotional employees who respond to this posting, Civil Service may approve the permanent appointment of one (1) of the qualified employees without further examination.

Note: Non-competitive refers to not competing in an examination; the appointment will be competitive.

Additional Comments Operational Needs:
• Must be available to work nights, weekends and holidays as needed.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license that allows the candidate to legally operate a motor vehicle in New York State as a term and condition of employment.
• Maintains strong knowledge of site history and collections, including new interpretive approaches (e.g. Our Whole History); represents the facility to the local and regional community and all partners
• Reviews and edits all blog and social media posts created by staff or guests before publication
• Periodically tracks visitor reviews online (Trip Advisor, Google, Yelp, Facebook, etc), and solicited patron feedback from site’s reservations program (Bookeo) to guide planning and course correct as needed
• Works with regional graphic designer on creation of effective promotional materials (rack cards, fliers, signs, displays, etc)
• Handles paying invoices for purchase of goods and services on personal procurement card; reconciles card in Statewide Financial System (SFS) and accounting of allocation balance in BETS
• Documents site over time with photo archive of restoration/capital projects, Friends activities, staff and volunteers, programs and media-ready images for promotion.
• Stays current on best practices and trends in museum management and interpretation, and provides training opportunities for interpretive staff to maintain high standards that are innovative and enjoyable for diverse audiences.

Benefits:

The NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation offers a generous benefits package that includes but is not limited to:

Paid Time Off:

• PEF: 44 days - 13 Vacation days, 13 Sick days, and 5 Personal Leave days, 13 Holidays.
• PEF: Three (3) days of professional leave annually to participate in professional development.

Health Care Benefits:

• Eligible employees and dependents can pick from a variety of affordable health insurance programs.
• Family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost.

Additional Benefits:

• New York State Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) Membership
• NYS Deferred Compensation
• Access to NY 529 and NY ABLE College Savings Programs, as well as U.S. Savings Bonds
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Paid Parental / Family Leave

To learn more about our benefits, visit: https://parks.ny.gov/employment/benefits.aspx.

*NY HELPS PROGRAM:

For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a permanent non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

Employees appointed via the NY HELPS program are restricted for promotional appointment until their position is covered-in to the competitive class by the New York State Civil Service Commission (CSC), or they otherwise obtain permanent competitive status. The CSC has covered-in employees who were appointed via NY HELPS on a permanent or contingent permanent basis between June 26, 2024 and June 11, 2025. You may wish to apply if you received a permanent NY HELPS appointment to a qualifying title within these timeframes and are interested in this opportunity. Your eligibility for promotion will be reviewed by Human Resources. Employees with a permanent NY HELPS appointment occurring effective June 12, 2025 or later will be addressed with a subsequent cover-in.

Additional location pay is available for the following counties: Bronx, Kings, Nassau, NYC-Manhattan, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester, Dutchess, Orange, and Putnam.

This position may require a background check and/or medical exam prior to appointment.

Note: For all transfers noted, a comprehensive list of titles approved for transfer is available through Civil Service GOT-IT at https://careermobilityoffice.cs.ny.gov/cmo/gotit/.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

How to Apply

Name Taconic Region

Telephone

Fax

Email Address Taconic.Employment@parks.ny.gov

Address

Street Taconic Regional Headquarters

9 Old Post Road

City Staatsburg

State NY

Zip Code 12580

 

Notes on ApplyingAll candidates must submit a written resume and cover letter which clearly demonstrates how they meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Please submit your resume and cover letter as a Word or PDF attachment. We are unable to open documents from Google Docs, Google Drive, OneDrive, Apple Pages, and/or “the cloud.”

Your application must be received by June 24, 2026 and submitted via email to Taconic.Employment@parks.ny.gov. You must include “Vacancy ID 217672 – Historic Site Manager A – Staatsburgh State Historic Site” in the subject line of your email. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for the position.

It is the responsibility of each applicant to accurately describe their experience and demonstrate that they meet the minimum qualifications. Failure to demonstrate that you meet the minimum qualifications, and operating needs may result in your resume not being considered for this position.

If are interested in being considered for this position, you can obtain an Employment Application from your local park office, your region’s administrative headquarters, or download an application from the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation website at: https://parks.ny.gov/sites/default/files/FillableUpdatedParksEmployeeApplicationS1000Part1Taconic.

Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to ensuring equal opportunity for persons with disabilities and workplace diversity.

New York State (NYS) is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. NYS Law prohibits discrimination because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, domestic violence victim status, carrier status, gender identity or prior conviction records, or prior arrests, youthful offender adjudications or sealed records unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.

Executive Order 31 commits New York State government to becoming a model employer for people with disabilities, increasing the participation of people with disabilities in state service and ensuring equal access to opportunities. OPRHP encourages people with disabilities to apply. If an employee or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Equal Opportunity Unit at ReasonableAccommodation@parks.ny.gov or (518) 486-7754.

Please be advised that New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation does not use E-Verify and does not offer sponsorship for employment visas statuses (i.e. H-1B, Self-Sponsorship, STEP OPT).Candidates sponsored for employment by an organization should be aware of their sponsorship status and the relevant expiration date(s) of that sponsorship before applying to this position.