Job Title: Community Engagement Director
Job Type: Full-time, 1-year contract
Start Date: 01 Jul 2025
End Date: 30 Jun 2026
Schedule: 37.5 hours per week, typically Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm but events and programming will require flexibility with evening and weekend hours.
Salary: $50,000/year
Application deadline: 16 May 2025
The Museum of Ontario Archaeology (MOA), in partnership with the Ontario Archaeological Society (OAS), is seeking an enthusiastic Community Engagement Director to enhance public engagement, strengthen community relationships, and support the organizational growth of both institutions. This one-year, full-time position (with opportunity for renewal), administered by the MOA and based at 1600 Attawandaron Road in London, Ontario, will play a vital role in expanding the museum’s outreach efforts while also fulfilling key administrative functions for the OAS. The successful candidate will assist with developing and delivering public programs, managing digital engagement, coordinating community partnerships, and supporting the operational needs and mandates of both organizations.
Accountable to the Executive Director of MOA and the President of the OAS, the Community Engagement Director will be responsible for advancing the museum’s and OAS’s shared mission of archaeological education, outreach, and advocacy. The successful candidate will be an employee of the MOA but regularly assigned to perform work on behalf of the OAS. The role therefore requires balancing both organizations' priorities, ensuring seamless coordination of programs and initiatives that serve diverse audiences. Proficiency with digital office tools is required, including website management and social media, and the candidate must be capable of crafting specialized and nuanced communications tailored to all ages.
Museum of Ontario Archaeology (MOA)
Both MOA & OAS
Qualifications
Required Skills and Other Characteristics
Licenses and Certification
Working Conditions
Executive Director, MOA.
About the Museum of Ontario Archaeology
The Museum of Ontario Archaeology (MOA) is located in the northwest corner of the City of London, the traditional territory of the Munsee-Delaware, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee Peoples and their Ancestors who have lived here from Time Immemorial. The MOA is a provincial non-profit and registered Canadian charity supporting the education and preservation of Ontario’s archaeological heritage, spanning the human occupation of the region from Time Immemorial and the recession of the Last Glacial Maximum to the industrial era. The museum cares for over 4 million artifacts in specialized holdings and is located adjacent to the Lawson Site, a provincially designated space of significance that was once home to a village of up to 1,500 Indigenous agriculturalists in the early 16th century. The MOA draws visitors and tourists of all ages seeking to learn more about the depth and diversity of Ontario’s complex cultural and natural history. The Museum of Ontario Archaeology website: www.archaeologymuseum.ca
About the Ontario Archaeological Society
The Ontario Archaeological Society is a registered charitable organization that promotes the ethical practice of archaeology in the Province of Ontario and beyond. We believe that Ontario’s archaeological heritage is a vital part of our collective past, and an essential dimension to understanding the places and spaces we live, love and work at today, and the many past generations of ancestors who shaped the place and history we call Ontario today. Ontario Archaeology Society website: https://ontarioarchaeology.org/
Applying
Qualified candidates are invited to submit a cover letter and resume or CV to Dr Rhonda Bathurst at director@archaeologymuseum.ca with “Community Engagement Director” in the subject line by 16 May 2025 at 5:00 pm EST. We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those chosen for an interview will be contacted by May 30th.
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