Job: Manager of Collections and Research Computing, Yale Center for British Art

The Manager will oversee and work with a small internal staff and coordinate outside vendors to build out and maintain the architecture for creating, managing and publishing information about the collections of the Yale Center for British Art. The chief goals of this effort are to permit staff to more efficiently manage collections and the intellectual property around them, and to provide online access to the information and surrogates of collection works. While the effort is centered on the collections, the Manager must also support the related research and general-public communications and e-commerce needs of the institution.

This position reports to and works with the Chief Curator of Art Collections to set strategy and priorities for the use of technology in support of the Center's mission and goals. The Manager is responsible for the administration and maintenance of the Center's collection-related computing as well as all aspects of the newly internalized web management for the Center, including the daily management of budgets, contracts, staff and development projects. The Manager provides high-level expertise and direction for the infrastructure that supports the work of the staff and direct support for all web related projects, maintaining the integrity of the web site's navigation, design logic and usability.

Working closely with key staff across the Center, the Manager maintains and communicates a master project schedule that sustains a high level of access to all Center collections, research tools, and program activities while ensuring resources also for new initiatives and unforeseen opportunities. This position will represent the Center with other Yale entities, in particular the Office for Digital Assets and Infrastructure, in the growing use of shared infrastructure, applications, and services.

Required: management and strong communication skills, effective at all organizational levels and demonstrated over a course of comparable experience of at least five to seven years, ideally in a museum or academic collecting environment. The successful candidate will have a track record of team-spirited staff and project management in a deadline-driven environment, knowledge of widely used museum applications, web architectures and production, application integration, as well as content development, design, and life-cycle management.

The Manager must have the technical skills to oversee application managers, direct the production, integration and development of the Center's web site and work closely with other university staff who manage aspects of the shared infrastructure.

Finally, the successful candidate will demonstrate an understanding of and keen interest in the particular web opportunities and strategies available to and appropriate for a non-profit cultural heritage and visual arts institution.

This job posting will be available to external applicants via Yale's STARS system by Monday. To learn more about this position or to submit an application, visit http://www.yale.edu/hronline/stars/application/external/index.html. Please note all external candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment screening. All offers are contingent on successful completion of a background check.

Melissa Gold Fournier
Associate Museum Registrar
Imaging / Rights and Reproductions
YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART