Job offer – Curator, Public

Job Identification

Job title: Curator, Public
Division: Programs
Immediate superior:  Curator, Contemporary Architecture
Status: Contractual, full time –  35hrs/week
Duration: 3 years
Posting period: June  13  to  July 10, 2016
Job entry: Summer  2016

Job Summary

The CCA is an institution responsive to the cultural content of our time, fueling crucial conversation with the audience. The CCA Programs division researches and organizes exhibitions and public programs as a form of cultural production to suggest new perspectives for architecture debate as catalyst for original inquiry. The Public programs of CCA is meant to diversify and strengthen the institution’s audience.

The responsibilities of this job are to carry out the vision, the strategic design, development and management of all the public programs at CCA, including all the activities that reach   the different audiences both in the physical building and online. The incumbent manages and provides strategic leadership and critical thinking for the Public Programs team and works with the Curator, Contemporary Architecture and the Chief Curator, as well as   senior management to define the institution’s wide policies, goals and priorities for the Programs division.

The Curator, Public possesses a thorough understanding of key institutional aspects. The incumbent is required to be aware of the discourse about contemporary architecture, landscape and urbanism, knowledgeable about new media and technologies and at the forefront of the current form of interaction with audience.

Main Job Responsibilities

Strategic and Curatorial

• Develops and implements a strategic long term plan for public and educational programs that reflects the contemporary architecture world’s viewpoints, skill sets and bases of knowledge linked to the idea of establishing conversation with the audience;
• Produces dynamic and multidisciplinary programs related to the CCA content direction, including lectures, public programs, seminars, symposium, school lessons, teacher workshops and any special events for the museum (i.e. Museum Day, Earth day );
• Involves innovative formats to assure an intelligent fit between the content development and the audience to reach, both in the activities held in the building and online, demonstrating eagerness to develop new modes and languages  for working that are respondent to our specific place and time around the topic the institution is concerned with;
• Conducts research, develops content and ensures that there is consistency between Public programs and other CCA activities and divisions (Publications, Collection, Research);
• Contributes to the publishing activities of CCA as key author, essayist or editor as appropriate (online, digital and printed publications);
• Represents the Museum and its mission, goals, and audience’s philosophy in public moment, conferences locally and internationally

Collaborative management and  supervision

• Manages the Public Programs team;
• Works as a team with Director, Communications, Head, Access to the collection, Bookstore Manager and Editors to create a consistent visitor experience to foster access to CCA’s content while developing a common language (a “CCA voice”);
• Collaborates with the Communications team on producing a robust marketing plan to communicate the vision of the institution’s Public Programs;
• Collaborates with Publications and Web team to reach the online public and transfer knowledge with new media, and other technology;
• Assists the Development department in targeting grants, private funding and non- traditional programming support;
• Identifies, cultivates, and maintains key strategic relations with individuals, institutions and organizations that can support or partner the CCA in its mission community; forms strategic alliances with teachers and strengthen relationships with faculty at local universities through curriculum sharing or other joint projects;
• Designs and conducts internal, content-based training for all staff in collaboration with HR that enrich staff understanding of contemporary architecture and culture, encouraging open dialogue about curatorial  programming;
• Creates and maintains the budget for the Public Programs and works with Coordinator in managing Guides  budget  and  time allocation;
• Develops and implements evaluation tools to measure success of projects connected to this position, including ongoing visitor assessment, data collection, and improvement of the visitor

Job qualifications required

• Education: Master in architecture, education, museum studies or a related field
• Number of years of relevant experience: 3 to 5 years in museum or arts education with supervisory experience
• Strong knowledge in contemporary architecture and
• Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills, and ability to work on a team.
• Excellent interpretive, writing, presentation/public speaking, and communication skills
• Ability to design and implement public programs that engage diverse
• Ability to work productively with diverse constituencies, including schools, community agencies, institutions and the public
• Strong interest and experience in engaging with the urban population and landscape
• Skilled at producing large and small-scale events and  projects
• Ability to manage a budget and work within the means of the
• Strong organizational, planning, and teaching
• Flexible schedule (Evening and weekend work required)

Please submit your application in French and/or in English before 11 July, 2016 to the attention of Human Resources, Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1920 Baile Street, Montreal (Quebec)  H3H  2S6,  email:  rh@cca.qc.ca,  fax:  (514)  939-7012. Only successful applicants will be contacted.  Please do not   call.

The CCA is an equal opportunity   employer.