POSITION SUMMARY 

The Director, Facilities & Safety is responsible for the effective management and maintenance of the Museum’s buildings and building systems, including the Conservation Lab and Collections Research Center, and internal and external Museum event production functions. The position creates a safe and secure physical environment for Museum staff, volunteers, visitors and collections. The position also collaborates in the successful implementation of the Museum’s wide variety of programs, events, and exhibits, and ensures that the physical environment reflects the Museum’s mission, vision, and visitor-centered philosophy of being a museum, garden, and gathering place for the community. The position facilitates capital improvements and major facilities projects, including construction, renovations, and upgrades. The position is the main point of contact for the City of Oakland’s Public Works department for major repairs and capital improvements.

This position leads a five-person team that directly manages the Museum’s buildings, gardens and living collections, overall safety, and external and internal events operations functions. The Museum’s buildings are primarily owned by the City of Oakland and its main campus location is a historic concrete structure in the brutalist architectural style, completed in 1969.

POSITION SUMMARY 

The Developer of Learning, Experience and Programming is responsible for the development and implementation of school and teacher programs that support OMCA’s brand as a museum, garden and gathering place and advance its social impact of building trust, understanding, and connection between people and communities. The position develops a range of offerings in collaboration with OMCA staff, volunteers, and community partners that connect K-12 school audiences to the Museum’s exhibitions, core galleries, and collections. The position works in partnership with a unit of Program Managers and Program Developers who work cross-functionally and support a cohesive slate of programming, learning, and experience activities. 

POSITION SUMMARY 

The Facilities Technician will assist with the daily functions of the Facilities and Safety department. At the direction of supervisors, the position supports the Facilities team’s responsibilities for safety and security of the collection and staff, functionality of the physical plant, garden maintenance, custodial, garage operations and event support. This position supports events with project and day-to-day responsibilities leading up to and including event setup, production, and breakdown. In addition, this position monitors and maintains event management calendars and supporting Facilities ticketing platforms for repair and maintenance requests.