Learning and Community Engagement Manager (Education Outreach Specialist), IUMAA

IU MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY & ANT (BL-MAA-IUBLA)

The IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (IUMAA) is Indiana University's newest museum. The IUMAA takes aspects of the former museum and the Laboratory of Archaeology and combines them into 1 cohesive experience. With an impactful long-term vision focusing on purposeful storytelling, stewarding collections, and bringing these items to communities, the IUMAA thoughtfully houses and displays over 5 million artifacts that span across a broad range of human experience. The IUMAA is accessible for research as well as teaching and is culturally connected to our broader community through partnerships with Indigenous communities, advisory boards, and other IUMAA community members.

The Learning and Community Engagement Manager will oversee all aspects of the Learning and Community Engagement department, which include managing the forward-facing team members, curricula development, workshops, tours, outreach, relationship building, and project management. The Manager must be committed to the development and implementation of transformative, impactful learning environments that bridge informal learning spaces with classroom and cultural spaces. The person in this role must also be passionate about building a department that is grounded in community driven/community centered practices that are the foundation of developing programs, curricula, community spaces, and exhibition interactives which focuses on anthropology, archaeology/underwater archaeology, culture heritage, Indigenous Peoples, sovereignty, and holistic hospitality.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Manages all forward-facing team members.
• Provides strategic leadership and planning that establishes transformative education offerings and community engagement programs, which also support sustainable revenue building programs and inspires community connection and IU research.
• Manages the development of curricula (digital/physical). This includes auditing, evaluating, and revising current curricula, and developing new curricula to ensure that all education initiatives align with Museum's ethos, mission, values and the IU 2030 strategic plan.
• Develops an IUMAA tour program that includes pricing structure with holistic sliding scale, scheduling methods for students (K-12 and IU Students) and adult group tours, staffing, associated data tracking, evaluation rubric, and on-site check in process.
• Refines community engagement programs and outreach, and develops evaluation metrics and methods for community engagement offerings (tours, workshops, outreach tables, visitor services, programs, etc.)
• Works with IU faculty to increase capacity to engage and integrate the exhibitions, research collections, and community presence within their course curricula.
• Builds relationships and facilitates outreach visits to schools, assisted living facilities, or other venues.
• Collaborates with the curatorial and exhibitions and design team to develop dynamic and engaging exhibit interactives and interpretation that further enhances the visitors' experiences.
• Develops a Museum Young Professional program which focuses on building the professional understanding and capacity of the IUMAA museum interns, fellows, practicum students, and part-time student staff.
• Updates and maintains detailed and accessible records on the Museum's past and current education initiatives. This includes outreach, consultation, grant deliverables, data tracking, evaluation, and impact measurables (quantitative and qualitative).
• Collaborates with the Operations Manager, Director of Curatorial Affairs, and the Development and External Communications Manager to develop practices and policies that maintain a welcoming and inclusive environment for visitors, faculty, and staff.
• Participates in grant writing, implementation, and reporting processes as requested.
• Manages the education teaching collections, departmental supplies, and outreach promotional IUMAA give-away material.
• Serves on internal/external committees and working groups as assigned.
• Performs other projects and responsibilities as assigned.
  
  

General Responsibilities

• Creates, implements, and evaluates experiences that connect audiences with the university, including local and rural outreach, campus, summer camps, home school events, teacher professional development workshops, and family programming.
• Supports the activities of other university departments with expertise on the audience desired. Maintains affiliations with colleagues within academic universities locally and nationally.
• Develops and conducts training of a pool of educators who can facilitate programs.
• Manages the daily operation of programs in accordance with the university's strategic plans. Develops and manages experience's budget(s). Oversees online content and technology.
• Seeks sources of funding and works with development staff to develop proposals and annual reports.
• Provides process improvement suggestions to supervisor.
  
  

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in education or related field
  
  

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in education, museums studies, anthropology, and/or other humanities or related fields
  
  

Required

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2 years in education, fine arts, or other related field
  
  

Preferred

• 5 years of experience in education, cultural heritage, non-profit, museum, or related sector
• 4 years experience working with and mentoring students and/or adults in an informal or classroom-based learning environment
• 5 years experience managing and mentoring staff with diverse needs, experiences, and schedules
• 3 years experience in facilitation and the cultivation of open and conscious dialogue around race, class, and culture - whether in a classroom, workshop, professional development environment, or consultancy practice
• 3 years experience managing and building budgets, grant proposals, and department strategic goals, objectives, and evaluation models
  
  

Skills

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
  
  

Preferred

• Demonstrated experience with public speaking, giving class presentations, and representing an organization through outreach
• Demonstrated understanding of care practices (self-care/community care) when working with culturally sensitive, complex, and/or confidential projects
• Demonstrated understanding of the colonial legacy of museums, universities, and/or anthropology and the complexity of colonization's impact on Indigenous communities (domestic and international)
• Experience and ability to observe and respond to various types of needs within an emergency and/or situations with conflicts
• Experience in assisting with culturally complex, sensitive, or confidential projects; including a demonstrated ability to listen and deal empathetically with a wide range of people and cultural groups
• Demonstrated experience working directly with Black, Indigenous, and communities of color, navigating colonial histories and building sustainable transparent trusting relationships
  
  

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as standing for a long period of time, moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role is required to be able to ascend/descend ladders, also able to occasionally move items, some of which may not easily to be accessible and may be of unusual shapes and weigh 30 to 50 pounds. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without accommodation.

Bloomington, Indiana

This is an in-person position

Up to $60,000 based on education and work experience

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
  
  

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Educational Resources & Tech

Job Family: Educational Resources

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