Manager, Museum Collections

gov; Yellowknife; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Government of the Northwest Territories invites applications for the role of Manager, Museum Collections. The incumbent will oversee the GNWT permanent museum collection at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, leading development, research, and overall management to preserve northern heritage.

Responsibilities include ensuring proper acquisition, documentation, preservation, and public accessibility, following established collections management practices and standards.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in museum studies or related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in collections management.
• One (1) year of supervisory or team-lead experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee development, research, and management of GNWT permanent museum collection at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.
• Ensure items are acquired, documented, preserved, and accessible to the people of the NWT and Canada.

Job description

Department: Education, Culture and Employment

The Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) provides the residents of the Northwest Territories with access to quality programs, services and support to assist them in making informed and productive choices for themselves and their families with regard to education, training, careers, employment and labour, child development, languages, culture and heritage.

Job Information

The Manager, Museum Collections is responsible for overseeing the development, research, and the overall management of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) permanent museum collection at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. This position ensures that items representing the human and natural heritage of the Northwest Territories (NWT) are acquired, documented, preserved, and made accessible to the people of the NWT and Canada. Activities are conducted in accordance with established practices and standards of collections management to ensure the safekeeping of and accessibility to the museum collections.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities.

• Knowledge of professional museum principles, practices, and procedures, especially in the area of collections records management, registration methods, cataloguing, storage
  practices, insurance requirements and preventative conservation.
• Knowledge of museum classification and terminology systems.
• Knowledge of northern history, cultures, and natural history in order to identify objects, develop frameworks for information specific to each discipline, develop standards and terminology consistent with the type of object, for conversing with colleagues (e.g., museum, university) and responding to public inquiries.
• Knowledge of relevant federal and territorial laws, codes, and regulations.

Typically attained by:

• An undergraduate degree in museum studies or in a related field (such as history, anthropology, archaeology, cultural studies, Northern studies) that includes courses in museum theory and collections management.
• five (5) years of experience working in collections management at a museum or art gallery.
• one (1) year of supervisory experience or team lead experience.
  Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

GNWT Inquiries

Inquiries Only:

Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel [phone] Extension 14106
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]

Note: If you do not receive electronic notification confirming receipt of your application, please follow up via telephone.