Job Description
Museum Gallery Assistant The University of Southern Mississippi is currently accepting applications for the position of Museum Gallery Assistant.
Position Details Location
Hattiesburg
118 College Drive
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406-0001
United States
Division
Generic Division
Position Type
Staff
Employment Status
Part Time
Grant Funded
No
Pay Grade
Generic Grade
Posting Close Date
9/15/2024
Job Summary The MuseumGallery Assistant is a part-time, 12-month position that serves the needs of the Museum Director and School ofPerforming and Visual Arts, primarily as gallery preparator, with responsibilitiescentering on show installation, labels, lighting, crating and uncrating ofartworks, maintenance and preparation of hanging surfaces, exhibition bases andother materials, as well as oversight of student workers, and general gallery managementduring summer months. Position requires some evening andweekend hours on occasion.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities - Adhereto university and school policies, procedures, and regulations, represents themuseum in contact with the public.
- Work with the Museum Director inexhibit planning, preparation, installation, events, lectures, and receptions; attimes to include off campus venues.
- Helpcoordinate with artists, galleries, and shippers for receipt, delivery andreturn of materials
- Supervisestudent workers and volunteers.Work with student workers in maintaining galleryexhibition surfaces and spaces, lighting, display cases, and bases.This includes, but is not limited topainting, sanding, spackling, ladder work. Workswith student workers to prepare the gallery space and exhibition materials forhanging and display. Assist with crating and uncrating of exhibitionmaterials, including, but not limited to, artworks, signage, and labels.
- Assist the Museum Director withthe day-to-day functions of the museum, including processing documentation, suchas exhibition text panels and labels, acquisition records, loan forms, conditionreports, artist proposals, museum lecture and event schedules. Maintain themuseum mailing list. Order food for, and assists with set up and hosting ofgallery receptions. Help oversee the conservation, organization, and storageof the Permanent Art Collection, including loan and display and record ofPermanent Collection works on loan and on display in university campusbuildings and office spaces.
- Assumesmanagement of Museum and student workers during the summer months or whenDirector is out, and reports to Art and Design Program Coordinator and SchoolDirector.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications One-two years related experience; or equivalentcombination of education and experience.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities - Ability toread, write, and interpret documents such as loan forms, art installationinstructions, operating and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write and correspondby mail and email.
- Ability to speak effectively with individuals and beforegroups of customers or employees of organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and dividein all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to solve practical problems and dealwith a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limitedstandardization exists.Ability tointerpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, orschedule form. Ability tomeasure accurately, use a calculator, read basic instructions, use alevel.
- Physical requirements include performance of repetitive motions with hands, wrists, or fingers.The employee is required to crouch; reach withhands and arms, and use hands to grasp objects, tools, or controls. Theemployee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.Specific vision abilities required by thisjob include close vision. The employeemay be working in high, precarious places such as on ladders or museumscaffolding, may work near moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborneparticles, vibrations and may sometimes work outside.
Preferred Qualifications BA or BFA Degree in Art is preferred, but notrequired.
About The University of Southern Mississippi Since our founding in 1910, The University of SouthernMississippi has remained dedicated to preparingstudents for success. We deliver programs to more than 13,000 studentsin Hattiesburg and Long Beach, at teaching and research sites across theMississippi Gulf Coast, as well as online. Weare a community-engaged Carnegie R1 university, earning distinction as one ofthe nation's leading research institutions.
Southern Miss is known for pioneering work inpolymer science, ocean science, spectator sports safety and security, and bringinglanguage to children with communication disorders. We are also a nationalleader in a broad range of disciplines, including cybersecurity, hydrography,nutrition, aquaculture, kinesiology, and economic development, among others.
We produce graduates ready to enterfields that are leading the way in emerging technologies through programs suchas computer engineering, information technology, and ocean engineering. We're developing the next generation ofbusiness leaders, while also responding to critical workforce shortages byproducing skilled professionals in education and nursing. With a tradition ofexcellence in the arts, we are one of only 36 public institutions in the nationaccredited in four major areas of the arts. Home to the Golden Eagles, ourstudent-athletes compete in 17 NCAA Division I sports. With a culture marked by passion andpersistence, Southern Miss is delivering graduates who are ready for life. For more information, visit
As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer/Americans with Disabilities Act institution, The University of Southern Mississippi encourages minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities to apply.
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Part time, Summer work, Afternoon shift,