[BCMA] Vice President, Exhibitions Innovation at The Royal British Columbia Museum

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POSITION TITLE: Vice President, Exhibitions Innovation

LOCATION: Victoria, British Columbia

ABOUT THE ROYAL BC MUSEUM

At the edge of a continent, of a vast country that leaps over the Rockies and joins three oceans, British Columbia is a territory like no other. The Royal BC Museum celebrates this spectacular geography and the historic richness of the province that developed here - from the prehistoric land mass to the latest cultural turn.

For more than 125 years, the Royal BC Museum has looked to preserve, explain and celebrate BC's heritage. Its seven million artifacts and archives record what BC has been, and is. The Museum's striking mix of natural and social history, from mammoths to masks, enables it to tell the widest possible stories: of land and people, of place and movement. Today, as BC's largest museum and archives, it attracts half a million visitors a year.

The Royal BC Museum is looking forward - what do we need to accomplish for future generations? Everyone who works, volunteers and supports the Museum - locally, across Canada, and internationally, is passionate about the importance of the cultural heritage we look after. We believe a refreshed, modern Royal BC Museum is at the heart of celebrating British Columbia and its place in the wider world.

POSITION SCOPE:

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the VP Exhibition Innovation will lead creative development initiatives that are fundamental to the Royal BC Museum's future vision both in British Columbia and overseas.

This relatively new position leads the Exhibition Innovation Division - providing inspirational leadership and strategic thinking to a creative team of professionals who foster, create and implement meaningful experiences for visitors and online/broadcast audiences. You understand the importance of collections and research to a museum and archives and have developed a passion to be able to harness that knowledge into an exciting and ever evolving commercial exhibition program. A visionary leader, you understand how to engage multiple partners, a varied audience, and the general public with a welcoming, accessible approach to exhibitions and related creative commercial endeavours. You understand the impact and importance of sharing knowledge, fostering learning through exhibitions; and also the process by which to develop home-grown exhibitions into a viable, revenue generating, traveling program. You are a people person who is passionate about museums, exhibitions, and about the importance of partnerships.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

*         You are already an impressive operator at a senior level in a museum and will be able to interface effectively with peers heading other functions, and at Directorate and Board level.
*         With a committed, energetic approach, you have excellent communication skills, good commercial and financial understanding and are a strong strategic thinker;
*         As a critical member of the Museum senior management team, with responsibilities for public programs, this motivated individual will be a strong negotiator with the ability to influence key stakeholders.
*         The candidate should demonstrate an extensive strategic background in museum development, planning and delivery and have proven ability to lead and motivate a team
*         Sensitive to wider political and organizational priorities
*         Anticipates and manages risk and consequences
*         Communicates ideas clearly and persuasively
*         Assimilates and makes sense of complex or conflicting data and different perspectives
*         Experience of managing people and the ability to motivate, support and develop a team while encouraging a 'can do' attitude among all team members.
*         A minimum of 10-15 years' experience in an exhibition development/programming leadership or similar position in a museum of similar size/scope;
*         A high profile background in exhibition development and programming will be essential, as will your unmatched understanding of contemporary best practice in the museum industry

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY VIA EMAIL. ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED THROUGH THE FUTURESTEP CAREERS SITE.
If you are interested in this position, please visit http://careers.futurestep.com


Nancy Minh Van Ho, MBA
Managing Consultant


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