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Museum Educator
Date: 01/29/2024
Location: Washington, D.C.
Job Title: Museum Educator
Employment Status: Full-Time
Reports To: Director of Education

Position Summary
The Museum Educator will engage guests with the Bible through efficiently preparing and facilitating educational programs and perform narratives from the Bible and narratives based on historical events of significant importance to the Bible for guests. This position will develop and perform in a variety of interactive education programs for schools, families, and groups, based on the mission, strategic goals, including programs based on permanent exhibits, temporary exhibits, sharing narratives of significant/historical events happening at the museum and within communities of significant importance to guests and the museum. This position will develop and facilitate education programs for schools, families, and youth audiences from concept through review to implementation. This position will work with the Director of Education to coordinate and facilitate programs with internal museum teams and external audiences.

Duties and Responsibilities
This position will personally learn every K-12 program offered by the Education Department and prepare to deliver these programs to students with a diverse range of ages and learning levels. And he/she will develop new K-12 and family programs and assist with updating current programming as needed. • This position is expected to attend Curatorial, All Staff and Education Department meetings and trainings. This position will assist with any educational program operations by ensuring that materials for teaching and facilitating the programs are prepared and that education spaces are maintained through orderly setup and cleanup. • This position will strategically implement feedback from guests and museum teams such as Curatorial to continuously improve program offerings. • This position will teach and facilitate K-12 programs in accordance with the program schedule and provide support to Public Programs and Tours. • This position will also work with the Scribe to develop and conduct programs ensuring that every component of program delivery is executed at high standards. • This position will develop learning outcomes and evaluation metrics for each program offered by the museum and ensure that these outcomes are met through ongoing assessment and provide ongoing feedback to the Education Department leadership regarding program evaluation by updating the Department goal spreadsheet. • This position will assist with seasonal and recurring educational programs, including but not limited to the Education Cart, Family Fun Days, Homeschool Days, sleepover programs, summer camp programs, workshops, seminars, professional development programs, education station, archaeology station and/or any other educational program in the department. • This position will build and host a network of relationships that can contribute to and participate in School and Family programs, maintaining positive working relationship with internal offices/staff members, local public schools, private schools, the homeschool community, and other sectors of the community at large to invite them to continually engage with the Bible through programming at the museum. • This position may be videoed or photographed during the performance of these duties. • Other duties as assigned

Education
Bachelor’s degree in History, Religious or Biblical Studies, Archaeology, Museum Education, Pedagogy, Museum Studies, or Theatrical or Performing Arts, or commensurate experience approved by the Director of Education.

Qualifications
The individual who fills this role must have at least four (2) years of experience teaching programs in a Museum Education setting. He/She must also have at least six (4) years of experience within a relational and professional office setting. He/She should have experience communicating complex and nuanced ideas with a diverse group of individuals and have a background, or be interested, in Biblical studies.

Skills
The individual who fills this role must have exceptional written and verbal communication skills and: must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint). be able to learn additional software packages essential for Museum operations (SmartSheet, Better Impact, Tessitura, etc.). be knowledgeable about the use of different online tool for virtual education: Zoom, Teams, Kahoot, and other online games and software. demonstrate personal responsibility and be a self-initiator who can begin projects and see them through without having to be asked. be a team player who enjoys improving organization and communication. be excited to assist with problem-solving. have an exceptional attention to detail and be able to work in a high-stress environment with constantly shifting priorities. value interactive education, relate well with others, and cooperate with a wide variety of people. Enjoy leading people and be diligent in creating growth opportunities for the growth of the team. Be passionate about the Bible and willing to champion our mission to invite all people to engage with the transformative power of the Bible.

Work Environment
Physical demands/requirements are as follows:
Sit for up to 8 hours a day.
Squat bending at the knees.
Stand for long periods of time.
Lift up to 30 lbs. for short periods of time.