Operations Manager – Exhibition and Events
Auckland War Memorial Museum is seeking to appoint an experienced Operations Manager for a full time (40 hours per week), two year fixed term contract.
Department: Capital Projects
Term: Fixed Term, starting from1/10/2009 to 30/09/2011
Closing date: 18/09/2009
Key Responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Capital Projects and Programming team. Reporting directly to the Head of Project Management, key responsibilities for this role are:
• Responsibility for overall operational management of exhibitions, public events and physical presentation of the visitor experience.
• Expertly manage team members with a focus on performance management and professional development
• Attend and objectively evaluate all major public events and entertainment activities
Qualifications
The successful applicant must have:
• A degree in a related field or equivalent
• Minimum of 7 years experience in a project and/or production management environment
• Proven record in managing teams within a project based environment
• Demonstrable understanding of operations required to support major public event activities.
Experience with complex collection based, multimedia intensive Museum exhibitions is preferred.
The position description. is available here
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For additional information on this role, please contact nanderson@aucklandmuseum.com.
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Auckland War Memorial MuseumThe Auckland War Memorial Museum
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tells the story of New Zealand, its place in the Pacific and its
people. The Museum is a war memorial for the province of Auckland and
holds one of New Zealands top three heritage libraries. It has
pre-eminent Maori and Pacific collections, significant natural history
resources and major social and military history collections, as well as
decorative arts and pictorial collections.Auckland Museum is home to millions of objects, provides educational
services to over 60,000 school children annually and is one of New
Zealands most popular man-made tourist attractions with around half a
million visitors every year.
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