Job Description: Educator, School and Family Programs

Company: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Location: Victoria, British Columbia (Vancouver Island/Coast)
Job Category: Education
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: $31.43 - Hourly

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Educator, School and Family Programs

Start Date: As early as September 2023
Hours: 35 hours per week, full-time
Salary: Unionized Position CUPE Local 410, pay grade 7 ($31.43/HR).
Location: Onsite at 1040 Moss St., Victoria, BC.

About the Position:

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) seeks an energetic and solution-oriented educator to join its team, in the newly created Learning and Engagement department.

Reporting to the Director of Learning and Engagement, the Educator of Family and School Programs is responsible for overseeing the AGGV’s learning programs and specialized activities that are aligned with the gallery’s principles of creative learning and inclusive engagement. The Educator will play a key role in developing, delivering and evaluating learning programs and projects. Programs and projects executed by Learning and Engagement are wide ranging from artist initiated activities to mentoring youth, studio programs, tours, workshops, publications and more.

The successful candidate will have a working intercultural skill-set of effectively working with a diverse group of staff, artists and community members, and expertise in developing youth programs, seniors programs and programs for persons with disabilities.

The position coordinates learning programs with the support of volunteers and other gallery staff working in educational and interpretive programs. As a member of the Learning and Engagement department, the candidate will participate in establishing learning priorities for the Gallery in consultation with the Director of Learning and Engagement. The candidate will help develop transformational partnerships and deliver events that provides learning opportunities for students, youth, families and children including programs for schools and higher learning institutes. They will also work closely with the Director of Learning and Engagement to broaden learning opportunities, build capacity and create more integrated and accessible programs for AGGV - both in the gallery and through digital media.

A graduate university degree in education (or M.A. in Art Education, Art History or M.F.A.) or equivalent education including a comprehensive knowledge of learning theories, practices and teaching methodologies in art galleries or museums are required. The ideal candidate will have experience in program development and delivery through traditional education models, interactive learning and innovative media technologies to diverse audiences in a museum or gallery setting.

The AGGV is embarking on an exciting future including the planned construction of a new gallery building, and this position is critical to its success.

Application Deadline: 4PM PST, Friday August 18, 2023

Full job description and application details at: aggv.ca/about/careers

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV)
1040 Moss Street
Victoria BC V8V 4P1
aggv.ca

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