17 Mar
2023
Full-Time Museum Curatorial Assistant – Ede
Job Description
He/she will help to promote the Museum’s purpose by offering leadership in the advancement of academic and public knowledge of photography’s history/impact It is expected that the curator would collaborate with colleagues from all divisions of the Museum, including Curatorial, Education and Public Affairs.
Job Title : Museum Curatorial Assistant
Location : Ede, Osun, Nigeria
Salary : $ 22.77 per hour.
Company : The Museum of Modern Art
Job Type : Full-Time
Qualifications:
- To ensure projects are of the utmost quality and are completed on schedule and under budget, the Director of Exhibitions and Publications is responsible for overseeing large exhibition and publishing projects that travel both nationally and globally.
- Negotiates repository agreements and gift deeds. Assesses gifts and purchases, manages loan agreements, and ensures that specified standards are followed.
- Prepare articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals or books based on your own original research into the history of computers, taking into account design, technology, culture, and historical importance.
- protecting the long-term preservation and management of collections and display data
- First-point-of-contact public services are available via phone, email, and in person. Procedures are explained, and basic reference interviews are carried out. Meets departmental deadlines, accuracy, and thoroughness. According to department policy, encounters are referenced in records.
- Acquainted with the most recent developments with historical scholarship, as well as cutting-edge research and new historical arguments, as well as chances to incorporate modern historical knowledge into programs.
- By meeting the cognitive, physical, and social/emotional needs of a wide range of visitors, you help the museum system stay true to its commitment to diversity, equality, accessibility, and inclusion in its programming, staff, and public interactions.
- Actively participates in all parts of the collection management chores that occur on a daily basis. The museum is responsible for the maintenance of a variety of resources, including antiquities, artwork, and archives.
- Make a beneficial influence by recruiting volunteers, allocating them to suitable jobs, and ensuring that they get enough training.
- Using proactive communication and collaboration, build and keep good working relationships with other city departments, outside suppliers, and educational institutions.
Skills:
- The capacity to create metadata and the construction of digital collections, finding aids, and other aspects of archive description is required.
- Experience in museum work or a related topic area that was equivalent to completing a four-year degree program in that field was required.
- Good command of the English language, ability to speak in front of a group, and familiarity with museum best practices are all prerequisites for this position.
- Ability to operate well in a team environment, creating and maintaining excellent working relationships with coworkers, volunteers, and the general public
- It’s important to strike a healthy balance between the responsibilities of the team and those of the individual members; to do this, you must be objective and open to hearing the opinions of others, provide constructive criticism and encouragement, and do all of these things in order to foster a strong sense of camaraderie among the members of the group.