Director of Development *posted February 19, 2010
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum is seeking a Director of Development.
The DOD is responsible for designing, implementing and coordinating an institution-wide comprehensive development plan, including individual and business patronage, as well as grants. The patronage plan requires a donor relation and stewardship system that appropriately and consistently promotes interaction with and recognition of donors at all levels. The position must sustain positive and mutually-rewarding relationships between the Museum and its donors; determine the best strategies for effective stewardship of current donors and the conversion of new donors; and maintain ongoing and active networking with internal and external constituencies. The DOD will also be responsible for developing relationships with board members to foster wider stewardship of donors. The grants plan will identify and provide process management in seeking public and private sources to underwrite both the short and long-term objectives for collections, exhibitions, education and publications. Working in close partnership with a Marketing, Membership and Events Manager, the DOD collaborates to insure that a series of special fundraising events are supported and attended by current and prospective donors. This position reports to the Executive Director, shares two part-time assistants as well as seasonal interns, and collaborates with colleagues in curatorial, education and lighthouse operations.
Candidates should have at least 7-to-10 years of relevant experience in some combination of fundraising management and grant development. Experience in event management and relationship sales a benefit. Demonstration of success at solicitation of gifts of up to $10,000 and securing grants of more than $25,000 is important. Prior activity in non-profit, especially cultural organizations, or relevant corporate sales experience is helpful. An undergraduate degree, strong writing, speaking and computer skills are required. Current residents of Martha’s Vineyard encouraged. Salary starting at $50,000 increases depending on experience. Relocation supplement possible.
Applications due by March 15, 2010. Please send a cover letter summarizing your qualifications, resume and a list of three professional references to the attention of Jane Ford at jford@mvmuseum.org. Attachments of samples encouraged. EOE
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Specific areas of responsibility include:
Fundraising
- Manages all strategies and activities for donor cultivation, donor research, solicitation, and relations. Involved actively in donor solicitation.
- Maintains contact with funders and develops grant proposals.
- Develops and implements programs designed to grow Annual Fund.
- Repeat and expand successful multi-year operating fund pledges
Grant Management
- Manage relationships with current funding sources at NEH, MCC and other on-island entities
- Expand the potential funding matrix to include an expanded base, especially seeking private and public foundations and corporate support
- Provide team and project-management leadership to curatorial and education staff in prioritizing sources and developing complex grant proposals
Board of Trustees Relations
- Works as primary staff liaison with the Board Development Committee and the Executive Director to develop strategies and tactics to initiate and meet aggressive fundraising goals.
- Develops fundraising training for Board members and other leadership volunteers.
- Assumes responsibility for all development reports to the Board and attend all Board and Executive Committee meetings.
Development Office Infrastructure
- Supervises donor and gift record-keeping and acknowledgements.
- Conducts development research activities.
- Works collaboratively with Marketing and Membership Manager
- Assertively leverages programming, friend-raising and fundraising events, and other Museum assets, such as the catboat Vanity, to maintain and build a donor base.
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Marketing, Membership and Events Manager
*posted February 10, 2010
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum is seeking a Marketing, Membership and Events Manager. The person in this new full time position will be responsible for developing strategies and managing implementation for a growing membership program, marketing programs and active year-round events schedule. He/she will provide leadership in all aspects of marketing, particularly press relations, event calendar development, advertising, web management, emarketing initiatives, and individual and business membership campaigns. Working in close partnership with the Director of Development and Executive Director, the position also cooperates on several fundraising events, working with volunteer committees to secure sponsorships, establishing goals and budgets, and managing vendors. This position reports to the Executive Director, shares two part-time assistants as well as seasonal interns, and collaborates with colleagues in curatorial, education and lighthouse operations.
Candidates should have a least 5-to-7 years of relevant experience in some combination of event management and membership marketing. Experience in media relations and emarketing a benefit. Demonstration of project and vendor management for printed materials required. Prior activity in a small business or non-profit, especially a cultural organization, is helpful. An undergraduate degree, strong writing, speaking and computer skills are required. Current residents of Martha’s Vineyard encouraged. Salary up to $50,000 depending on experience. Relocation supplement possible.
Applications due by March 10, 2010. Please send a cover letter summarizing your qualifications, resume and a list of three professional references to the attention of Jane Ford at jford@mvmuseum.org. Attachments of samples encouraged. EOE
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Senior or Chief Curator *Position currently closed
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum seeks an enthusiastic and experienced curator to manage and care for the Museum’s more than 30,000 objects. The position also has interim oversight of the library and archives collections of this former island-wide 87-year old historical society. The curator oversees access to the collections and is responsible for the registration of all acquisitions, de-accessions, loans and purchases and will supervise the implementation of an institution-wide digital catalog system. The curator plays an important role in encouraging and participating in research, exhibition and publishing materials relating to Martha’s Vineyard history and culture. The position is responsible for updating collections policies, directing a Board collection committee, overseeing storage, climate control, necessary repair and conservation of collections materials, and assist with the development of a disaster plan. This position is full time and reports to the Executive Director, coordinates curatorial associates in exhibitions and oral history, and collaborates closely with colleagues in education, events and development.
The successful candidate should have 5-to-7 years of relevant experience in history museums and/or decorative arts collections management, a degree in museum studies or a relevant field (advanced degree preferred), grant writing, exhibition and special projects experience and be familiar with current collections database systems (such as PastPerfect). Experience in both small and large museums helpful.
Salary is $45,000-50,000, depending on experience. Relocation supplement possible.
Applications due by January 15, 2010. Please send cover letter, resume and list of three professional references to the attention of Jane Ford at jford@mvmuseum.org or via mail to Curator Search, Martha’s Vineyard Museum, POBox 1310, Edgartown, MA 02539. Writing samples encouraged. EOE.
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Full Job Description:
The Senior Curator is responsible for the care and management of the Museum’s object and library (on an interim basis) collections and oversees all access to and interpretation of these materials. He/she is responsible for all aspects of acquisitioning, registration, research and exhibition and supervises collections research, curatorial and exhibition staff. The Senior Curator is part of the Museum’s senior management team and works to develop and implement the organization’s long range and strategic plans.
Specific Duties:
- Monitoring and adjustment of environmental conditions in both storage and exhibit areas
- Maintenance and updates of collections records, files and database
- Acceptance of donations to the collections, correspondence with donors and collaboration with the Collections Committee to accept items into the collections and to identify items for possible purchase
- Development and implementation of all collections, loan and research policies and fees
- Providing researchers, scholars and other patrons with information about the collections as requested
- Monitoring the Museum’s campus-wide security system
- Overseeing the Museum’s collections and exhibit programs and supervising exhibition and oral history curators to plan and implement exhibitions both on and off the Museum’s campus
- Seeking funding opportunities and support writing grants for collections care and exhibition
- Recruiting, training and supervising seasonal interns and volunteers to assist with operational and curatorial duties and programming
- Developing and monitoring annual budgets for object collection maintenance and conservation, exhibitions and related programming
- Overseeing campus-wide collections (Cooke House, Tool Shed, Fresnel Lens, Tryworks, Carriage Shed) maintenance and housekeeping
- Collaborating with and providing assistance to all Museum departments for grants, programming, outreach and events when appropriate
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Volunteer Opportunities
The Martha's Vineyard Museum has a well developed summer intern program, which has been in place since 1993. Each intern has the opportunity to participate in all operational aspects of the Museum. This is an ideal environment for learning about such issues as non-profit administration, historic conservation, museum education, development, outreach, preservation, and public history. With the experience gained at the MVM, many of our interns have gone on to careers in the fields of library science, historic preservation, public history, and museum studies.
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