[Bcma-l] [Fwd: JOb Opportunity - Head of Collections - #9445]

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
Job Opportunity

Head of Collections
E7 ($56,485 - $70,606)
Permanent Full-Time Position - Position Number 9445

The Collections Management and Planning Division is currently seeking a 
dynamic individual with strong project management skills, who will, 
under the Director of Collections Management and Planning, manage the 
storage and access to the museum’s artifact collections, the processes 
for the acquisition, registration, and loan of the museum’s artifact 
collections; supervise and coordinate staff and contract personnel 
activities in order to provide support services for the research, 
documentation, conservation functions of the museum as well as for the 
various exhbitions, programs and other collections based initiatives; 
speak knowledgably about all aspects of the Museum’s collection storage 
activities for educational, professional, and public information 
purposes; and perform other related duties as assiged.

As the ideal candidate, you hold a Three year college diploma in Museum 
Technology, or related field and/or significant experience.

You possess knowledge of:

    * General Museology principles and practices;
    * Preventitive conservation measures;
    * Safety rules and regulations as established for the workplace;
    * Specific requirements for packing and transportation of museum
      artifacts;
    * Collections storage principles and practices;
    * Standards and practices for the registration and documentation of
      Collections;
    * Artifact data-base methodology and software, including the
      tracking and movment of artefacts and collections within and
      beyond museums;
    * Loans procedures and practices, customs documentation and
      transportation;
    * Microsoft Office Suite.

You have between three (3) to five (5) years experience in:

    * Planning and implementing major artifact storage installations in
      museums;
    * Managing artifact registration and artifact loan processes;
    * Handling museum artifacts/works of art;
    * Planning within a project oriented environment;
    * Contributing to the development of museum exhibitions from a
      collections management perspective;
    * Managing others in the operations of museum collections management;
    * Managing, organising and assessing priorities under the pressure
      of deadlines.

The following core competencies which are a deciding measure of success 
for this challenging opportunity are: Analytical thinking, Concern for 
Order and Quality; Planning and Initiative; Organizational Commitment; 
Impact and Influence; Team Leadership.

External candidates can access www.civilization.ca/careers 
<http://www.civilization.ca/careers> under Core competencies on the 
Internet for a definition of these competencies. CMCC’s employees can 
access the employee’s Infocenter/CMCC Core competencies Dictionary on 
the Intranet.

This position requires the use of both Official Languages 
(French/English) CBC imperative and an enhanced reliability check. For a 
detailed definition of the linguistic level required, access our web 
site www.civilization.ca <http://www.civilization.ca/>/careers. Please 
note that this position is open to CMCC employees, external candidates, 
and applicants of our inventory.

The Canadian Museum of Civilization is committed to the principles of 
Employment Equity and to achieving a workforce which is representative 
of the Canadian population. We strongly encourage candidates to 
self-identify if they are an Aboriginal person, a member of a visible 
minority group or a person with a disability.

We thank all candidates for showing interest in our Corporation; 
however, only retained candidates will be contacted.
The Corporation may inventory the information received from candidates 
for other similar positions.
Interested in this opportunity? Please forward your curriculum vitae no 
later than March 21, 2007 at 4 p.m. to:

Camille Bouchard, Human Resources Consultant
Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
100 Laurier Street, P.O. Box 3100, Station B
Gatineau, Québec J8X 4H2
Fax: (819) 776-7110
Internet: RH_HR_1@civilization.ca


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	JOb Opportunity - Head of Collections - #9445
Date: 	Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:59:06 -0500
From: 	Camille Bouchard <camille.bouchard@civilisations.ca>
To: 	<bcma@museumsassn.bc.ca>


Hello,

The Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC) is currently 
looking for a Head of Collections (position # 9445). We would be 
thankful if you could please post this job opportunity in the designated 
areas of take the liberty of circulating this job opportunity within 
your organization.

Thank you in advance

*********************


Bonjour,

La Société du Musée canadien des civilisations (SMCC) recherche 
présentement un(e) Chef, Collections pour le Musée canadien des 
civilisations (poste # 9445). Nous vous serions reconnaissants de bien 
vouloir afficher cette opportunité d'emploi dans les endroits prévus à 
cette fin ou de faire circuler cette offre d’emploi parmi votre 
organisation.

Merci de votre coopération.


Camille Bouchard

Conseillère aux Ressources humaines/Human Resources Consultant

Musée canadien des civilisations/Canadian Museum of Civilization

100 rue Laurier CP 3100, Succ B

Gatineau, Qc J8X 4H2

(819) 776-8275 (819) 776-7110 (fax)

camille.bouchard@civilisations.ca

camille.bouchard@civilization.ca