The Curatorial Assistant works with the Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs on various administrative and collections based projects. This is a five month assignment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following reflects OMCA’s definition of essential functions for this position, but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. OMCA may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. 

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Museum’s mission, values, vision, and core commitment to the visitor experience, community engagement, and institutional relevancy for the future
• Contribute to and support the OMCA strategic plan, annual priorities, and institutional initiatives such as diversity advancement
• Contribute to a positive organizational culture based on mutual respect, a spirit of collegiality, cooperation, and openness to many perspectives
• Participate in a culture of ongoing learning, collaboration, innovation, creativity, and community engagement
• All positions will have core functional responsibilities, cross functional team activation and learning and development as a core function of each role.

POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support production of documents outlining department processes and procedures
• Support production of curatorial department manual
• Organize materials for and create forms and documents for intranet pages
• Organize department historic digital and paper files and documents
• Organize curatorial and cross-departmental meeting calendar, maintain agendas and notes files
• Support Art Collection research for Bloomberg Connects platform
• Assist in developing framework for Artist Commission Fees
• Provide administrative support as needed for current department book projects
• Provide curatorial research support as needed on collection
• Provide other administrative support as needed

EXPERIENCE

• Ability to display and encourage visitor and internal customer service, take and share responsibility and treat others with respect
• 1-3 years related experience
• Knowledge of art history or visual culture preferred
• Excellent communication skills
• English language proficiency in both spoken and written form
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The environment may include:

• Museum environment involves both indoor and outdoor working conditions.
• Ability to travel between OMCA locations, and other travel as required by position responsibilities.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends.
• Engage with diverse visitor populations for extended periods of time in the galleries or throughout the campus.

EEO STATEMENT

The Oakland Museum of California is dedicated to diversity, inclusion, accessibility and equity. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ability/disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We highly encourage our diverse community to apply for available employment, internship, fellowship and volunteer positions at the Museum, as we aim to ensure our staff reflects the diversity of our visitors and surrounding community. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, OMCA will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.

COMPENSATION: $31.28 - $31.28 hourly