Job Summary:

The Manager of Public Programs at the Bruce Museum is responsible for storytelling and implementing the Bruce Museum’s strategic plan particularly our mission of cultivating wonder and engaging a broad audience through the power of art and science. This requires creating, coordinating, and executing a diverse range of public programs primarily for adults which activates a broad audience including members, volunteers, and the community at large. The role involves extensive collaboration with museum staff, community partners, and external stakeholders to develop engaging programs. This position requires leadership skills, knowledge of overall organization operations and program execution processes.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

1. Supervises and oversees co-ordination of a diverse group of external partners that enable execution of public programs. Internal co-ordination across departments including Curatorial Exhibitions, Development, Marketing and Audience Engagement.

2. Supervises the Artist in Residence, including assistance in seeking funding including grants, selecting the artist, overseeing residency scheduling, and planning and evaluating the overall program and specific residency program events.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Program Development and Execution:

• Develop and execute a fiscal year calendar and budget (overall and by program) of public programs, which includes lectures, workshops, performances, and special events.
• Execute contracts related to each program event with sufficient lead time to ensure program success.
• Extensive collaboration and sign-off with museum staff and external partners to ensure program content and format align with the museum’s mission and exhibition themes.
• Coordinate logistics for public programs, including scheduling, staffing, and equipment/materials procurement.
• Oversee the implementation of both in-person and virtual programs, ensuring a high-quality experience for participants.
• Ensure that all public events and programs adhere to safety guidelines, museum policies, and relevant regulations, including coordination with facilities and security staff to address any safety concerns (security).
• Ensure compliance with ADA accessibility requirements for public events.

Budget Management

• Develop and monitor the public programs budget, ensuring adherence to budget and effective use of resources.
• Collaborate with the Development Department to identify and secure funding opportunities for public programs through grants, sponsorships, and donations.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Cultivate relationships with program speakers, performers, artists, and other contributors, ensuring clear communication and mutual understanding of program expectations.
• Liaise with museum visitors, members, and community stakeholders to gather feedback and assess program effectiveness.
• Work with other staff members to gather quantitative and qualitative analysis of program success

Marketing and Promotion

• With Marketing, Digital and Social Media staff, develop and implement a marketing calendar to promote public programs, including digital marketing, social media, email newsletters, and print materials and develop criteria to evaluate success overall and by program.

Artist-in-Residence Program

• Assist in Grant preparation and outreach for the Artist-in-Residence Program.
• Administer the Artist-in-Residence Program, overseeing artist selection, residency logistics, program calendar and program evaluation for one or more artists.
• Facilitate collaboration between resident artists and museum staff/exhibitions to enhance the visitor experience including development of a full calendar of programs to support the program and the exhibitions calendar.

Other

• Provide assistance from time to time with other Audience Engagement department or museum events.

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

• Education: bachelor’s degree in history, museum studies, education, marketing, or related field
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in producing public events or museum programs.
• Experience in public programing, outreach/community engagement, or museum education. Understanding of young adult segment desired.
• Background in events planning, development, and implementation of educational/public programs, preferably at a cultural institution.
• Experience managing budgets.
• Demonstrated creativity in developing programs that engage a broad public.

Skills:

• Ability to lead and collaborate across departments to develop and implement a public programs calendar on time and on budget.
• Confident public speaker, skilled writer, proven relationship builder.
• Consistently meets deadlines and initiates tasks independently
• Capable of working effectively under pressure while staying organized and attentive to detail
• Ability to address the public and interact on a professional level with guest speakers, scholars, authors, dignitaries, and others.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, remote video conferencing, and hands-on experience with databases, such as Altru, a plus.
• Enthusiasm and commitment to science, arts, and culture.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Evenings as needed
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to Relocate:

• Greenwich, CT 06830: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Greenwich, CT 06830