Description
Search for the Executive Director
Sacramento, California
The California Museum seeks an experienced and innovative leader to serve as its next executive director. The executive director will further the Museum's mission to "engage, educate, and enlighten people about California's rich history, its diversity, and its unique influence on the world of ideas, innovation, art and culture" and will expand the Museum's resources and platform to enrich lives in the Sacramento area, California, and beyond. The next executive director will be a forward-thinking leader who will bring the institution to the next level of operations and inspire the staff, board and stakeholders in creatively envisioning what the Museum can be.
Situated in the capital city of Sacramento, the state's fastest-growing urban center, the California Museum draws nearly 50,000 annual visitors to its 35,000 square feet of exhibition space. Permanent and temporary exhibitions, popular educational and public programming, and high-profile events such as the California Hall of Fame engage a broad and growing public, offering a perspective on California's past, present, and future that honors the state's rich history and focuses on its lesser-told stories.
The next executive director will join an organization that has significantly increased in size, scale, and impact since its 1998 launch. Today, the Museum has an operating budget of approximately $6.3 million and a staff of 27. The executive director is responsible for overseeing day-to-day Museum operations and will guide the next stage of the Museum's trajectory by providing strategic leadership within the organization and continued partnership with its wide range of stakeholders.
As the California Museum looks to the future, the executive director is expected to address the following interrelated opportunities and challenges as key priorities.
- Strategically lead the California Museum into a new era.
- Enhance institutional resources in support of the Museum's ambitions.
- Deepen foundational strategic partnerships.
- Partner with, support, and develop Museum staff.
- Champion authentic engagement and inclusion in service of the Museum's diverse communities.
This is a permanent, full-time position in Sacramento with a targeted starting salary range of $200,000-225,000 and a generous benefits package.
The California Museum has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in this search. Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion of the search process. For more details, including the full position profile and to submit inquiries, nominations, referrals, and applications, please see the Isaacson, Miller website for the search: https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/california-museum/executive-director. Electronic submission of materials is required.
Isaacson, Miller
The California Museum 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. Since it is unlikely that any applicant meets 100% of the qualifications for a given role, if much of this posting describes you, you are encouraged to apply.
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