Bates College
Location
Lewiston, ME | United States
Job description
Job no: 492810
Work type: Staff Full Time - Academic Year
Location: Lewiston, ME
Categories: Museum of Art
Title: Assistant Education Curator of Academic & Community Programs
Position Purpose:
The Museum of Art offers an Assistant Education Curator of Academic and Community Programs position to afford a recent Bates graduate a nine-month period (academic year/September through May) in which to extend their education and professional training. This position is an entry-level professional museum position. The Assistant Education Curator may be renewed for a second year. Benefits for the position include taking one for-credit course per academic term.
The Assistant Education Curator is ideal for a motivated individual interested in art, education, and museums, and in gaining professional experience working in a small but high-profile college art museum prior to pursuing advanced studies. While the focus is the education program, the Assistant Education Curatorship is designed to provide the recipient the opportunity to also gain knowledge in curatorial, research, collection management, and administrative skills. The Assistant Education Curator will be an integral part of the Museum of Art staff.
Job Duties:
Minimum Qualifications:
Education
Experience
Skills and Knowledge
The successful candidate will be a self-starter who also works well in a small, team-oriented museum environment, and have the ability to work with a variety of constituencies at a liberal arts college.
Benefits: Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits (health, dental, 9% retirement contribution with potential for an additional 3% match, 10 days of vacation*, 13 paid holidays, free parking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace. *Benefits may be tied to years of service or may be prorated for employees working less than full-time or 12 months.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.
Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at [email protected].
About Bates:
Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.
Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.
Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.
Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.
The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.
Advertised: Feb 14 2024 Eastern Standard Time
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