Collections Manager

El Museo Latino; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

El Museo Latino seeks an outgoing, reliable individual to join our team as Collections Manager. The manager will oversee all collection activities, maintain records, conduct inventories, and coordinate storage upkeep and renovations for artifacts, archives, and the library.

The role may involve responding to external inquiries about the collection. The position emphasizes organizing, cataloguing, and safeguarding a diverse range of historical materials; teamwork with staff and volunteers will be

Responsibilities

• Access, inventory, storage housing, location tracking, packing and transport, environmental monitoring, condition reporting, conservation needs assessments, photographing/scanning, deaccession in all storage and exhibition areas.
• Develop, maintain, and reconcile digital (PastPerfect) and physical inventories; coordinate rehousing and spatial organization of artifacts in storage areas, permanent collection, traditional dress, and Reference Art Library.

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY:

El Museo Latino seeks an outgoing, reliable individual to join our team. The CollectionsManager is responsible for managing all collection activities within the museum. The Collections Manager will also maintain all collection records, conduct regular collection inventories and willalso be the main facilitator of the collection storage upkeep and renovations. The CollectionManager will organize and catalogue a range of historic artifacts, archival collections, and themuseum’s reference art library. The Collection Manager may also work with external customers,responding to questions and concerns about the collection.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the full range of routine collection management activities, including but not limited to the accession, inventory, storage housing, location tracking, packing and transport, environmental monitoring, condition reporting, conservation need assessments, photographing/scanning, and deaccession, in all collection storage and exhibition areas.
• Develop, maintain, and reconcile digital (PastPerfect database) and physical inventories and coordinate rehousing and all spatial organization of artifacts in the collection storage areas, including the permanent collection, traditional dress collection, and the Reference Art Library.
• Administer and train staff, volunteers, and interns on the technology and procedures governing the cataloguing the collections by developing documentation standards and procedures for adding to, editing and otherwise contributing to accession, donor, and catalog records, producing reports, and digitizing collection/archive objects while coordinating authority control on digital metadata.
• Process and track incoming and outgoing loans, including location, dates, requirements and ownership, as well as assisting with transport of artifacts for donation and/or loan pickup and return.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive institutional archive of El Museo Latino, including information/object acquisition, sorting, and generating finding aids.
• Develop, administer, and maintain an integrated pest management program
• Manage curatorial internship program by coordinating candidate selection and providing program direction and supervision.
• Work with the Operations Director in establishing annual departmental goals and is responsible for the execution of those goals.
• Support the museum’s overall strategies and operational activities within El Museo Latino.
• Participate in all mandatory training and safety programs required and provided by the museum.
• Responsible for working within department and program budgets as approved by the Board of Directors of the museum for all areas of responsibility.
• Other duties as assigned.