"Museum Educator, Digital Specialist"

Museum Educator, Digital Specialist

Job ID: 293526

Location: Kennesaw, Georgia

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Department Specific Tasks and Responsibilities:

1. Develop, implement, and maintain engaging digital learning resources including virtual programs, online exhibitions and oral history-based materials, and curriculum-aligned multimedia content that improves and expand access to the museum's educational offerings.
2. Maintain the museum's digital education platforms and analytics, ensuring high-quality user experience, accessibility and effective integration of technology into public programming.

Department Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of Airtable, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Adobe Suite, Articulate, Omeka, ArcGIS

Job Summary

Responsible for archival or museum exhibits, programs, outreach, and processes. Supports archival or museum programs and initiatives. Assists in implementing and administering the museum's on-site and off-site education and outreach programs.

This position is considered limited-term staff since it utilizes contingent funding which is currently secured through June 30, 2028. Employment thereafter will be conditional based on continued availability of funding.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Engages in public outreach to K-12 public and private schools, homeschool organizations, campus community, and community. May involve travel to and from outreach locations with the responsibility of delivery, set-up and breakdown of travel exhibits.
2. Responsible for researching and writing curriculum related to outreach and developing evaluation techniques to assess program effectiveness
3. Provides input to staff in development and execution of promotional plans related to outreach
4. Assists with special projects and patrons with research and reference information
5. Conducts evaluations of outreach programs
6. Provides research support for exhibits and outreach programs
7. Assists in managing field trips, in-school programs, homeschool days for K-12 audiences, and dialogue-based programs offered to university and adult audiences
8. Provides administrative support to members of The Museum of History and Holocaust Education (MHHE)
9. Assists with collection management and may assist the communications team as needed.
10. Assists with instruction sessions, outreach events and programs which may be virtual or in-person.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education in related field

Other Required Qualifications
Current, valid and unrestricted Georgia driver's license

Required Experience
One (1) year of experience in a related field

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Advanced degree from an accredited institution of higher education in related field preferred

Preferred Experience
Previous experience in museums, archives or similar historical preservation field preferred

Proposed Salary

The salary range for this position starts at $44,000 annually. Offers are based on relevant experience.

Comprehensive benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 13 paid holidays, vacation, generous retirement plans, tuition waiver, wellness options, and more!

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Abilities
Ability to be effective with broad constituencies, including K-12 and university-level students and members of the community
Ability to implement archival or museum exhibits, programs, outreach, and processes and support archival or museum programs and initiatives
Exercises the highest level of integrity and professionalism in all aspects of work
Able to handle multiple tasks or projects at one time meeting assigned deadlines

Knowledge
Knowledge of best practices for museums, archives, rare books and digital repositories
Familiarity with the field of public history

Skills
Demonstrates strong problem-solving, organizational, interpersonal, initiative, teamwork, independent judgment, technology, and presentation skills
Excellent interpersonal, initiative, teamwork, problem solving, independent judgment, organization, communication (verbal and written), time management, project management and presentation skills
Proficient with computer applications and programs associated with the position (i.e. Microsoft Office suite)
Strong attention to detail and follow up skills
Strong customer service skills and phone and e-mail etiquette