Assistant Director, Public Programs

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education and exhibition.

The Education department’s Public Programs team is seeking an Assistant Director. The Assistant Director works closely with the Director to carry out the day-to-day operations of the Public Programs department. This includes, but is not limited to: conceptualization around Special Events and Festivals; cross-departmental consulting (i.e., with Science, IA, Education, others); budget management; onsite event management and event logistics

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Job duties includ

• e:Plan strategic direction for Public Programs work, in alignment with the Museum’s mission, in coordination with the Director, Communications and the Public Programs Committe
• e.Scout and explore innovative content for consideration in the Public Programs slate. Review and participate in the implementation of Public Programs’ slate to ensure program content quality and alignment with goal
• s.Lead and sustain key external partnerships to support programming. Research and identify potential partner organizations and key internal/external talen
• t.Stay current in the fields of science and public programs through research, attending relevant programming from peer institutions and attending relevant conference
• s.Collaborate with the Director to run general department administration and maintain the overall budget. Establish and support standard operating procedures to create efficiencie
• s.Work across departments to fulfill proposals for funding opportunities, including writing private/public grant narratives. Provide reporting back to funder
• s.Lead internal evaluation and reporting of programs. Create and deliver presentations to Museum leadership on Public Programs wor
• k.Produce, host and supervise operations and delivery of Public Program
• s.Supervise the Public Programs Associate role and provide guidance on project executio
• n.Coordinate across departments to integrate Public Programs with exhibitions and educational initiative
• s.Support Institutional Advancement with programming for IA event
• s.Assist in securing and managing grants and sponsorship
• s.Strategize and implement marketing and outreach to ensure program participation by broad and diverse audience

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The expected salary range for the Assistant Director is $80,000/annual – $90,000/annual. The AMNH offers an extensive benefits package designed to meet the needs of our dedicated and diverse communi

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Pay will be determined based on several factors. The hiring range for the position at commencement is based on the type of work and the scope of responsibilities. The salary and placement offered is based on a number of individualized factors, including, but not limited to, skills, knowledge, training, education, credentials, areas of specialization and depth and scope of experie

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Required Qualificat

• ions:
  Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as event management, anthropology, museum studies, business, writing, journalism or cultural manag
• ement.5 years relevant work experience in event manag

ement.
Physical D

• emands:
  Must be able to remain in a stationary position (sitting or standing) for prolonged
• periods.Must be able to occasionally lift up to 20
• pounds.Must be able to move about the Museum
• campus.Positioning/change of positioning: Must be able to frequently position oneself/body to accomplish job
• duties.Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent
• falling.Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and up to 20 pounds of force frequently. May include any of the fo
• llowing:Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or
• outward.Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained
• motion.Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-p