Collections Manager

National Museum of Wildlife Art; Mountain View (CA); Hybride; USD 60 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The National Museum of Wildlife Art is seeking a skilled Collections Technician to safeguard CHM’s physical object collection across storage and exhibits. You will assist the Director of Collections with custodial duties for about 41,000 objects, providing documentation, access, and stewardship for storage warehouses and Mountain View exhibition spaces.

The role involves cataloging, condition reporting for loans, installing and deinstalling artifacts, managing moves, and ensuring security, pest

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in museum studies with 2+ years’ hands-on object experience.
• Knowledge of artifact storage, handling, and packing.
• Experience with IPM, security, and risk mitigation for collections.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and good time management.
• Photography and photo editing skills.
• Strong interpersonal communication, independent and collaborative work.
• CMS experience with maintaining accurate object locations.

Responsabilités

• Maintain CHM’s Nomenclature hierarchy.
• Coordinate warehouse access and artifacts storage with Facilities.
• Operate scissor lift and replace earthquake straps after forklift moves.
• Update locations in CMS and manage moves.
• Support object-based grant projects and cataloging in warehouse.
• Prepare, pack, and transport loan objects for exhibits.
• Assist with exhibit installation and deinstallation.
• Perform security walkthroughs and issue tickets as needed.
• Travel between Mountain View, Fremont, and Milpitas locations.
• Photograph outgoing loan objects.

Connaissances

Artifact collections management

IPM security awareness

Photography and photo editing

CMS proficiency

Organization & time management

Interpersonal communication

Heavy artifact handling

Pallet jack operation

Formation

Master's degree in museum studies

Outils

CMS

Description du poste

Position Summary

The position maintains and advocates for the integrity, safety, and order of CHM’s physical object collection, whether in storage or on exhibit. They assist the Director of Collections with the custodial responsibilities for the approximate 41,000 physical objects in storage, and provide documentation, stewardship, and access to this collection. The incumbent is also responsible for supporting additional activities including physical object-based grant projects, cataloging physical objects at the warehouse, condition reporting incoming and outgoing loan objects, and assisting with installing and deinstalling exhibition artifacts. This position is primarily based at the Museum’s collection storage warehouse in Milpitas, and the museum in Mountain View.

Responsibilities

• Master and maintain CHM-enhanced Nomenclature hierarchy
• Coordinate with Facilities to schedule warehouse forklifting to access and store artifacts
• Operate warehouse scissor lift to access objects & to replace earthquake straps after forklifting
• Manage warehouse portion of annual collections move, and accurately update locations
• Manage physical object research requests, both internal & external, in-person & remote researchers
• Provide access & supervision to CHM’s 1401 Restoration Team when pulling spare parts at the warehouse
• Catalog large artifacts received at warehouse
• Provide access to Special Collections stored at warehouse
• Physically un-pack/crate & re-pack/crate incoming loan objects
• Assist with installing & deinstalling loaned objects from exhibits
• Assist with transportation of loaned objects between warehouse & museum
• Physically meet/work with art handlers/shippers at warehouse & museum
• Confirm availability/condition of outgoing CHM loan objects at warehouse
• Assist with pulling outgoing CHM loan objects from display at the museum, as needed
• Condition report and photograph outgoing CHM loan objects
• Prepare and pack CHM loan objects for transport
• Physically meet/work with art handlers/shippers at warehouse & museum
• Replace & record monthly pest traps and dataloggers at the warehouse
• Perform opening & closing security walkthroughs at warehouse - address issues/submit tickets
• Assist with quarterly exhibit cleanings
• Pull CHM artifacts being considered for exhibition from storage at warehouse for review
• Assess/create exhibit object mounts
• Assist with installing & deinstalling exhibit objects
• Transport CHM exhibit objects between museum, archive, & warehouse
• Return CHM exhibit objects to home locations at warehouse, update locations in CMS

Work Arrangement

Hours: This is a full-time position - 40 hours per week
Work Location: This is a hybrid position requiring the candidate to be onsite 4 days a week (80%).
Schedule: Standard 8 hours per day.
Flexibility: Duties may include occasional weekend work.
Other Requirements: Staff in this position must travel occasionally between the Museum’s three locations in Mountain View, Fremont, and Milpitas. A valid CA driver’s license and reliable transportation are required

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree in museum studies from an accredited university with 2+ years progressive hands-on experience working with physical museum objects
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with artifact collections management, record-keeping, artifact storage systems, handling, and packing
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with IPM, security, and mitigating risks to collections in general
• Highly organized, creative, & curious, with excellent attention to detail & time management skills
• Photography and photo editing skills
• Strong interpersonal communications skills, working both independently and collaboratively with a diverse group of people, and possessing a sense of humor
• Experience working with large artifacts, ability to efficiently and safely use a pallet jack, cataloging, artifact handling, collections moves, and working in storage facilities
• Experience as a frequent user of a CMS, with a passion for maintaining accurate locations

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experience strapping large artifacts to pallets
• Experience using PEM2 dataloggers and eClimate Notebook for environmental analysis
• Familiarity with computer, technology or electronics artifact collections and preservation requirements
• Mount making – brass and acrylic
• Safe and efficient operation of a scissor lift & hand tools – power & manual